Re: [T3] Brake woes

["C.Rochambeau" <T3@binauralaboratories.net>]

i remember several years back having a total brake failure while i was trying to leave 
for work one morning, thankfully i look for the reflection of my brake lights now and 
then to make sure they are operational. i had just dusted the car off because it was 
pouring rain and my bike had a flat. no brake lights, so i stomped on the brakes hard 
enough to put my foot to the floor in a spray of brake fluid. no more brakes.

i bought a new master cylinder, only to discover it was a rotted hard line. spendy 
mistake, doesn't cost anything to inspect the hard line.

curtis

http://binauralaboratories.net




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From: Widoidricsas@aol.com
To: type3@vwtype3.org
Sent: Wed, 5 May 2004 02:51:12 EDT
Subject: [T3] Brake woes

> I was bleeding out my brakes after replacing a caliper that locked up on me 
> when I noticed brake fluid running out from the middle of the car. Would the 
> master cylinder leaking be the cause of such horror? What's the chances I have a 
> bad hard line going to the back? I haven't had a chance to get back to the 
> car since I finally succumbed to my son's stomach flu that night. New master 
> cylinder is on the way either way, but I'd like to be prepared. Many thanks, 
> past, present and future.
> Rick
> 72 Squareback
> MT FI
> 
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