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On 15 May 2004 at 0:07, Dave Hall wrote: > I never had a VW with diagnosis probe while they were still doing it. They did > a 'diagnosis' on my 59 Beetle, told me the plugs were wrong type (they weren't) > and the brakes were OK (which included lining thicknesses). Next day the > handbrake cables (both!) broke - my fault I'd not adjusted the rear brake shoes > for a while and the lever was pulling up high enough to kink the cables. They > replaced the linings too, as they were worn down to the wire mesh! So much for > diagnosis, and just another nail in the coffin of the dealer as far as my custom > was concerned. They also replaced the wheel cylinders with the larger size, > which got rather hot as they (or the shoes?) rubbed the drum a bit. For some strange reason, I had assumed that the Computer Diagnosis might have just been a US thing. I don't think anyone outside the US has ever mentioned it before. Very interesting that you could buy a battery with the sensor in it from a non-VW source. Sounds like your dealer was pretty poor by anyone's standards. > It was around then that I began to realise I could do it better. Somehow, I get the feeling that most of us who got into these cars when they were new went thru this same transition. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org