Re: [T3] wire in battery tray area

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

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.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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