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On 22 Aug 2005 at 0:33, type3weezer@comcast.net wrote: > Calipers never left their respective sides. besides the 65 fronts have > the hose on one side of the brake plate and the bleeder on the other. Hmmm, a '65 would have had drum brakes. Both the hose and the bleeder should be in the inside face of the backing plate. Do you mean that one is in front and one is in the rear? That sounds right. > I wasn't getting fluid to the rear until I replaced the rear hoses. > The fluid does not flow under gravity. Once the hoses were replaced the fluid should flow by gravity. Is it possible that you don't have any free play at the pedal? > How can I preserve my original MC for future use, if needed? Rebuild it now, coat the bore with silicone fluid when you assemble it. I use Dow-Corning Silicone 200 Fluid with a viscosity of 100,000 Centistokes. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~