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If the m/c doesn't hold fluid very long, first thing is to find out where it's going. Is it leaking from the front end (reservoir hoses) or at the rear of the chassis (probably rear m/c seal gone hard)? Also check the pipe by the accelerator pedal - very common problem on left-hand drive apparently. Is there evidence of fluid on the rear of the wheels? There I was, camped in a field, and found half my brake fluid reservoir was empty. What did I do? Tried to make the problem go away by filling up the reservoir with most of my emergency bottle of fluid - mistake number 2, as the level dropped again over the next few seconds! What was mistake number 1? To ignore a small gradual drop over some months. Looked underneath to see fluid dribbling from the joining hose from reservoir tube to m/c - the hose end was split. As this happened at the German Type3 Club meeting, someone had a piece of the correct blue tube, so it was all secure again within a short time, and with the last of the fluid and some careful transferring by tube from one side to the other I got the tubes filled and driveable, then Mike Dempster, bless him, returned form a Sunday morning garage search with a new bottle of fluid to complete the job properly. No bleeding needed as no air had got in, which was handy. Lessons learned - Don't ignore gradual changes in fluid level; Don't make things worse by wasting valuable resources; Check/replace the hoses every 30 years; Have a bit of spare brake hose and fluid with you, and don't waste it. BTW, you don't need rear discs in any normal use of the Type 3. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Jackson" <stevejax61@hotmail.com> To: "Type 3" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 12:05 AM Subject: [T3] more brake curiosity > > Hey Guys (and Jim in particular) I suspect when I get my engine in this > week I will find out my brake lines are rusted out. Is it hard to make > new ones? They are so long...I have a flaring tool and bending form but > I never had to make one this long (71 Fasty). I bet that is why my > master cylinder doesn't hold fluid very long...it appears to have front > disc and rear drum (wish it was rear disc as well!) > > Stephen J. Jackson > Commissioning Engineer, Petron Industries, Inc. > SJackson@petronworld.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~