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On 7 Mar 2005 at 16:22, James Montebello wrote: > This is a dual-circuit braking system. It was > mandatory on all US cars starting in 1968. The idea > is that you can lose one circuit and still have half > your brakes, instead of none of your brakes, as with a > single-circuit system. There are, essentially TWO > master cylinders inside that one housing. Correct, to this point. > The problem with one caliper not working could be that > half of the MC has failed, This is possible on some cars, but not on ours. The type 3 master cylinder is divided front/rear, not diagonally, so both front wheels are powered by the same half of the MC. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~