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Jim Adney wrote: >>And what, if anything, can I use so they don't sieze up in the future? >> >> > >Open and close them occasionally. Don't just leave them alone for 10 years at a >time. > > > Here's the thing- the old man who owned it previously, while he did take meticulous maintenance on the car, probably didn't do this. From the pile of service invoices I have, it appears that the rear wheel cylinders were replaced within the last 10 years. The calipers appear to be originals. I need to look again, but they probably haven't been bled in a while. Hopefully the rubber caps are still on all over. I'll check that out next time I visit the car. >Keep the rubber bleed valve caps on them; they keep water from running down the >inside and rusting from the inside out. (I've never broken off a bleed valve >that still had it's cap on it.) > >Silicone brake fluid might help. A little silicone grease couldn't hurt. Don't >use normal petroleum greases or oils on hydraulic brake parts. > > Is the silicone grease the same as the "tune-up grease" or is there a special "safe for brake hydraulics" grease I should be looking for? By the way, I've had my car in storage at my folks pending the purchase of my new home. A lot of questions I've been asking have been without having the car handy to look at. The car has been in hibernation since Sept last year, and hearing the stories of cars firing up and being driveable after 10 years of sitting has been quite encouraging. The car ran great (started hard- I'm confident I've got a serious vacuum leak from the vac advance hoses and the EGR pipe which will be dealt with) when it was parked. The new home has been bought, and I'll be moving to near New Haven, CT within the next couple of months. I'll finally have the Fasty handy to do some of the work I've been dying to do (full fuel rubber replacement and a good brake once-over, along with greasing my front beam) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~