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So, I've replaced my brake rubber lines, rebuilt my master cyl, calipers and wheel cylinders, replaced the front pads, disassembled and reassembled the rear brakes, adjusted the pedal freeplay. Since I had all the hydraulics out, I've opted to go DoT-5 for my brake fluid. In theory, I should have working brakes. A test drive up and down my driveway is in order for sunday. A few observations: The brake pedal feels sooooo much differently than before. Jim Adney reported when he rebuilt my calipers that he saw them badly corroded on the inside and the brake hoses I sent him were completely plugged. My rear wheel cylinders were gummy on the inside, with loads of rubber sediment. My master looked mostly good, but one of the cups was worn enough to want to deal with it now rather than later. Here's what I'm noticing on my pedal, which is different enough that I just want to put my mind at ease. It's fairly soft, almost spongy, but I wouldn't go that far. Doesn't require a lot of force to get it to close to its stop (though enoguh pressure builds up to stop it). On a second pump, travel is about 2/3 of what it is on the first pump. I've bled until there was no air coming out of the bleeder hose. Since I've never driven a Type 3 with good brakes (yeah, really!) and I haven't driven a vehicle without power boosting in a long time, this is sufficiently weird to me. Is this what the brake pedal should feel like? A special thanks to Jim Adney on rebuilding my calipers and MC piston and on answering my voluminous questions during this process. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~