[Vwdiesel] Re: Brake rebuilding (was Good VW shop near Yuma, AZ?), Hillbilly tuning

[David Cook]

Hi Ray-

I've got one of the pressure bleeders you mention.  I
bought it from germanautoparts.com a couple years back
to do the brakes on my Corrado, it seemed to work
well.

I'll be using it in the next day or two since I need
to rebuild my rear calipers.  Maybe I'll get around to
finally flushing the brakes on the Cabriolet too!

As for your "stock" of fluid, I wouldn't use it if it
has been around for awhile, regardless of DOT 3 or 4. 
Brake fluid has a shelf life, which is pretty short if
the container has been opened.  More so if it is a
plastic container.

David

--- raymond greeley <rgreeley2 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Loren, brake rebuilding update. My caliper "un
> froze itself", the car did 
> sit for awhile
> in the northeast winters. so no surprise. I will
> rebuild the calipers and 
> have already
> procured a donor cal from the bone yard so i'm ready
> to go on the fronts. I 
> have seen
> a tool (at a tdi gtg) that allows one person to push
> new fluid through the 
> brake system
> via pressurized tank, and thus bleed the brakes.
> autohasaz doesn't sell it. 
> is that
> something you're familiar with. next, the owners
> manual calls for dot 4 
> fluid, yet my
> stock of dot 3 meets the specs required. BTW sunday
> a rear brake cyl let go 
> so the
> system is stressed.
> Next, in hagars recent Hillbilly tuning he listed
> you as a contributer to 
> the information and
> that this info was to be used for tuning 1978 -1984,
> NA and TD motors. Would 
> there be
> much difference to apply this to a 1991 td (jetta).
> The engine runs good and 
> better
> with cold cable pulled put (advanced) and i never
> see smoke when i mash the 
> peddle.
> So i thought i could advance the timing and increase
> fueling some, change 
> the intake
> filter and check the injectors for optimum
> performance. It doesn't quite 
> idle smoothly
> so i suspect an altered injector spray pattern
> >From: LBaird119 at aol.com
> >To: rgreeley2 at hotmail.com
> >Subject: Re: Brake rebuilding (was Good VW shop
> near Yuma, AZ?)
> >Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:29:56 EST
> >
> >   Let me know how it goes!  :-)
> >     Loren
> 
> 
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David Cook
Red '86 Cabriolet Diesel Powered
Red '90 g60 Corrado 
Brown and White '78 Westy Campmobile "Bear"
and others in various states of disrepair
Pictures here: community.webshots.com/user/superdave5599


		
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