[Vwdiesel] Smooth sailing

[Andrew .Libby]

There's no chance it's the booster.  A failed/failing booster just makes the
pedal harder to push and actually makes it feel more firm.  There's a slight
possibility it is the master cylinder but that's a long shot.  It is most
likely air still caught in the system.

Andrew

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Shalyn Shourds <sshourds at flash.net> wrote:

>  After a three year exhibition of apathy, I finally got my '85 Jetta TD
> back on the road tonight.  I'm jimmying the shifter since I haven't
> quite got that aligned yet.  I decided to order the alignment plate from
> Metalnerd since I checked with 1987 and they were out of casette tapes
> :(  The bulk of the work I did to it involved rebuilding the front end.
> It's all new with the exception of one front wheel bearing.  I got it
> eyeball aligned and headed out tonight after dark.  It was an unusually
> cool night for Texas in August.  So much so that I thought about rolling
> the windows up, but the moonlit air felt good and I remembered how much
> I love driving that car.  I tested out the suspension and brakes in the
> jumbo parking lot of "The Decorator's Warehouse", a giant
> (Walmart-sized) store dedicated to Christmas decorations, year round.
> Seemed appropriate to be running a slalom and doing panic stops in their
> lot.
>
> Results:
>
> Drive train--excellent.  Thanks Loren for the timing and fueling
> adjustments!
>
> Suspension--great.  The car still rolls in turns, but it's an economy
> car, not a F1 racer.  Best it's been in the 18 years I've driven it.
>
> Brakes--still dodgy.  I could just barely get it to skid.  I've bled and
> bled the brakes.  I don't get a firm pedal unless I "pump" it.  I'm not
> sure at this point whether it's still air trapped in the system, a bad
> master cylinder, or a sketchy vacuum booster.  I do own a brand-new OEM
> master cylinder which I'm temped to install in place of the discount
> rebuild.
>
>
> -Shalyn
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