Date:         Sun, 19 Mar 2000 10:02:26 EST
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Mushy Brakes update
Comments: To: bpchristensen1@HOME.COM

Brent;
        This reminded me of a similar, cross country, rear cylinder melt
down in the middle of nowhere failure twenty years ago. After driving
about fifty miles I realized the emergency brake was on slightly(Kombi
Zombie syndrome) ;-/. The tremendous heat cooked the seals in one
cylinder and it was now leaking. No one in the little town could even
spell VW so I knew parts  would be hard to come by. As a temporary fix I
purchased a 10¢ hose clamp and used it to pinch off the rubber hose going
to the offending wheel. No more leak!
        It got me over the Rockies and back to Louisville with no
appreciable loss of performance. I thought it would pull terribly to one
side but I really could not tell the difference.

Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis    <Kernersville,NC>
86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe
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On Sat, 18 Mar 2000 22:15:50 -0800 Brent Christensen <snip>We had a
failure on a cross-country trip and had them fixed in a tiny little town
in the middle of
>nowhere. ....

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