OK, been there done that....all you have to do is pull the "POD" off. After that it is really straght forward. 1. You need to suck out the fluid in the resevoir and remove it. 2. Remove the two brake pressure switches from beneath the cylinder. And remove the brake lines. 3. There will be 2 nuts mating it to the vacuum assist cylinder thing. Looks like a large round land mine up on it's edge. 4. After that, slide the cylinder off studs and you are halfway there. 5. "Bench Bleed" the cylinder by adding fluid while releasing the rod from it's compressed or "innie" position. 6. Now reverse the order of disassembly of installation, and you will be in business. Also, you will have to rebleed the entire system. If you have any questions let me know or I'll hang out in the vanagon.com chat room for a bit. Later and Good Luck. Jason
--- Alan Bosch <arbosch@RA.ROCKWELL.COM> wrote: > Anyone want to fill me in on the pitfalls of > changing the brake master > cylinder? Bentley's not much help - unless you're > doing a rebuild of the > cylinder. Is it really just a matter of removing > the instrument cover? Or > does the whole dash have to torn out? > > Tackling this tonight in a further effort to redo > all the brakes on > Phred... > > Alan Bosch > & Phred ('88 Wolfsburg) > Rochester, NY
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