I've been driving an 83 Air Cooled for seven years and I've owner several 81/82 and I've never had any problem with stopping it. If you've got enough vacuum for the booster and the system is in good shape just spend your money elsewhere. I admit I've never come down any long descending mountain roads and that might be the test for *are real BAD* critique. Stan Wilder 83 Westfalia Air Cooled On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 22:17:36 -0400 Brian Scotto <bscotto@UREACH.COM> writes: > i am in the process of restoring an 82 diesel and i am > wondering what to do about brakes, i heard that the ones on my > van arereal BAD.. but 86 and up are better, i also saw that van- > again has SA brakes.. but they are like 750$, whut would you > recommend > > ________________________________________________ > Get your own "800" number > Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more > http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. |
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