Date:         Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:40:51 -0800
Reply-To:     Ben McCafferty <ben@KBMC.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ben McCafferty <ben@KBMC.NET>
Subject:      e-brake adjustment/rear brake adjustment/slow clutch
Comments: To: syncro <syncro@yahoogroups.com>
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Hi all,
Made it to Denver yesterday; MAN is Wyoming cold when the wind blows.

A couple of questions--the Bentley says the rear brakes self-adjust--is that
always the case, or is there a time when you manually adjust them a la old
beetles?  I'm about to adjust e-brake cables, and Bentley also calls for the
rears to be adjusted properly first.

Thurs. morning it was below zero, and the e-brake lever didn't want to stay
down, seemed the cable from the front was frozen.  Is this common, is there
an easy solution?  I'm assuming I just had some moisture in there from CA?

Finally, I have a reasonably new clutch and clutch slave cylinder.  After
driving in cold temps for a while, the clutch felt very much like it would
when a slave cylinder is going, i.e. the pedal goes almost to the floor
before disengaging the clutch, and grabs almost immediately when letting up
on the pedal.  Could this be somehow related to cold temps as well?  When
the van warmed up a bit, things were back to normal again.  I went through
this cycle a couple of times throughout the day.

Thanks in advance,
bmc  :)
"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."