Sounds like the brake master cylinder is leaking into the brake booster. When you have the old master cylinder off, use a suction device (turkey baster has been suggested before) to suck out any residual fluid left in the booster. The booster is expensive and a PITA to replace, so take care of it!! TomC -----Original Message----- From: Bill H. To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: 4/16/04 12:59 PM Subject: Re: Clutch and Slave stuff It never occurred to me but the clutch works just fine and engages at the same point. The brakes went mushy yesterday but very quickly went to nothing. The pedal hits the floor and no braking pressure. So it's the Master Brake Cylinder (again) or that Brake Servo thing. Thanks Bill H. 88 Silver GL (4 speed) Pittsburgh --- jbrush@aros.net wrote: > Hi Bill, > > Since the clutch and the brakes are basically in the same "circuit" of > fluids, > if one of those cylinders is failing, your brakes will probably get mushy, > maybe > so slow over time you don't notice. If you do not see signs of fluid > beneath the > master cyl, and there is no issue of fluid from the slave cyl, you will > have > trouble figuring out the loss of fluid :-) > > Brakes work okay, as in normal? Does the clutch work okay, and is it > grabbing in > the same place it always has? > > John >
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