Scott. During my journey into parting out my 85, I did a quick visual of the pressure limiting valve. Can this part can be tested? The brakes were iffy on this van when I test drove it, (MC and/or rears) so I wasn't about to "ham" on the brakes to see how well the regulator worked! Just curious. Thanks, Neil.
On Dec 10, 2007 8:41 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > You got the right idea. > I'd call that the 'pressure limiting valve' for the rear brakes. > Evidently they got no rust-prevention treatment, and are bare cast iron. > I'd scrub it with a metal wire brush to get it to bare metal, then treat > is > with a rust treatment that turns it to premiered metal, then paint it. > In situ if possible. > Scott > www.turbovans.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Allan Streib > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:13 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: badly rusted mystery part > > Looking around under the front end of my '91 Vanagon GL, I noticed a > very rusted part, evidently part of the brake system, since it has > two steel brake lines connected to it. This mystery part is mounted > on the right frame rail near the sway bar. Is this the "pressure > regulator" that I see on a couple of the parts web sites? The rust > is just falling off it in chunks unusual because there is not really > much rust anywhere else under the front. Do they normally rust so > badly? > > Allan >
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