Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:23:03 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: lost brake line...
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Front-rear.
I'm expecting you'll find the line goes to a T junction.
Thanks to mike on the ISO Bubble flare clarification !
-----Original Message-----
From: robert feller [mailto:syncro.carboncow@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 8:11 PM
To: Scott Daniel - Shazam
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: lost brake line...
Is the junction I'm looking for simply a split valve or is this a regular
assembly too? Anything tricky about it?
Are vanagon diagnal systems or forward/back? I'm curious to what brakes are
working with my front left "offline".
Shawn
On Dec 24, 2007 11:05 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
wrote:
You got that right about hoping the bleed valves don't snap off.
I'd spray them with really good penetrating oil first, a lot.
I'll tell you another trick to undo stuck or very tight things. Tap on them
with a hammer, not too hard, but try to 'shake up' the threads.
This works amazingly well.
I was trying to undo a tie rod end on a vanagon the other day. I had a nice
solid Stahwillie german 22 mm wrench ( a tubing but wrench too, so it was
getting 5 sides ) and a big fat ole crescent wrench on the flats of the tie
rod end. I pulled on those two wrenches as hard as I could, several times,
and the nut just would not budge.
I help a sledge hammer head under the nut, and whacked it quite hard on
the upper side of the nut ( like on opposite sides of the hex ) , like 10
whacks, and it unscrewed just fine after that. Amazing affect. I always
whack on CV joint screws before trying to undo them.
Bleed valves are delicate almost, so be very careful.
I hope it goes well at that pipe/hose junction by the upper a-arm. Even
all clean and nice I don't think they're that fun to deal with.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
robert feller
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 7:44 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: lost brake line...
This is great. I went from a "oh s%*t" situation to shouldn't be hard to do
myself come Wednesday! lots of oil, a little heat, new brake fluid and pray
everything comes apart and bleeder values don't snap!
I'm sure this rust is s sign of many ugly variables to come...
On Dec 24, 2007 10:33 PM, Karl Mullendore < groups@westyventures.com
<mailto:groups@westyventures.com> > wrote:
> Bending the line by hand will be fine, just don't try any tight bends.
>
> robert feller wrote:
>
> > So tell me about brake lines.All the same different diameters? Easily
> > mailable it seems from you comments. Any special little bender tools to
> get
> > the turns "just right"?
>
--
Shawn Feller
Ohio
www.carboncow.com
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Shawn Feller
Ohio
www.carboncow.com
