Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:48:46 -0400
Reply-To: David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
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From: David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Brake Proportioning Valve "Alternative"? (early Vanagons)
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On my 1972 bay, the symptoms were that the front brakes would lock up with
no action from the rears. Jacked up with brake pressure applied, the rear
wheels would just spin.
Probably from years with moisture laden brake fluid.
Dave
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
> Neil,
> Sure it will fit no problem. I am working on this myself right now
> replacing all of the brake lines on a customer's Vanagon. As long as
> you can mount it to the frame you should have no problem using it. I am
> not sure what the difference internally there is between this early
> version and the later one. The later one is no longer available. You
> would have to get it good used. I have never actually seen one that was
> bad just really rusty on the outside.
>
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>
>
>
> neil N wrote:
>
>> Just spoke with my parts guy. He said they're NLA for all years. But....
>>
>> IF this older valve is the same, I'd wonder how hard it would be to
>> retrofit to later model year Vanagon?
>>
>> i.e.
>>
>> Design/requirements of rear brakes on all years of 2WD identical?
>>
>> Weight of vehicle (and distribution of) a consideration?
>>
>> Location of valve? Room? Will it fit? (bolt pattern and reposition or
>> brake lines aside)
>>
>> ??
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Don't know about the older ones, but I was looking for one for my '91
>>> and none of the online vendors seem to list them. Are they NLA?
>>>
>>> Allan
>>> --
>>> 1991 Vanagon GL
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:05 -0700, "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all.
>>>>
>>>> I've gotten various opinions on the possibility that a late model year
>>>> Bay Bus valve might be the same as the early model Vanagon (up to mid
>>>> '82 I *think*)
>>>>
>>>> Over on the Samba Bay list, one member kindly responded saying that a
>>>> '79 and '82 share the same PN
>>>>
>>>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=351235
>>>>
>>>> I searched the PN on line, and found a listing for the part for a Bay.
>>>> Here's a pic of it I enhanced:
>>>>
>>>> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/BrakePropValveLateBayEarlyVanagon.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Looks the same as whats on my '81 (though I need to double check)
>>>>
>>>> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/81BrakePropValve.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Of course, whether or not a given vendor actually has stock of the
>>>> part is another issue.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone else found that this part is the same?
>>>>
>>>> Neil.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>>>>
>>>> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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