On 3/16/10, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: ... > > the newer type brakes start in 86 models. > there are 'two kinds' of 85's... > early ones and later ones. > the early ones have some 84 parts on them... > namely metal coolant pipes, the older style weak parking brake handle, > and the stamped lower control arms with associaed parts in the fronts > suspension. > > at some point in 85 production they change that to plastic coolant pipes, > the better parking brake handle... > and the cast lower front control amrs, with assoicated parts. > > I have seen a bit of mixing too.....some later ones have one or two of those > changes, but not all three.
> I have never seen the newer brakes on any 85, only 86 and up.
Thanks Scott! 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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