Date:         Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:02:23 +0000
Reply-To:     J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Brake caliper
Comments: To: James Henry <jch@JCHGIS.COM>
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Absolutely! That and installing new window seals! A few years back, my wife was helping me put the engine back back in my '74 S. Beetle and I had the engine up on the floor jack, but it was about a 1/4 inch too high. I said "Turn the knob on the jack handle" and before I could get another word out she turned it and I had Beetle engine coming straight down into my face. Luckily, it jammed and stopped just in inch or so from smashing my head like a watermelon. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> I always thought that the togetherness of interacting with the wife
> was the
> important part of brake bleeding!
> jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of B
> Feddish
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 08:07
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Brake caliper
> Thanks everyone for their help this weekend with the frozen caliper.
> It's
> definitely dead. Looking over the old receipt, that one was a rebuilt
> one
> and the passenger side was a new one. I have a list member sending me
> 2
> good used calipers that I hope will work out. This will be the first
> time
> I've ever bled brakes so I might need some handholding this week when
> I
> attempt it. I bought a bleeding kit that I hope will work better then
> yelling at my wife from underneath the vehicle. Removing the caliper
> looks
> straightforward. I see a sample in Ken's video at
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0NGUkfOg6w .
> Thanks,
> Bryan