Date:         Wed, 18 Jan 95 14:38:12 PST
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Kautz <dkautz@hpsidms1.sid.hp.com>
Subject:      Re: The case of the missing brake fluid.

> David "Sherlock" Carment enquires;

> Several weeks ago, I posted a message about how the brake fluid reservoir
> had dropped to a dangerously low level just below the take up tube to the
> clutch master cylinder.Result? Clutch pedal goes to the floor with no
> clutch action. Since then I had filled the reservoir 
> and was able to "pump  up" the system to again have a working clutch. Now
> today I went outside to do the weekly start-up (the Westy is in storage-no
> point in ruining it with the salt on the roads). Guess what? The fluid is
> down exactly at the point just below the clutch fluid tube. Normally I would
> say "ok there is definitely a leak somewhere". BUT, I can't find a leak
> anywhere and since the van hasn't moved in all this time, you would think
> a puddle would be reasonably easy to see. What gives? Are my eyes failing
> me? Has the fluid vapourized?  Has it been transported to a distant
> planet? 
>

  Is the carpet under the dash damp? Maybe the clutch master cylinder or one
  or it's connections is leaking behind the dash and the drips are hiding
  "under the rug".

  Dave "Professor Moriarty" Kautz