[tcb] Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Brake light question/theory
- From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:57:38 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
actually on the switch you don't need to bleed them. Air will bleed back up
through the master cylinder tubing. Just be quick about changing it because as
you take the old switch out fluid will run out.
-----Original Message-----
>From: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Jun 7, 2008 10:09 AM
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Brake light question/theory
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>Probably the brake lite switch on the master going out. It takes more and more
>pressure to activate it. I thing the early bays had only one switch and the
>later had 2. Easy to replace but, then you have to bleed the brakes all over
>again.
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>Good luck
>Mike
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>Quoting Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>:
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>> Who said it was inferior? Go online and find a "good" one, check it's price
>> nd order it if you want.
>>
>> It's a Bay question. Check valve? In the hose? Brake booster? Whoosh! I'm
>> out.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx
>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 8:27 AM
>> Subject: [tcb] Re: Brake light question/theory
>>
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>> Thanks for the info. I'll get right on it, well more accurately, under it,
>> but while I'm under there, I would also like to know if I was a fool for
>> buying the inferior hose? Should I buy the proper one and replace it?
>>
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>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 12:30 AM, Gary P. Alexander
>> <meanmachine41@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I got to thinking about your brake lite issue last night. Here's what I'd
>> do first, check the ground wires on the taillight housing , then clean the
>> bulb contacts and the contacts in the bulb holders, maybe that'll do it.
>> Also, could be a bad or failing brake light switch(s) down on the master
>> cylinder.
>> Great opportunity to change those out and bleed your brakes! See, I'm
>> always thinking of more ways for you to work on Donner.
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>> --- On Fri, 6/6/08, julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx
>> <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > From: julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > Subject: [tcb] Brake light question/theory
>> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Date: Friday, June 6, 2008, 10:44 PM
>>
>> > Okay, here it goes, I've got a question/theory about the
>> > brake lights on my
>> > '71. Step back in time with me for a moment. I had an
>> > intermittent problem
>> > when applying my brakes, Donner would sometimes stall or
>> > come close to
>> > stalling. There was a crack in the check valve in the
>> > brake booster hose,
>> > so that was replaced and the brake booster hose was so old
>> > and crumby, it
>> > was replaced too but the local VW parts place did not have
>> > the proper
>> > reinforced brake booster hose. I was informed that the one
>> > I was buying was
>> > wimpier but I was assured that it would work fine and that
>> > the proper one is
>> > hard to find and way overpriced, so I went for the inferior
>> > one.
>> > My intermittent problem is gone which is very nice but
>> > twice I've heard from
>> > those following me in a cruise that my brake lights
>> > don't work. So both
>> > times I get back in the Bus and step on the brakes and the
>> > brake lights work
>> > but last night I realized that I can halfway apply the
>> > brakes and the lights
>> > don't come on. Can this possibly be related to the
>> > cheaper, wimpier brake
>> > booster hose? Or does anyone have a different idea on why
>> > this is happening
>> > or an idea of how I should fix it?
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