[tcb] Re: To restore or not to restore
- From: Brad Tripp <67type2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:15:00 -0500
Adjust them tight FIRST, Then bleed and readjust.. Brad
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Put a bunch of shiny nails, screws, chain, whatever you might use a little
> water or paint thinner and pour it all out on something so that you can see
> what it loosened. If you don't have flakes of rust or varnish, I'd say just
> put it back in the bus. I did this to Murray about three times before it
> came out clean and in 10 years I have not had any problem. Carry lots of
> fuel filters.
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> As for the brakes, you have to do both anyway, bleed and adjust. Bleed them
> first.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Julie
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 3:50 PM
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tcb] To restore or not to restore
>
> So after all of the struggle (Thanks Tracy for the suggestion to use
> the little screwdriver.), the fuel tank is out and when I shine a
> flashlight into it I don't see any rust or sludge or anything but
> happy, dry, clean metal. When I shake it I don't hear any flakes. So
> going through the whole POR 15 process of restoring the tank seems
> silly to me and I might mess things up rather than make it better.
> Should I just rinse the tank with something before putting it back in
> just to make sure it is as good a condition as I think it is? Should I
> stop being a wimp and go ahead and restore?
>
> This Bus has been sitting for years, when I got it last year a friend
> and I drained the gas out of it. It sure was stinky. I am surprised
> that the tank seems so clean.
>
> And a completely different question and please forgive it is a Beetle
> question but let's just pretend that we are talking about a 70 or
> earlier Bus because drum brakes are drum brakes, right? So finally my
> Mom's VW is running but the brakes aren't so wonderful. This car is
> new to us, and a friend suggested that I bleed the brakes first and
> then adjust them. I thought that I should just go straight to
> adjusting them. So is he correct? I have never bleed or adjusted
> brakes but I have seen it done, so I think I can handle it.
>
> Thanks for putting up with me,
>
> Julie
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