[tcb] Re: To restore or not to restore
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:18:58 -0700 (PDT)
Julie: My suggestion on the tank is do nothing. The brakes on the beetle
depend. Are they mushy are do they just have a low pedal? Not mush I would
just adjust them. Mushy: You need to find out why they are mushy, maybe
leaking cylinders or maybe just need bleeding. But normally you do not need to
bleed brakes unless you have had the brake system apart.
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From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 3:49:35 PM
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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