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Thu May 29, 2008 10:25 am

For y'all running Volvo resevoirs, have you installed them with the filler towards the firewall or away from the firewall? Is there a preference for accessibility or does it not really make any difference?

I don't have my body or gas tank on yet, so I can't really tell.

Thanks

Thu May 29, 2008 10:28 am

Good question... I'm curious as well :lol:

Thu May 29, 2008 10:31 am

It doesn't really matter from a reservoir functionality perspective. I place mine with the filler towards the firewall. I found it gave me more room to fill it, because the front of the body slopes sharply downwards after the firewall. If I had installed it with the filler towards the front of the car, it would have a been a tight time trying to get the fluid in without making a mess.

Thu May 29, 2008 10:37 am

Facing rear for me as well.

Thu May 29, 2008 11:03 am

Good - that was how I put it on, but didn't want to wait until I had it full of fluid before I discovered it should have been the other way.

Thu May 29, 2008 11:05 am

Another related question.

If I have too many outlets on the master, what do I put in as a plug? An extra brake light indicator?

And do I want a 2 prong or 3 prong?

Thu May 29, 2008 11:14 am

If your not using a warning light get two, dual prong switches. Wire just one. Then you always have a back up!

Thu May 29, 2008 12:17 pm

Pardon my ignorance. What do you mean by warning light?

Thu May 29, 2008 12:28 pm

It was a light on the dash to warn you of Brake Failure. Most people used the light to check for dirt under their fingernails when you pushed on it. Tim

Thu May 29, 2008 12:59 pm

So the 3rd prong ran an error light on the dash? Does it light when the brakes are pressed? No light means no brakes?

Thu May 29, 2008 1:17 pm

It would only light up if either one of the brake circuits had a failure and even then only when you pushed on the brakes. It would also light up in "test" mode if you pushed the button on the dash. I'm pretty sure it was first used in '68 Beetles, but it required the 3 prong brake light switches to make it all work.

Thu May 29, 2008 1:17 pm

Gossamer wrote: So the 3rd prong ran an error light on the dash? Does it light when the brakes are pressed? No light means no brakes?

No, you would know if you had no brakes when you pressed them :D .

There was one switch on each circuit (front/back). If one circuit didn't activate when the other did then you got the warning light.

Thu May 29, 2008 1:18 pm

Gossamer wrote: So the 3rd prong ran an error light on the dash? Does it light when the brakes are pressed? No light means no brakes?

No, you would know if you had no brakes when you pressed them :D .

There was one switch on each circuit (front/back). If one circuit didn't activate when the other did then you got the warning light.

Thu May 29, 2008 1:24 pm

"If your not using a warning light get two, dual prong switches. Wire just one. Then you always have a back up!"

I prefer to wire the switches in parallel. That way, if one of them fails, the other one works automatically. You will also still have brake lights even if one hydraulic circuit goes out.

"If one circuit didn't activate when the other did then you got the warning light."

Exactly. Think of it as an XOR Gate:

Lee

Thu May 29, 2008 4:07 pm