Need to fix brakes to sell my Thing! Help!

Pittoale

I need to fix my brakes so I can sell my coconut wheel Thing. It is posted on TheSamba, but I don't want to try and sell it locally with patchy brakes. When I push the brakes, they work about half the time. Sometimes to the floor, sometimes they work. More recently, they have been spongy and harder to get to work. I have attempted to bleed them to get the air out, doesn't seem to help. Could it be my master cylinder or even something else?

Thanks!
-Jeff
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Van-go108 · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:32 pm Post subject:

I'm sorry to hear your selling Her. I'd buy it, if you were closer. It's a hell of a deal even if you do nothing to the brakes. I saw the ad. The top is new Too?
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Pittoale · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:39 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I hate to part with it, it's great at the local drive-in (in the summer). But, yes, the top is new.

stevehenderson · Samba Member Joined: January 01, 2008 Posts: 356

Did you bleed them?

http://www.vw-resource.com/bleed.html

Very nice price.

Hard time to sell toys. Every one wants to refinance or buy a house, houses are going cheep around here and a lot of toys are thus for sale.

Pittoale · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject:

Yes, bled them, didn't help.

klokard · Samba Member Joined: February 10, 2005 Posts: 158

There are a few different things it could be. I had a similar problem with my '73. It may be a bad brake line. The way to check is to pull off the cap to the master cylinder. One at a time, open the bleeder valves and see if they drain. If not, the lining of that line has become swollen and spongy which occludes the flow of brake fluid to that wheel cylinder. Good luck.

mrafindley · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject:

Could be a leaking wheel cyl. master cyl. or brake lines like they say
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Pittoale · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:39 am Post subject:

Sounds like good advice, I will have to try it after work today! Thanks!

74 Cosa · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:31 am Post subject:

My 75 Beetle had a similar problem and it was a wheel cylinder.

Pittoale · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:45 am Post subject:

Thanks, we will keep that in mind as we investigate!


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