Brake fluid reservoir

[Yabbadubbadoo]

Need to see a dual circuit reservoir in an early type 3.
Upgraded my master cylinder from single to dual circuit and realised that the strap which holds the old reservoir bottle will probably not fit a dual circuit reservoir.
Who can shed some light on this for me?
Cheers Paolo.
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Sydney, Australia.
66 Type 3 Fastback

[RedSquare]

Not sure how “early” you are looking for, but here are pics of the reservoir on my 1968 Squareback. It doesn’t have a strap, but instead has two little tabs on the bottom (one on each of the short sides) that appear to be made to slot under the tray that holds the reservoir. The one side you can see well in these pics is not slotted under the tray, although it looks like it should be. The other side of it (towards the cab of the vehicle) has a very small screw through the tab into the supporting tray.

Don’t know if this is the year you were looking for, and don’t know if mine is even attached correctly (now that I’ve looked at it closely), but it feels like it is in there pretty solid.

[W1K1]

Clatter just did his brake reservoir on his thread
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/jim_martin_engine_build.php

1973 super
1965 squareback 1500E
1971 bay window westy- subi swap

[Yabbadubbadoo]

[Yabbadubbadoo]

[pitargue]

You mean like this?

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2114746

[T3Yoshi]

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0

I show a pretty detailed process for fitting up a 67 dual circuit reservoir on an earlier front clip on page one of my thread.

I already had the wider strap for the reservoir so all I had to do was widen the mount area to make the strap fit and widen the pass through for two brake lines instead of one.
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1967 Squareback

[T3Yoshi]

You can probably make that strap if you cant find one for sale...
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1967 Squareback

[Yabbadubbadoo]

Thanks for the info T3Yoshi. Its exactly what I needed to see. The 67 reservoir certainly follows the law of supply and demand but it does look very much like the old one. I have a choice now.
1. Pay a hefty price for a similar looking, crusty, 50 year old plastic bottle and modify the metal mounting bracket to suit.
2. Use a brand new reservoir from later model, which i didn't pay much for, looks a fair bit different to original and has a different mounting bracket also requiring some mods to fit.

I'm leaning towards option 2 unless a neat looking 67 reservoir drops in my lap in the next few days....

This is the one I bought without considering the options.

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Sydney, Australia.
66 Type 3 Fastback

[Yabbadubbadoo]

Thinking I'll go with the later model tray setup. Found this bolt on style tray is a better solution for me as those 67 reservoirs are way to expensive due to scarcity for what you get. I'd rather a new reservoir than a crunchy old one for the money.

Saw this setup on a 1600TLE. A couple of nutserts popped into the right location and your done. Obviously have to cut and fill any holes from the old strap first.

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Sydney, Australia.
66 Type 3 Fastback

[Bobnotch]

This is how I did it on my 64 T-34. https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=830496

This worked for me, and all I had to add was the thin piece of tube and a longer mounting screw. Just a thought.
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Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120

[T3Yoshi]

[Yabbadubbadoo]

[Yabbadubbadoo]

This is what it looks like underneath with the old bolt holes trimmed off.

Nutserts are all M5 size. Will use more original looking bolts for final fit out.

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Sydney, Australia.
66 Type 3 Fastback