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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 2:23 am    Post subject: Cap for Brake Fluid Reservoir Cap dimensions needed Reply with quote

Hi
May I ask - can someone measure the cap on he reservoir cap?
I knocked it to the dash and can not find. It is somewhere in the dash. I can 3D print it, but do not have the internal dimensions Sad
Much appreciate it!
Thank you
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 8:48 am    Post subject: Re: Cap for Brake Fluid Reservoir Cap dimensions needed Reply with quote

A new cap is $15, why bother making.

If it was discontinued, I could see making one.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 8:48 am    Post subject: Re: Cap for Brake Fluid Reservoir Cap dimensions needed Reply with quote

Hello, looks like you are in the EU based on your profile. My 82 does not have the float switch cap. I just replace the resevoir with a new one and ended up with the cap you need. I looked at dismantling it for you and making the measurements, but it's not really meant to come apart.

Before I went to the trouble to 3d print one, maybe you can find one of these over there. Here they are cheaper than lunch out.

https://vancafe.com/brake-fluid-reservoir-cap/
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 11:01 am    Post subject: Re: Cap for Brake Fluid Reservoir Cap dimensions needed Reply with quote

MarkWard wrote:
maybe you can find one of these over there. Here they are cheaper than lunch out.

https://vancafe.com/brake-fluid-reservoir-cap/


Germany: https://www.bus-ok.de/T25-Cap-with-sensor-for-brake-fluid-tank-OEM-partnr-357611349

€16.05
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 11:48 am    Post subject: Re: Cap for Brake Fluid Reservoir Cap dimensions needed Reply with quote

I know...
And €20 for shipping. Once you live in another EU country purchasing these small items is horrible
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 12:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Cap for Brake Fluid Reservoir Cap dimensions needed Reply with quote

Maybe look further for it. New it’s not removable from what I can tell. I know over time they do pop off. Do they have auto wrecker yards over there? They used the same cap on many VWs and Audis of that era.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 12:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Cap for Brake Fluid Reservoir Cap dimensions needed Reply with quote

vik wrote:
I know...
And €20 for shipping. Once you live in another EU country purchasing these small items is horrible


It is strange that there is no JPgroup vendor in CZ.
JPGroup 1161200100 is the partnr BTW

What happened to the prague bus boys webshop?
Beetle.cz sells only used parts?
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 1:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Cap for Brake Fluid Reservoir Cap dimensions needed Reply with quote

vik wrote:
I know...
And €20 for shipping. Once you live in another EU country purchasing these small items is horrible


Czexit? try a wrecker,
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 4:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Cap for Brake Fluid Reservoir Cap dimensions needed Reply with quote

You can mount a VAG cap from the 2000's, with the cylindrical float, usually yellow cap, just make sure to take the connector and pigtail with it.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 10:51 pm    Post subject: Re: Cap for Brake Fluid Reservoir Cap dimensions needed Reply with quote

ZsZ wrote:
vik wrote:
I know...
And €20 for shipping. Once you live in another EU country purchasing these small items is horrible


It is strange that there is no JPgroup vendor in CZ.
JPGroup 1161200100 is the partnr BTW

What happened to the prague bus boys webshop?
Beetle.cz sells only used parts?


Thx - this might help. Bus boys here source from mybusparts and they don´t have it.

Czexit? Not really. But as all states are separate entities the shipping companies use this to their advantage. Similar like cell phone roaming. Hope this would change in the future.

Alika - good tip, thx
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