Bigger brake booster, improved brakes.

[shagginwagon83]

Oh yeah you can't find new units. Not the ATE 300088. Trust me I have spent hours and hours over the past three years.

I even emailed ATE and they stopped producing them and don't plan to produce them.

As you mentioned only the new BMW units can be purchased for $1200+

[DrEvil914]

[trihartsfield]

Just had my local NAPA order this booster. It appears to be the correct BMW part but I would like to make sure. The part number is a NAPA number and I can not find a cross reference to the BMW. The overall circumference is 10.7.

Is this the correct part for the upgrade. Going into a 1982 Westy, originally a 1.6 Diesel.

Chris

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1971 Transporter-SOLD
1982 Westy Will grow up into a TDI

[trihartsfield]

[mathieux46]

Wow thanks!!!

Just ordered one from Rockauto for 143$ CAD! It was 283$ CAD for the same Cardone on NAPA in Canada. This is a extremely good deal, while it last, since the used ones are super expensive on Ebay.

Bad timing I guess since I just ordered a girling used from ebay for 100$. It look great and in good condition but realised once I received it it's missing the center push rod so sort of useless unless I could find a push rod. If anyone have a spare push rod this could be a good option too, I won't need it anymore, let me know.

[danfromsyr]

+1 ordered thanks.

[tikiman71]

I purchased this same Cardone unit from Autozone in 2017 for $107 + $29 core, which they returned when I gave them my original unit. Markswagen installed it with some minor modification to the clevis and it works great with my GoWesty "Bigger Brake" kit. I did not notice a huge improvement with the booster itself, but everything has worked nicely together since installation, both at higher speeds and in mountain passes around the Eastern Sierra/395.

A happy customer!

Adam
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1987 Westfalia GL

[JPrato]

[trihartsfield]

I ended up sending my original booster to Cardone, through NAPA, to get it rebuilt. $140. Haven't received it back yet. Will update when I do.
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1971 Transporter-SOLD
1982 Westy Will grow up into a TDI

[shagginwagon83]

[JPrato]

[rotaecho]

I installed the E30 booster around 2013/2014, and had no problems.

Last year my speedo plastic part off cluster broke, so I replaced the speedo cable.

For about a year now, I've been chasing how to stop the speedo from chattering.

It curves around the BMW ATE booster and goes to the cluster. I've read this has cause problems, others say it's not a problem.

I've lubed the cable, played with it, etc. Are there known good cables? Slightly longer ones? Better vendor than another? etc?

Just trying to figure how to get this damn cable to stop chattering.
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-Will
1982 Westfalia mTDI (50deg) aka Betsy Bertha
http://www.tdivanagons.com

[connor_warren59]

Also for those who need one of these…the Cardone remanufactured part is available currently. Their availability is somewhat limited, I just snagged one from RockAuto but also saw them on amazon. Cardone 532601

Get one while you can! I’ve been waiting 6 months or so for them to become available again.

[thatbaldwinlife]

[shagginwagon83]

I dig the analog tach!

I don't recall where I read it but I believe someone mentioned lowering where the cable comes into the van - to get the extra length you need.
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Brandon
"Jo Ann" - '83.5 Westfalia EJ22e w/Peloquin
Instagram @joannthevan