Re: MK1 brakes

[UrGTI@aol.com]

I installed the complete 16v rocco brake set-up on my 80 16v .

I dont know about the 8v master cylinders being different but the scirocco 
16v ones are bigger . The one to look for is the 22mm one that comes on some 
VWs . You can tell its size (at least on the 22mm ones) because it is cast 
into the side of the master itself . I had the identical set-up on my 84 GTI 
but W/O the 22mm master cylinder but when I put together the rocco I added 
the bigger master cyl. This made the biggest improvement out of anything I 
ever did to my brakes . 

As for the brake lights I had to extend the wires from one of the 2 switches 
to inside the car . Then I took a rabbit GTI brake light switch and installed 
it on the pedal cluster by drilling out the small hole that is already there 
to accept the switch . One problem I encountered here though is that the 
pushrod on the switch is not long enough to contact the brake pedal arm . For 
now I have a spacer on the brake pedal arm . 

Jasin
"80" S 16v

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