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Brake problems in a 16v Conversion (85 Cabriolet)
Any resistance on the brake pedal? What about if you pump it?
Actually you either have a defective MC, or you need to bench bleed the MC
again. cf Patrick's web site for some pictures about this.
Cheers.
Marc
'83 Scirocco
'88 Scirocco Slegato
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De : scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]De
la part de Jeffrey W. Bynum
Envoyé : 11 janvier, 2003 20:57
À : scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Objet : Brake problems in a 16v Conversion (85 Cabriolet)
I am in need of some brake diagnosis help. The car in question is a 1985
Cabriolet with a full 16v conversion- motor, tranny, all wiring, brakes, MC,
booster, pedal cluster, rear disk axle beam, exhaust, etc. Esentially it is
a complete Scirocco 16v transplanted into a Cabriolet.
The brakes have no pedal - it goes all the way to the floor. The front
brakes are off of a running/driving 16v Scirocco (new pads, and rotors), the
rear is a scirocco axle beam, and A3 calipers (brand new, new pads, new
rotors, etc). The car also has a new 22mm Corrado MC. I first tried bleeding
the brakes with my Motive power bleeder- starting at the rear PS, with the
A3 caliper removed from the stub axle so that I could bleed it with the
nipple facing corrrectly, as not to induce air into the system. from there
moving on to the DS rear, PS front, and then DS front. The brakes bleed
great, all air seems to be evacuated, and then when I get in the
car....WTF?!?!? no pedal. I tried replacing the MC with another new one
(this time a german ATE instead of an Italian made one), to the same result.
I tried replacing the booster with another, same result. Always bleeds fine,
but still no pedal. I have even tried bleeding it manually, but no go. I
used all new or known good parts to avoid problems, but no luck. I even
connected all the lines without the proportioning valves , just to see if it
made any difference. I would appreciate any and all input on the matter, as
I would really like to get the car out of my garage to move another project
inside.....(1988 Scirocco 16v , 47k original miles, white, no sunroof,
manual window/lock, cloth /vinyl, 1 lady owner, nonsmoker....)......help
please. I can make em run, just not having much luck in stopping this
thing....
Jeffrey W. Bynum
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