(Solved): Master Cylinder - WTF?

[sukchew at suddenlink.net (Chuck Blue)]

Well Damn!
 I was hoping to at least get a plane ride and all I got was problem 
solved.I guess I'll just go drive fast and make plane noises.then wipe the 
spit off of the inside of the windshield.I'm glad you got it worked out.
ole blue
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daun Yeagley" <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
To: <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>; <rapieper@yahoo.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 11:20 PM
Subject: (Solved): Master Cylinder - WTF?


> Well, I still have at least a little hair left.
>
> I chatted with Ron on the phone this evening and he gave me
> a couple things to try.  The tests were fine, but by that
> time dad was over at the hangar so I picked his brain.  He
> felt the pedal and started suspecting the MC itself, so I
> went ahead and removed it.  Well, turns out that the
> booster that I installed was junk.  A) the shaft wasn't
> long enough to fully engage the MC piston and B) it was
> actually what was causing the serious "catch" in the pedal.
>
> I have re-installed the old booster, hoping that the brake
> fluid did no permanant damage to the internals.  (A new
> booster is unobtainium.)  The system bled beautifully after
> that, and the test drive was a success.  (Side note, I
> topped off the tank, and while pumping gas I had a guy
> remark that I had "a nice car, what year is it?"  Made me
> smile.  :)
>
> So Deiter is in the garage, having done the big hangar
> car-shuffle after the test drive.  It's now a bit after
> midnight, and I think I'll go have dinner.
>
> Thanks to all for the suggestions / encouragements /
> postulations.  That's a big part of what this list is all about.
>
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '81 Scirocco S (Deiter)       '86 Scirocco 8v
> '88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!)  '88 Scirocco 16v
> '96 Passat GLX Wagon          '56 Cessna 172
> The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts - 
> Ehrlich's Law.
>
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