The last time I did brakes was on an Austin 1100 and a Reliant Robin after fitting new copper brake pipes that I made and flared. I think I only got shut of the flaring tool a year or to back!!! So, don't think I bothered where to start then and this ear internet thingy was nowhere to be seen. All Haynes manuals. I can't believe you can't find details for such an Iconic car like the Beetle, its been around since Hitler was a lad.Strange sequence, normal procedure was always to bleed the longest pipework first. Anyone know the reasoning to do it the other way around on a T6?
@Urbanfox I wouldn't think others were getting it wrong as that's the way brakes have been bled for decades.
PS can't find a way of bleeding the Beetle brakes
Strange sequence, normal procedure was always to bleed the longest pipework first. Anyone know the reasoning to do it the other way around on a T6?
@Urbanfox I wouldn't think others were getting it wrong as that's the way brakes have been bled for decades.
PS can't find a way of bleeding the Beetle brakes
The Sealey tool is good quality, if anything the pick up hose in the pressure vessel is a little short so it can result in wasted fluid. I extended mine by approx 15mm using a plastic hose barb to reduce wastage.
And the engine is in the back!!!! Where they a crash gearbox? A mate of mine had one when I was In the Army at Osnabruck 1970. He was always taking the engine out to do some job or other!!!
Yes it's still 6v, it's kept as original as possible although most of the bulbs are LED mostly for safety on our busy roads. I have driven it to central Germany twice since the restoration was completed, a 1200 mile round trip in modern traffic conditions can be a challenge especially when it's only got 25 horses to pull it along! Although having the T6 as support vehicle does make things a little easier.
Did a fluid change today with the Sealey tool, I used 1.5L and used a pressure of 1.5 bar.
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