[T3] Cleaning brake lines

[Jim Adney]

On 15 Mar 2012 at 8:33, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:

> I got my new lines from Wolfsburg West. They were the correct lengths,  
> except for the left. This was due to me converting the single master  cylinder 
> to a dual that I had Jim rebuild. 

All the tandem MCs made from '72-on, including OEM and replacements, 
have an odd angled port for the LF wheel. It's not at all where it 
"should" be, and it takes a completely different brake line to reach 
it. You're not supposed to put the brake light switch in that hole, 
although many people get away with it. The 2 brake light switches are 
supposed to go in the 2 left side ports.

I used to have a few NOS of those late LF lines, but they are all 
gone now. What I do, is bend one up by hand, to match an old one that 
I keep here as an example. I sell a lot of those with MC rebuilds, 
since I've never known a car to come with the correct line, except 
for late type 3s that came that way from the factory.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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