[T3] RE Type 3 Brakes

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/19/2013 10:05:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jadney at vwtype3.org writes:
 
On 19 Mar 2013 at 8:32, Jacob Adam Schroeder wrote:

>  Just out of curiosity, what is it that makes this job so hard/difficult  
on
> our Type 3s?  Does it require any special  tools/skills?

The hard part is getting the line connected at the rear  end. There's 
a Tee there that VW installed before they dropped the body  onto the 
pan. This job would be pretty easy if the body wasn't in the  way.
 
 
And IF you have an early car, that rear line section has to pass thru 2  
layers of steel (with a grommet on each layer, like my 64 has). The later cars 
 only have 1 layer to pass thru, but it's still quite difficult getting to 
the  "T" back there as you're limited on working space. I sometimes unbolt 
the "T"  from it's tab, just to make things a little easier. ;-) Then once 
the line is  attached tight to it, I'll bolt it back on. This is just 
something I learned  from doing a couple of them over the years.  

Bob 65  Notch S w/Sunroof and IRS aka Krusty
64 T-34 Ghia aka Wolfie
71  Square-vert under  construction


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