[T3] Brake Cores Needed!

[Dave]

I have an old FAG MC from a 69 I just found in the garage.  I also have a right side tin with the clearance hole for the FI temp sensor and a windshield washer reservoir.  You can have them all as I hate to throw them out

Dave Moller

> On Mar 24, 2023, at 12:30 PM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear Fellow Type 3 Parts Hoarders,
> 
> As many of you know, I do a LOT of brake rebuilds for the Type 3 
> community. While most of what I do is simply rebuild and return, there are 
> times when the parts that I get are too far gone to be rebuildable. For these, 
> I have to dig into my stash of old parts to get a core to get them back on the 
> road.
> 
> I am currently out of tandem master cylinder cores. If you have some old 
> ones in unknown condition lying around, I'll pay the shipping, plus a bit more 
> for your trouble, to get them here in the hope that they might help someone 
> else's Type 3 get back on the road. These will have the Ate or FAG marking 
> on the side; I'm not interested in other aftermarket brands. Ate is preferred, 
> but I'll take either.
> 
> If, by any chance, you have one of the really early, single circuit, Type 3 
> MCs around, that's marked 20 instead of 19, I could use a couple of those, 
> too. They don't come up often, but they are occasionally needed, and I'm 
> currently out.
> 
> In a pinch, I can get any of these sleeved. While that option works really 
> well, it's also really expensive. It adds at least $150 to the total cost, putting 
> it over the price of new ones, which have gone way up recently.
> 
> Email me directly, not thru the list, and let me know what you have.
> 
> BTW, if you have brake parts lying on your garage or basement floor, just 
> sitting there in case you might need them someday, keep in mind that letting 
> them sit without cleaning them out and getting all the brake fluid and rust out 
> of the insides is the very best way of assuring that they will never be usable 
> again. If you want spares, send them to me for rebuilding NOW, or donate 
> them to me for the sake of the wider Type 3 Community.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> -- 
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> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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