I have full access to the adjuster in my Duchess. The front trunk areas of the Duchess are configured differently than most TD kits. The brake lever extension rides in side a piece of PVC tubing, which is slightly shorter than the extension rod. so you can get to the end with the adjusterYou can disconnect the shaft and pull it without fear of…[Read more]

OK, so I got more than 1/8 “free” play, (more like a half inch) but no access at all to the 13 mm lock nut on account of there’s like a 20-inch extender bar between that and the pedal. This thing travels inside that inaccessible area beyond the “false” firewall but before the tab on the chassis to which the master cylinder is bolted…apparently…[Read more]

My good frien Glueten says no more than an 1/8 inch. He has seen this many times before

The more I read of this thread the more I think I’m gonna get a volt meter instead. Simpler, safer hookup and maybe a better read on the charging system too. Maybe run a wire from the generator to the idiot light so if/when the belt fails that’ll go on right off.

the traditional way to wire an inline ampmeter is to run a wire from the big  term on the starter (which also has the batt cable on it) to term “A” of the ampmeter. Term “B” gets the wire from the alt and the main power line for the rest of the car( fuse box etc) My MiGi came to me wired wrong, with the alt feeding into term A. The harness was evi…[Read more]

If you have all of the air out of the system, you can pull the hand brake and adjust the front shoes very tight, then try your pedal. It should be hard and high then. I fit’s not then you still have some air in the system and you can buy a little pump and bleed from the wheels back to the masted cyl to try to get it out. I presume you were…[Read more]

Bill
glad to hear that you found a way to get a title.  We need more TD’s in Florida.

Thanks, gentlemen. I’ll crawl under there tonight and see if I can take out some of that free play. Maybe it’s better than I thought.

Best VW manual in the system are the Robert Bentley manuals. In another forum they call the late model VW manual the “Orange” Bentley maual because that’s the color of the cover. It covers the entire VW and Karmann Ghia (which I just rebuilt) and has a ton of super value information. Get it at Amazon.com…its less expensive there. Ore try eBay.…[Read more]

Ed,Are you saying you have a half inch of free play between the brake lever adjustment rod and the master cylinder?No way amigo.The tip of the brake lever adjustment rod should be only about 1/8″ off the master cylinder plunger.

Junkman: upload pics by hitting the button on the top right of the Post Reply window–the one with the up arrow next to the tree. Follow the directons from there, navigate to the picture in your computer and hit OK. If the pic is bigger than 500 megabits or something it’ll reject it, and you’ll have to edit it to make it smaller.

Thanks, guys, I’m hip to the adjustment nut behind the pedal. Never touched it yet. There does seem to be that half-inch or less “free play” the book calls for. Will give it a closer look/feel though; what I think of as free play may be something else.Yeah, I adjusted all four shoes to just off the drums (turned the wheels while turning the star…[Read more]

ok guys i got a new pic for you this is my dash it’s
fiberglass i look at all the replica’s and i dont see a
dash like this..have any of you?
ok for some reason the upload pic on the post isn’t
working just look at my photo gallery junkman40447.8892824074

 Ed, If the pedal feels right [ not spongy] but goes down farther than you like,it sounds like the problem may be in the adjustment . Did you adjust all four wheels? If you had a full pedal some time in the past ,the master cylinder push rod adjustment must be correct.You need a small amount of clearence in the rod to insure that the master cyl.…[Read more]

Earlier this summer I was fiddleing around with an old VW brake system. Interesting systems actually. A good friend of mine Gluaten Klause stopped by. Over a Green bottle he explained to me that many a master cylinder was deemed worn out when really all had to be done was a minor adjustment of the master cylinder push rod. Its located behind the…[Read more]

thanks will that is very helpful info

Well done billflorida for following thru with the title headache issue.  Sounds like a good approach.

Oh yea and we just rewired ours it is virtually identical to the fiberfab schematic which you can find in our downloads section. A vw manual by haynes or chiltons wouldn’t hurt either.Will

I have a daytona migi and a cmc TD. the vin for the chasis should be on the top of the tunnel to the rear just in front of the inspection plate.(between the seats) Most of the migi parts are interchangable except the daytona has a different (smaller) grill and the top that MG magic sells won’t fit the windshield is shorter and the rear of the cab…[Read more]

You’ll be happy with Classic Roadsters schematics