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  • Keep an eye on EV brake fluid level

    Ric Golen · Fri, 17 Oct 1997 16:59:48 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

    ...As your disk brake pads wear, the brake fluid level drops, and if it drops sufficiently enough you may be sucking air into the...

  • Re: Emergency brake light stays on

    John Bange · Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:10:53 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

    > Your brake fluid level is probably low. All 85 and newer Vanagons have a > level sensor in the brake fluid tank behind the speedometer...

  • Re: 84 Vanagon, will not shift into gear, Solved!

    Mark Drillock · Tue, 4 Sep 2007 10:17:45 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Brakes are a safety item, so the clutch is > the first thing to go as the fluid level drops. Then the brakes will > follow...

  • Re: Thanks-Emergency brake light stays on

    Bob O'Brien · Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:19:24 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

    ...All 85 and newer Vanagons >> have a >> level sensor in the brake fluid tank behind the speedometer. >> You should >> add fluid and check for...

  • Re: 84 Vanagon, will not shift into gear, Solved!

    Tom Buese · Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:33:45 -0600 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Brakes are a safety item, so the >> clutch is >> the first thing to go as the fluid level drops. Then the brakes will >> follow...

  • Re: Emergency brake light stays on

    Mark Drillock · Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:42:16 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Mark John Bange wrote: > > Your brake fluid level is probably low. All 85 and newer Vanagons > have a > level sensor in the brake fluid...

  • Re: Pedal Pressure & Brake Lights

    mark drillock · Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:14:48 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    85 has the brake fluid level switch in the cap just like 86+. The Bentley diagram for 85 mislabels the fluid level switch as...

  • Re: Update on brake indicator light

    mark drillock · Wed, 11 May 2005 20:23:54 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    No, in 85+ when VW put in the brake fluid level switch they removed the hydraulic sensing part of the circuit and used pressure...

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