I put a dual system in my 62 Ghia Cabriolet. It was a common dual reservoir behind the spare but ran a comination of metal and blue hose to the Master. Works fine. Eric 62 Ghia 68 Bug both Cabriolets
agvw] Brake main cylinder conversion from single to dualsystem? To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List > I put a dual system in my '56 bug/'64 chassis and it bolted up > to the chassis no problem. I think it was a '67 master cylinder. > I also ran all new metal/rubber brake lines at the same time. > It's not hard to do if you're mechanically inclined. 8) > > Eric > > '60 Karmann Ghia > '56 Custom Beetle > '63 Baja Beetle > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Thom & Joanna Deane > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 1:00 PM > Subject: [vintagvw] Brake main cylinder conversion from single > to dualsystem? > > > Dear Group: > > > > My original single-system brake main cylinder on my '59 has > failed in the > past, causing all four brakes to fail simultaneously. > > > > I was wondering if a later-style dual-system brake main > cylinder that > separates the brakes into separate front and rear brake > systems, along with > separate reservoirs, could be simply bolted into my '59 (and > my '63) without > any significant changes (i.e., welding, changing mounting > hole/nut pattern, > etc). > > > > I like the idea of only one of the brake systems failing, as > opposed to all > brakes. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Thom > > > > '59 ragtop > > '63 dune buggy > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw_______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
