Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf brakes

2016-08-16 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
The pressure bleed from on top was the only way I could get the 107 with ABS to behave. I never had any such problem with 126 cars with ABS, just gravity bleed from above. Keep the reservoir full enough so it won't run out. Simple. I made a pressure bleeder with a new $10 1 gallon sprayer fr

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf brakes

2016-08-16 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
To: Curt Raymond; Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Max Dillon > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf brakes > > I wonder if there is an equivalent operation to activate / bleed the ABS > system on my 124 cars? > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf brakes

2016-08-16 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
August 2016 01:08 To: Curt Raymond; Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Max Dillon Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf brakes I wonder if there is an equivalent operation to activate / bleed the ABS system on my 124 cars? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 __

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf brakes

2016-08-16 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
I wonder if there is an equivalent operation to activate / bleed the ABS system on my 124 cars? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On August 16, 2016 2:11:22 PM EDT, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: >Again breaking in (see what I did there?) with car news. >Some of you might rememb

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf brakes

2016-08-16 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
If you just buy the cables, MUX and software on an external USB drive you can get it all for under $300. That’s what I paid about a year and a half ago on Alibaba. Consider that the MB stuff is not just the cables and software, it also includes the multiplexer that is necessary for the older c

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf brakes

2016-08-16 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
rcedes Discussion List Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf brakes > On August 16, 2016 at 3:00 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > I *think* that the slow rise in turbo means its bad. Maybe your VNT

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf brakes

2016-08-16 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On August 16, 2016 at 3:00 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > I *think* that the slow rise in turbo means its bad. Maybe your VNT isn't V any more? Stuck fins? Bad actuator? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okieb

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf brakes

2016-08-16 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
-Curt From: Kevin Kraly To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 2:32 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf brakes Curt, How does the VCDS work?  Is this the setup that links to the car using a laptop, link cable and specific software? I read in some TDI fo

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf brakes

2016-08-16 Thread Kevin Kraly via Mercedes
Curt, How does the VCDS work? Is this the setup that links to the car using a laptop, link cable and specific software? I read in some TDI forums that this setup is needed to power the fuel pumps to properly prime the system when changing the fuel filter on my 2014 Beetle TDI. Kevin in Hillsb

[MBZ] OT: Golf brakes

2016-08-16 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Again breaking in (see what I did there?) with car news. Some of you might remember some months ago I replaced the rear brake pads and calipers on the Golf I also free'd up the sticking caliper pins to make the calipers actually work. At the time I bled the brakes with my new power bleeder but th