76 Blue 2 Door

[brasstinman]

Walked into the garage yesterday morning and there was radiator fluid on the garage floor. It was leaking out from the water pump. Tightened it up, wiped it down and threw a tray under it and had to run out for the day and had friends coming around in the afternoon so couldn't look at it until today.
Drained the radiator out and took off the pump and checked the seal and checked there wasn't anything on the pump and the elbow and refitted and filled with some water to test it. Again it was leaking.
Looks like I'll put on some gasket glue and test it again otherwise it's a new seal and problem solved.
I won't get to the brake line this side of the trip to Vietnam.

[hiho]

Leaky quarter vents + brake lines + carpet = rusty floor + no brakes

Internally running the brake lines was not VWs greatest idea

[GRN_VAGN]

Leaky quarter vents + brake lines + carpet = rusty floor + no brakes

Internally running the brake lines was not VWs greatest idea

1980 changed that, they changed it to under the car. ive had a look at both floor pans from a 78 and 80 and i see no way to run them under the car on a early model which sucks. Ive had to replace 2 broken lines, current car has a repair section done near the passenger seat.

[brasstinman]

Hmmmm that's a shame coz I was going to look at moving them underneath the car

[brasstinman]

OK so I'm back from Vietnam (awesome trip) and I've been flat stick since I got back so I haven't looked at the golf. Not to mention I spent all my coin over there.

I need to get the metal brake line replaced as it has a hole in it right where it runs across the drivers floor beneath the peddles. Does anyone know the best way to get it out as it runs from the master cylinder through the firewall and down the side of the car to the rear. That's one long metal pipe!!!

The 2nd thing on my list is replacing the water pump seal. Anyone know the best place around Sydney or a web site to pick this up from?
Put a small amount of water in to test it after I cleaned it and reseated the water pump and it started leaking immediately.

[Peter Jones]

There's no easy way, You'll need to pull the seats out and take the carpet out to get at it all.

If there's only a small section that is damaged a brake place can put in a repair piece by using joiners.

Tooleys will have a gasket for that water pump.

[brasstinman]

Thanks for getting back to me. Been crazy at work this week and haven't even checked the site....

It's just one section, a small pin hole. I think I'll line up a local brake place and just run it down and get it fixed.