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I like your idea of the dual circuit master cylinder. That's a nice safety feature. I'm going to copy that idea from you for my busses.

Ken wrote:I like your idea of the dual circuit master cylinder. That's a nice safety feature. I'm going to copy that idea from you for my busses.

Well Ken, you're like me. I guess we shouldn't take too many chanes. I've been talking to Dale about it at Dale's VW. Six volts won't kill you, but a suicide cylinder can!

Dale's going to help me with the brakes, which is great 'cause he has two lifts. I still have an original one cylinder in my beetle, but I make sure the e-brake is in top notch shape and the bug is pretty light and is really pretty easy to stop using the e-brake. I don't know how that approach will fare with a fully loaded split bus, so I think I'm better off with a dual. Besides the look of that split bus e-brake scares the heck out of me. It's like John Wayne pulling up on a team of horses! I'm not sure I'm ready for that.

CIP1 sells a single to dual conversion kit, but that resevoir is sure exspensive. Here's just the spacer so you don't have to cut the original pushrod. http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp ... C20%2D4100

The deluxe unit comes with both the spacer and the resevoir, but geez it's another $100.00 just for the resevoir! Yikes! http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp ... D015%2D267

Dale may have a rabbit resevoir it says you can use. It probably won't line up with the hole in the floor though, so I may have to bite the bullet. WW sells a metal (German) line replacement kit for the 55-63 brakes at $52.00, http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/Detai ... 211698001B , but I'm not sure what other lines or connections I'll need down below with the extra circuit.

Oh yea, I still have to buy either the Brazillian http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp ... 021%2DAAGR or German http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp ... 021%2DAAGR dual master cylinder.

On top of all that, if I could afford to go all out I'd jump on this, but WOW $$$$$!

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp ... D5205%2D14

Maybe after my wife gets her kitchen.

I was just kidding with the 6.70 comment...Radials are cool i suppose... I dont mind the 6 volt on my truck...I am happy I dont have a 36hp motor in it...I did that with my 57 panel for a bit, as long as your not in a hurry its sorta fun..

vw7266 wrote:I was just kidding with the 6.70 comment...Radials are cool i suppose... I dont mind the 6 volt on my truck...I am happy I dont have a 36hp motor in it...I did that with my 57 panel for a bit, as long as your not in a hurry its sorta fun..

Like you, I love the 6.70's. I guess I just wanted a little false security that radials seem to bring. I really kept it 6 volt 'cause I was trying to keep it fairly original. Nothing that a stock nazi couldn't easily fix down the road! I figure there aren't a whole lot of these left and it would have been a shame to 'frankenstien' it just for some extra creature comforts. I'm going to find a bay window as my next project for that!

I've never driven a 36HP small nut tranny, so I don't really know what I'm in for. I'm a slow driver anyway. I'll probably be running with Ken and Reg.

One thing for sure, I know I won't be keeping up with Berea Bob!

Six Volt wrote:I'm a slow driver anyway. I'll probably be running with Ken and Reg. One thing for sure, I know I won't be keeping up with Berea Bob!

Same here. We bring up the "caboose" of the bus train. Darn Bob, Dennis & Bill are the 75mph "Trailblazers" when we run in a convoy. I'm into the trip for the scenery. Motto: "We'll get there, eventually".

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That thing looks GREAT!! I hope someday my DC looks half as good, CONGRATES. RICK

WideFive wrote:Don't forget to add a line-loc when you do the DC MC

I don't even have a clue as to what constitutes a "line-loc", but as Muhammed Ali one said: "If that's good, that's me!"

BTW, how did you mange to make yourself small so you could crawl under one of "your" buses and actually get a picture of an undercarriage?

Six Volt wrote:

Ken wrote:I like your idea of the dual circuit master cylinder. That's a nice safety feature. I'm going to copy that idea from you for my busses.

Well Ken, you're like me. I guess we shouldn't take too many chanes. I've been talking to Dale about it at Dale's VW. Six volts won't kill you, but a suicide cylinder can!

I believe a bus pilots second greatest thrill is driving, his first greatest thrill is stopping.

Sean, this is great information. It's about time someone came up with a dual master cylinder kit for the pre 66 split and the '67 busses. It's hard to put a price tag on something like this. I going to seriously look at this for my '66 Westy then the SC And Vegas.

Next thing you know someone will have a kit for putting air bags in a split. I sure Chuck Spence has already figured this out