{"id":1610,"date":"2019-01-04T17:19:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T16:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.entfallteiledienst.de\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2019-01-04T17:25:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T16:25:12","slug":"caution-this-post-may-contain-an-offensive-container","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.entfallteiledienst.de\/?p=1610","title":{"rendered":"Caution! This post may contain an offensive…. container!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This brave young guy here, my dear VW-friends, doesn\u00b4t need any brakes for the ride in his \u00b451 panel……<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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…..but I need some in my \u00b451, cause I am way less brave!

So, I better finalize my job regarding the master cylinder of the Samba! Do you remember the post about the master cylinder? (in case you missed it please scroll down some posts). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the original master was way too far gone even in my eyes, we decided to go for a new master, but anything else, the screws, the reservoir and the brake light switch we want to be old original material. That\u00b4s what this little update is all about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the Samba was found the original very first brake fluid container was still in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A very rare item indeed! The original aluminum brake fluid container. Hard to find, because it was normally replaced by the much more practical later plastic container.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That\u00b4s another proof the Bus didn\u00b4t have a very long first life, neither did it run a high mileage. How many pre \u00b454 VWs you have seen still with their aluminum containers mounted? Hardly any I would guess or if you have seen one the car was taken from the roads very early. The later plastic container was so much better (plus cheap and easy to replace), because you could check the level of the brake fluid without removing cap! But the Samba still had its first unit, but as with so many other original parts found with the Samba it was in very, very poor condition. Just have a look and see the problem I was faced with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Bonn, we have a problem……”<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You know me\nby now. This hole in the container isn\u00b4t a reason the replace an original\npiece, it\u00b4s just a challenge! On the other hand it is still a safety item and\nsafety is no subject to joke with just due my originality-freak-show. But I had\nan idea\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First of\nall, let\u00b4s remove the stuck cap without destroying the soft aluminum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OK, the seal is gone, but the cap survived!<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Also the thread we can use again<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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So, here is my compromise between originality up to the limit and safety: a custom made inner container to slip into the original rotten surface. Cool, isn\u00b4t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ready for installaition!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Now, let\u00b4s\ngrab our original fixing screw with the new sieve and a new copper sealing ring\nto fix the container on the master.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Please see a prevoius post to check how we fixed this new sieve into the old original screw<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A new seal for the cap come from Francisco Barone in Brasil. I will add this item to the VEWIB line soon.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now let\u00b4s have a look on the brake light switch which was with the old rotten, but original master:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Would you seriously use such a brake light switch on your master? Luckilly I did not have to go for this decision.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This switch didn\u00b4t look to me to be original! As far as I know the early brake light switches always had a bar between the two poles, minimum as long as the switches came from ATE. Did VW equipped any \u00b451 car with something else but masters made by ATE? I doubt it. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This little 66 year old platic box contains….<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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….a NOS switch! Would it be correct to use it on the Samba? Let\u00b4s check.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Here are two ATE switches right beside the rotten switch of the Samba. The used ATE switch came from a very untouched \u00b451 Bus and the new one is a NOS item made in 1953 as the date stamp states.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the left the switch that was found with the Samba, in the middle a switch coming from a very untouched \u00b451 Bus and on the right the NOS switch<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A close up of the NOS switch. Do you see the stamp 31\/53? So this one was made in the summer of 1953. Good enough for my Samba, do you agree?<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As the difference between the \u00b451 made used ATE switch and the NOS \u00b453 made ATE switch is hard to see at all (it\u00b4s just the high of the bar between the poles) I decided to mount the NOS switch to the master. The rotten one isn\u00b4t original anyway, so there is no need to invest a lot of time to restore it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ready for installation! This unit is already with Mark in England and I promise we will use it at a certain cool meeting in the upcoming summer…..<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ha! I can\u00b4t wait to see T\u00dcV (=MOT or DMV) inspector\u00b4s shocked face when he is going to discover this master! But I am sure the Samba will pass the test after a second close of the inspector. I don\u00b4t expect him to understand why we made such an effort just to use the rotten container again, but I would appreciate if you, the real VW-nerds, agree that this compromise between originality and safety is the right way. What do you think? You are welcome to leave a comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have a\nnice weekend!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florian<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This brave young guy here, my dear VW-friends, doesn\u00b4t need any brakes for the ride in his \u00b451 panel…… …..but I need some in my \u00b451, cause I am way less brave! So, I better finalize my job regarding the master cylinder of the Samba! Do you remember the post about the master cylinder? (in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.entfallteiledienst.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.entfallteiledienst.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.entfallteiledienst.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.entfallteiledienst.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.entfallteiledienst.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1610"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.entfallteiledienst.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1658,"href":"https:\/\/blog.entfallteiledienst.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions\/1658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.entfallteiledienst.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.entfallteiledienst.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.entfallteiledienst.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}