diesel rabbit, turbo kit and break problem questions

[sombreromaster]

hello again, thank you to all of you whom answered my last post.

this one concerns a turbo kit and my utterly scary breaks.

the breaks are a more pressing matter, so ill start with that first. when you hit the breaks, and i mean i'll litterally be standing on the brake and clutch, and it just coasts to a stop, i mean you can feel it breaking but it certaintly isnt doing it good enough. any ideas what the problem is, could it be the master cylinder, the break pads are really worn down, busted break line, i have no idea, they work but just not well. very scary.

now, the diesel turbo kit. where would be a good place to find one, i cant find one anywhere.

-thanks again,
sombreromaster

[stevethefolkie]

From the auto parts store, purchase the appropriate pads & rotors, shoes & wheel cylinders + a liter of brake fluid. Brake parts are CHEAP for these cars - a lot cheaper than bumpers, grills, fenders and lives.

Pull the front wheels replace pads and rotors - if the pads are wet with brake fluid, replace the calipers as well.

Pull the rear wheels, remove the drums replace shoes and slave cylinder. A new brake "hardware" kit can, by the way, make messing around with drum brakes a LOT easier.

Starting with the right rear brake bleed the system (you want to replace all the old crappy looking fluid with nice, clean fluid so the sequence is LR, RR, LF, RF (in decreasing distance from the master cylinder) - keep the MC topped up while bleeding lest you introduce air into the system (which will give you a spongy pedal)

No sense in making it faster if you can't stop ....

[dubdoc]

As for the turbo kit, just fine a good 1.6TD from a Mk 2 Jetta and swap it in. It's a much better engine.

[CODE4LS1]

There is a diaphram in the vacuum pump that rips sometimes casuing the no power assist. You can actually replace the diaphram and not the vacuum pump. Hope this helps.