I picked up my new westy ('82 diesel) today, and the brakes are still very stiff. I took it over to my VW guru friends house and he determined that the vacuum pump isn't working. No sucking or air flow when disconected.
I checked bus depot, go westy, and cal imports and none of them list "vacuum pump". Does anyone know where I can get this part? Is it possible that it is a dealer only item?
Other than this one little (and hopefully inexpensive) fix, everything else looks good on the van. Yippie!
Peace - donna