Well after test driving the 66 that's for sale I noticed my brakes suck.So I decided to do the right thing and replace them.I broke out the book and replaced all the shoes deciding that next time around I might get new drums. Afterward I did all the super fun adjusting as noted in the book(I have got to get the proper tool for this someday) Anyways I have no brakes now.

They sucked before but they worked. I tried to bleed them but there isn't any air in the lines. No broken lines,wheelcyliders seem fine. Im stumped or i just dont want to admitt it's the master cylinder. Seems like I would not have had any brakes if it were bad to start with.

So somebody tell me what retarded thing I've done now cause I'm lost.
Ideas?

I went out and messed with it again and can't find a leak anywhere. WTF?

Nope Zen just shoes. I pumped till my leg about fell off , nada!
My plan is to go out in the morning and adjust the breaks tight(over tight) and re-bleed it. I've read every thing I can about this type of problem I could find on samba.Sounds pretty common and pretty much another little vw quirk that you have to figure out.Gotta love it.

When adjusting the brakes I should be adjusting both the top and bottom adjusters right?
I had em tight a few times then when I centered em up they were lose again. Maybe some more adjusting?I also noticed the adjuster leif springs are mostly busted/unuseable.. I found some,should be fun to replace/weld.

I need to win the lotto so I can strip this sucker down and start from scratch. I just love finding all the hokey crap the previous owner did.
I think I found most of it.

If the wheel cylinder is good other than the bleeder, if you can get the broken one out with an easy-out, you can get replacement bleeders pretty cheap.

Like every thing else spare parts never hurt. Somehow it broke when it was tight and isn't even leaking. I figured get the parts and then try some surgery if I can't get it out then use the parts. Some how SC i thought you would say put some gum on it.But good point on the parts being cheap.