Date:         Mon, 20 Mar 2000 20:43:02 -0800
Reply-To:     "Tom L. Neal" <jneal@NETCOM.COM>
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From:         "Tom L. Neal" <jneal@NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Hydraulic trilogy: brake master, clutch master, clutch slave
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After a quarter million miles the master and slave clutch cylinders leaked
emphatically and the brake master had never been changed.

Nice synergy to do them all at once.

Got parts from Ken Wilfy to take advantage of his list special.

Slave clutch cylinder replacement had a few posts during the last few months
that were helpful.  On a syncro, getting to the nuts is a real challenge
as the gas tank is very close.

The clutch master instructions on the type2 website are excellent
(someone on this list mentioned them a couple of weeks ago).

Brent forwarded Joel Cort's wonderful description for changing the brake
master cylinder. Be sure to keep track of the little copper washers on
each side of the feed line connections. One stuck on the slave and I
almost never found it.

Combination of Haynes and Bentley is worthwhile.  Each has different info.

The test drive went great. About $150 in material,  quite a few very
deliberate hours of changing parts and bleeding, and a lot of learning.

Thanks to the many people who helped.  I wouldn't have dreamed of
replacing these parts without "the list".

My wife noticed that when the clutch is pushed and the shaft plunges down,
the clutch slave cylinder bracket flexes up about two millimeters which
seems a little excessive.

Cheers, Tom Neal