Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:08:48 -0700
Reply-To: Leon Korkin <korkwood@SURFREE.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Leon Korkin <korkwood@SURFREE.COM>
Subject: Re: Clutch slave cyl. removal & more
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The slave cylinder bracket is perfect example of Micky Mouse "engineering" that
went into many other areas of Vanagons...
Leon
85 Subwagen Westy
Jere Hawn wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I just finished replacing my slave cylinder last night. That one nut and
> bolt was a two person job. I don't quite understand it though; everything
> on the van had been easier then it looks to fix except for this one nut and
> bolt on the slave cylinder. I had to insert the bold with needle nose
> pliers (should have had vice grip needle nose to make it easier) and another
> person put the nut on it. In any case it is done and now the find a way to
> clean the mess the leaky cylinder left on everything.
>
> Jere
> 90 GL
> 88 GL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Chuck Hill
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 5:06 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Clutch slave cyl. removal & more
>
> The clutch slave cylinder is mounted on a bracket with two small bolts,
> and is typically really difficult for me to remove. Access to the rear
> bolt is especially bad, and they are usually pretty rusty here in Iowa,
> at least. Does anyone have any really effective tricks to getting this
> thing off?
>
> On another note, I like it when people advertise their parts for sale on
> the list, especially when they price them up front--same price for
> everyone--and actually have the parts they advertise for sale. I think
> this is an important function the list can fulfill.
>
> One more thing. We see the same issues raised repeatedly, and that's
> OK, and there are good reasons for this to happen. Is it possible to
> create a Vanagon "book" that we could all contribute a page or chapter
> to, that could then build up to be the definitive information source,
> organized in some logical way, with updates possible. The so-called
> archives system is clumsy, slow, irritating, and inefficient. If there
> were a "book" that held our collective contributions, wouldn't that be a
> better system?
>
> I hope to change the world here.
>
> Chuck Hill, lotsabusses
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