My master went with no leaking that I could find. It's an easy replacement, takes about an hour including bleeding. Be sure to keep the fluid off the paint, it eats it. tx, bmc :) "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
> From: Scott Wilson <smorewhisky@YAHOO.COM> > Reply-To: Scott Wilson <smorewhisky@YAHOO.COM> > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:45:34 -0700 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: master cylinder or pressure plate??? > > hello all...starting to have a problem with my clutch, > 85 1.9L...recently the clutch pedal was on occasion > getting fairly hard to push, then if i pumped it some > it would work itself back to normal. now it is > starting to feel like mush, like the bleeder is open > on the slave cylinder type feel...so since i replaced > the slave cyl. a couple months ago i am thinking the > master cylinder, but it is not leaking (although looks > old)and all the posts in the archives seem to indicate > it is not going until it leaks. the other thing i came > across in the archives is the pressure plate may be > going. the way it has been degrading i expect to have > no clutch by tomorrow...so can master cylinders go bad > without leaking? or am i in for my first engine pull > this weekend? and how hard is it to replace the > pressure plate anyway? what else should i do while im > in there as well? thanks for any help... > > ===== > Scott Wilson > 85 GL Westfalia > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More > http://faith.yahoo.com > |
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