Date:         Fri, 29 Nov 2002 20:53:32 -0600
Reply-To:     ok artguy <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         ok artguy <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      HELP! Clutch slave-cylinder bolts: UPDATE
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Guys-

Thanks for all the help... sounds like you've all been in the same dilemma!
Anyway, after deciding not to just light the van on fire and watch it burn,
I crawled back underneath for another assessment. I discovered that by
laying almost directly under the bracket, I could see the offending bolthead
with a flashlight. Just to see what would happen, I tried jamming a 13mm
open-end wrench into the opening, up against the bolthead. I then reached
waaaaay up to the socket wrench I attached topside via a short extension,
and sure enough, I had enough bind below to thread the nut the rest of the
way off. I also discovered, during reassembly, that I could actually reach
around to the open (pass.) side of the bracket and secure the bolthead
enough with my fingers to thread the nut back on. Piece o' cake. LOL.

Glad I figured it out, because that allowed me spent the rest of the
afternoon trying to manually bleed a virtual buttload of air out of the
clutch line with no success. I finally broke down and went hunting a vacuum
pump; I found a pretty good bleeder kit/pump at O'Reilly's for $30. Did the
trick perfectly. So now that the clutch is ironed out, it's off to hunt down
a dual carb setup (the bus is an aircooled 2.0 BTW). If you can be of any
assistance, please check out my other post. Thanks again!

JJ
Oklahoma CIty

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