I drove my 83 Westy ten years. I replaced the clutch master three times and never replaced the slave unit although I moved it to three different transmissions. I ran Dot 4 Fluid after the first alcohol flush in year one of ownership. Stan Wilder http://www.engineceramics.com/
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill H." <starfinder88@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [clutch] MASTER and SLAVE
> People told me that last winter when I had to replace the brake master and I > didn't believe them. Why would they both go so closely together? Maybe they > were over doing the preventive maintenance a bit. Well, 4 months later I have > a new clutch master sitting on my desk, just waiting to replace the leaking > one. Get them both and get it over with. > > Bill H. > > > That's been my consistent experience in 20+ years of ownership. When one > > fails the other has failed within a few months. I'm not creating a hard > > and > > fast rule, just a data point. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Tom Young '81 Vanagon > > Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' > http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861 |
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