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Date:         Tue, 17 May 2005 15:27:46 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: r&r clutch master cylinder Q
Comments: To: Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2005051712494800@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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Don't forget to bleed it the second time after a couple of hundred miles of driving. If you don't, you'll think your slave cylinder had gone out, too.

Jim

On May 17, 2005, at 11:41 AM, Roger Sisler wrote:

> Hello, the clutch master cylinder is much easier to replace than it > looks.It has been awhile since I did mine,but I dont think the clevis > pin > needed to be removed.Take the cyl mounting bolts off and pull the cyl > away > from the pushrod.The rod will hang ok.I used a turkey baster to siphon > out > the brake fluid from the resivour.The bleeding was the hardest.Dont > replace > the hose that goes from the resivour to the cyl, as rubber fuel line > will > not be compatable w/ brake fluid. I pumped and pumped and got > nowhere.Finally , by accident, I got this blead(sp). I filled the > resivour > to the verrrrry top and then it pumped up.Maybe try replacing the cyl > while > the van is parked on a hill,nose up.The slave cyl is the bit*h,and it > is > best to replace both at the same time. >


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