Tom Forhan wrote: > How did the slave fail? Is it leaking or just kind of > frozen? > > The reason I ask is that when I had the trans out in > August upon reinstallation the slave would not work > -it seemed frozen, but no leaks visible. > I drove the van into the garage last weekend. It sat for several days, as I prepared to drop the engine. When I slid under to start jacking the van up, I noticed that almost all the fluid from the reservoir, was now on the garage floor. Not a few drops, or a small puddle. It simply poured out the bottom of the cylinder. I have no idea why it would fail like that, but it sure did :-( John |
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