And on that same subject, here's another few that help with the pesky bracket bolts... reach into your tool box for that 13mm box wrench you ground in half to get the solex carburetor off your bus intake maifo--whoa! did I just say that? Showing my age! Anyway, grind a cheap 13mm in half and you'll find endless uses for it here and there. One is sticking it over (or under, to be precise) the bolt head beneath the slave cylinder bracket. Stuff some newspaper inside the bracket to support the wrench securely over the bolt head, and enjoy one-handed nut removal from the top while the bolt is held captive under the bracket. the half-wrench is necessary on either the diesel or gasser, I don't remember which, but it is more convenient for either. Jim > > > The aft bolt that secures the slave cyl to its bracket is a bother to get a > wrench on to hold from turning. > what I do for that is ...............with the trans out of the > car.........take that bolt and tack weld the head of it to the underside of > slave bracket - thus turning it into a stud. Then it's very easy to deal > with that one particular bolt from then on. > > |
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