Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (February 2020, week 5)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Sun, 1 Mar 2020 02:36:06 +0000
Reply-To:     Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: A little weeping at Clutch Slave Cylinder
In-Reply-To:  <1755816027.3998799.1583027933199@mail.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8


 
  
 Yep Alistair, I am going to replace both Cylinders.  Worth it for me.  Heck, I am not a mechanic!  But broken down in some faraway place is NOT an option for me.  Sadly, my mechanical skills and available space and tools and equipment makes going to my reliable mechanic a no-brainer.  Like I have always said, I'll do the stuff that I know how to do, and let him do the stuff that he is equipped and knows how to do.  Happy for both of us.
Rich


    On Saturday, February 29, 2020, 5:41:19 PM PST, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:  
 
 Replace both richard.


Unless I’ve missed any warnings about quality of replacement masters, it’s relatively cheap insurance to do both.


If you’re doing it yourself, be prepared for a little hi jinks to bleed the clutch lines. My best results were from reverse pressure bleeding after letting gravity bleed out all the old fluid.


Alistair 


> On Feb 29, 2020, at 4:32 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> So I was crawling under my Vanagon a couple days ago, with flashlight.  Noticed fluid weeping at Clutch Slave Cylinder.  Nothing at all on the ground.  Around 12 years ago on a cross-country roadtrip, started having difficult shifting.  But no fluid on the ground back then either.  The failure was the Clutch Slave Cylinder, and apparently the rubber boot was doing a pretty good job of preventing drips on the concrete so I didn't notice.  Being older and wiser, my instincts seem to point toward replacing that Slave Cylinder NOW while it is easy on home turf.  It will not fix itself.  And, probably Master Cylinder too....a stronger newer one tends to blow out the weaker older one in the hydraulic chain.  The fix back 12 years ago cost me a few bucks in Rochester New York, not to mention a night in a motel, and a lot of aggravation.  
> 
> Comments?  Advice?  I want my vanagon to be ready at a moment's notice to effortlessly travel 10,000+ miles.  It's an 85 tintop, with 283,000 miles on chassis, and about 60,000 miles on a Subie 2.2 motor.  Funny, it's all those little "links" that also have to be just as fine as that superb Japanese motor.
> 
> Rich
> San Diego
Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!

Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com

The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.