Date:         Wed, 19 Aug 1998 11:34:24 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Master Cylinder and Clutch
Comments: To: Craig Standley <cstand@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Comments: cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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The clutch master cylinder is right in front of your feet, not under the
dash like the brake master cylinder.  The two share the same fluid
reservoir.  If the brake master cylinder is leaking you'll typically see
drops of fluid hangin off the underside of the dash, in addition to a
damp carpet under your feet.   If the clutch master is leaking you'll get
the same damp carpet, but it's not as easy to see where the leak is
coming from.

If you're having a shop do the work, you might have them replace the
clutch slave too; it's not uncommen for them to fail more or less at the
same time.


On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Craig Standley wrote:

> Ok, as some of you know, I took my Vanagon (81) in today to have the leaky
> brake master cylinder replaced.  However, the shop called and said it was
> the clutch master cylinder.  Now, where is that located?  Is it under the
> dash too?  And it seemed like the level in the brake master cylinder went
> down over time, but maybe I am remembering wrong.  Or, do they share the
> same reservoir?

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Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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