Jennifer -- I just went through this over the summer with my 84 Westy. I replaced the slave cylinder, and a few weeks later the master cylinder went. Go figure! Replacement is fairly straight forward, but the Bentley manual tells you to use a pressure bleeder. I didn't. I used the old partner method. This was OK until about a month later, when my clutch began to fail. I figured, OK, two cylinders, now the clutch. I went to my VW mechanic, and he gave me a tongue lashing. Seems the use of the pressure bleeder is necessary, else bad things happen in the nether parts of the system. He pressure-bled the system, and the bad things went away. Have fun! Doug |
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