Chris: I've done this procedure, but it was long enough ago that I don't really remember the details. Do be prepared to bend and/or cut off short some wrenches, and I think if you remove the left rear wheel and really jam yourself into the wheelwell you can actually get at the cylinder pretty good. It really helps to have long arms here :-).
On Mon, 24 May 1999, Chris Smith wrote: > I have a leaking clutch slave in my '82 Westy, but here's the problem. I'm > sure that if I drop the motor the procedure would be simple. But since I > don't have the right jack or stands to drop a Vanagon motor, does anyone > know how to do it with the motor still in? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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