Date:         Sun, 14 Nov 1999 21:28:43 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Clutch Master Cylinder Access-84 Westfalia-Thanks,
              and Repair "How   To" suggestions
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Glad to hear that it all went well. I have replaced two masters (different
vans) and one slave cylinder and they all failed during the winter.

The bad condition of your master cyl makes me guess that you will be
replacing the slave soon - did you see any fluid leaking out of the rubber
boot? Did you pry/squeeze it?

The slave cyl replacement is abit more of a bear than the master, one of
the mounting bolts is in an awkward spot.

Tips about bleeding the clutch system: if you are unable to remove all of
the air in the regular fashion, ie. bleeding out through nipple on slave
cyl, try pressure bleeding backwards, up through the resevoir. Or try the
lazy mans method, cracking the nipple a bit and let the fluid drain out
slowly by itself (tubing from nipple to container, and topping up the
resevoir occasionally)


Alistair