The slave cylinder bracket is perfect example of Micky Mouse "engineering" that
went into many other areas of Vanagons...
Leon
85 Subwagen Westy

Jere Hawn wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I just finished replacing my slave cylinder last night.  That one nut and
> bolt was a two person job.  I don't quite understand it though; everything
> on the van had been easier then it looks to fix except for this one nut and
> bolt on the slave cylinder.  I had to insert the bold with needle nose
> pliers (should have had vice grip needle nose to make it easier) and another
> person put the nut on it.  In any case it is done and now the find a way to
> clean the mess the leaky cylinder left on everything.
>
> Jere
> 90 GL
> 88 GL
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]  On Behalf Of
> Chuck Hill
> Sent:   Sunday, July 08, 2001 5:06 AM
> To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:        Clutch slave cyl. removal & more
>
> The clutch slave cylinder is mounted on a bracket with two small bolts,
> and is typically really difficult for me to remove.  Access to the rear
> bolt is especially bad, and they are usually pretty rusty here in Iowa,
> at least.  Does anyone have any really effective tricks to getting this
> thing off?
>
> On another note, I like it when people advertise their parts for sale on
> the list, especially when they price them up front--same price for
> everyone--and actually have the parts they advertise for sale.  I think
> this is an important function the list can fulfill.
>
> One more thing.  We see the same issues raised repeatedly, and that's
> OK, and there are good reasons for this to happen.  Is it possible to
> create a Vanagon "book" that we could all contribute a page or chapter
> to, that could then build up to be the definitive information source,
> organized in some logical way, with updates possible.  The so-called
> archives system is clumsy, slow, irritating, and inefficient.  If there
> were a "book" that held our collective contributions, wouldn't that be a
> better system?
>
> I hope to change the world here.
>
> Chuck Hill, lotsabusses