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