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Subject:Re: brake question as well.
From:Ken Hunter
Date:Thu, 16 Aug 2001 16:18:04 EDT

In a message dated 08/16/2001 2:01:39 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
dieselwesty@YAHOO.COM writes:

<<
 Is the hydraulic clutch system not tied in directly with the brake system?
(NO)

 Do I need to clean out the vacuum booster as well and bleed the entire brake
 system too? >>(NO)
Bryan the clutch shares the fluid in the reservoir and there's a clutch
master cyl up under the dash that would probably share the cruddy stuff you
bled out by the slave cyl. I would just bleed the clutch system for now but
be prepared to  replace the slave or just do it now if it looks old. The
rebuild kit is almost as much as a new slave cyl BTW.

Ken Hunter
82 Westy 1.9D NA
84 Jetta 1.5D NA
89 Mitsubishi van 2.4gas