Stripping the bleed valve on the slave is quite common.  You'll need
to get a new slave cylinder.

- Laurence

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Wesley Alden Pegden
> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 5:05 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: help needed quick! Bleeding Clutch...
>
>
> Guys,
> I just replaced my clutch master cylinder---but when I went
> to bleed the
> system, I found that the valve on the slave cylinder appears to be
> stripped.  So I don't know how I can bleed the system.  Any
> bright ideas?
> I don't have a vise grip anywhere near that size (7mm or
> so).  I really
> don't want to replace the slave cylinder just because of
> this.  I'm also
> driving back to chicago on saturday (from pittsburgh) so I
> need to do
> something FAST.
>
> Any help would be hugely appreciated.
>
> Thanks so much,
> wes
>