Thomas,
       It really is all about money here.   If you got
the money for clutch or brake alike when you replace
the slave consider replacing any master that is over 5
years old.   If you have been religious about changing
your brake fluid every two or three years all the
parts last a bit longer.    IF YOU CHOOSE to replace
just the slave be careful not to push the master too
far forward, small short strokes are better than long
strokes and remove the old fluid from the resevoir so
that you are only pushing new fluid into the cylinder.
    To those radiator bleeders out there it is worth a
note that the many, many procedures outline by the
list often lack recognition of the pre 86 and post 86
system.   What ever procedure that you use it is
critical that the front bleeder be open(thermostat
bleeder too but less important) and the heater valves
be on when adding the coolant to a running engine.
Pre 86 models have a whole diferent set of problems
than post 86.  Someone else should comment on pre 86
but post 86 really is a piece of cake if you do the
critical steps.   gary
Date:    Thu, 13 May 2004 09:50:50 -0400
From:    "Myers, Thomas A"
<Thomas.Myers@USA.XEROX.COM>
Subject: [clutch] MASTER and SLAVE

I did not bleed my clutch line last summer because the

slave cylinder looked pretty corroded. So i figured

i would replace the slave this spring while I work

on the van brakes.  A coworker / vanagonite mentioned

replacing the clutch master and slave as a pair.

Is this required / wise?   I have no indications that
the master

is in need of replacement.

Any tips on slave cylinder replacement / installation
would be helpful
too.

someone told me it helps to be left handed.

thanks

Tom

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