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Subject:Re: Clutch Slave Cylinder
From:Tom Forhan
Date:Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:05:13 -0700

Oh well, it was worth a shot.

--- vanagonvw <ac.vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:

> Tom Forhan wrote:
> > How did the slave fail? Is it leaking or just kind
> of
> > frozen?
> >
> > The reason I ask is that when I had the trans out
> in
> > August upon reinstallation  the slave  would not
> work
> > -it seemed frozen, but no leaks visible.
> >
> I drove the van into the garage last weekend. It sat
> for several days,
> as I prepared to drop the engine. When I slid under
> to start jacking the
> van up, I noticed that almost all the fluid from the
> reservoir, was now
> on the garage floor. Not a few drops, or a small
> puddle. It simply
> poured out the bottom of the cylinder. I have no
> idea why it would fail
> like that, but it sure did :-(
>
> John
>

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