I'm in the middle of doing this now. All you have to do is pull the cover off of the instrument cluster (like you would to check the brake fluid), remove 4 screws, disconnect the speedometer cable and wiring connectors for the cluster, and pull the instrument cluster out. It should take about a minute to do that much.

After that, the master cylinder is very easy to access.

Bill

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From:         BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
Reply-To:     BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
Date:          Fri, 9 May 2008 13:03:42 -0400

>My mechanic tells me he needs to take the dash apart to replace the master
>cylinder. He has never done a Vanagon before and he does not have it in
>front of him right now. He wants to wait until he has allot of time
>available before I drop it off.
>
>Is this true, do you need to take the dash apart?
>
>Thanks,
>Bryan
>