hose removal pliers will pop it right out.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Don Hanson
Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 12:30 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Tool trick..(not Xmas related)

Changing your brake Master Cylinder.  One of the 'gotchas' in that job is
how to get the sometimes stuck brake fluid reservoir out of the rubber
grommets in the brake cylinder without breaking or cracking the barbs.   I
did mine today and indeed, the res. was stuck in there pretty well.  Tried
all manner of pry techniques and BFFI, too.  (BFFI= Brute Force and
_______ing  Ignorance)  Then I recalled my handy dandy dandelion garden tool
that I usually use for removing the axle nut caps and some times the regular
hubcaps.  That dorky Wal Mart tool is perfect to slip under the flanges on
the fluid res. between the white plastic and the rubber grommets, and pry it
up without flexing the 'spigots' and maybe cracking them.

  Got the job done in about 2.5hrs including bleeding with my Motive power
bleeder...another good tool.

  Don Hanson