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Subject:Re: Clutch cylinder rebuild kits?
From:Beth Young
Date:Thu, 10 Oct 1996 17:42:13 -0700 (PDT)

Yes, both clutch master and slave cylinder kits are available,
but not easily obtainable.  I've rebuilt both.

As to the slave cylinder, the price differential between the
rebuild kit and a new cylinder is around $40, so going with the
new cylinder makes sense to me.

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Tom Young                young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549     '81 Vanagon
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On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, John Anderson wrote:

> Are clutch master and slave cylinder kits available
> anybody know.  Got in the '81 for first time in 1-2
> weeks readying her for the camping this weekend and boom
> pedal falls to floor.  Inspections shows cylinder pumping
> nothing, removal shows internal corrosion (not too bad)
> and seals shot.  I hope to take the '85 cylinder out and
> swap tomorrow morning when I get light, if I can figure
> out a way to bleed it myself.  I guess its MityVac time.
> 
> John
> vwbus@netbiz.net
>