You can access and remove the slave cylinder from under the car if you pt it
on jack stands. Lot less work than pulling the trans tunnel.
----- Original Message -----
From: <elliottr@rmi.net>
To: <dwillner@icontech.com>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: Spit slave cylinder access question?
> On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 21:55:08 EST Cwn74@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 12/12/2002 8:13:14 PM
> > Eastern Standard Time,
> > dwillner@icontech.com writes:
> >
> > > My question has to do with access. I'm
> > assuming that I need to remove the
> > > trans tunnel to find and remove the slave?
> > Being a new Spit owner and
> > > having
> > > never done this I'm going to try and follow
> > Haynes' directions. Are there
> > > any
> > > good tips, or precautions I need to follow
> > for removing the tunnel, or is
> > > it
> > > fairly straightforward job? Does the
> > gearshift lever assembly need to come
> > > off?
> > >
> One thing to remember, the Haynes manual says to release the bolt holding
in
> the slave. I took that to mean loosen. You have to remove the bolt as it
> fits into a slot on the slave cylinder to hold it in place.
>
> The first time I did this it was from under the car (with the car up on
small
> ramps) so I couldn't even see what was going on. It took me a while to
figure
> it out.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Roger Elliott
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