Oh those formerly captive bolts. I was just wrastling with them. I'm going to
do something different this time: perhaps tinnermans, but it's gonna be
something different!
Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
----- Original Message -----
From <John.Deikis at med.va.gov>
To: <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: Out it comes
> Saw a 1/4-inch off the two slave cylinder bolts to make it easier to
> re-install through the monkey hole.
> After I did that, I it occured to me that I could just turn the monkey hole
> into a gorilla hole and get both hands, my snooker, and a long cigar in
> there to re-connect the clutch hydraulics. Made a screw on access door out
> of an old fender panel in about 4 minutes using a cut-off wheel attached to
> a die grinder.
>
> Frank-- I keep hearing about this 2-hour "push-and-pull" using nothing more
> than tree limb and a bottle of olive oil. At least an hour of that has to
> be spent on getting the radiator back in and those formerly captive nuts in
> the valence to hop in front of the bolts! I want to learn your tricks!
>
> =====================================
>
> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 22:19:28 -0400
> From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
> Subject: Re: Out it comes
>
> type79@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> > Installation is the reverse of the above, except you have to bleed > the
> slave. :-)
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