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@FRANKIE. Courier has just text me to say it's arriving tomorrow so I'll have it on over the weekend if not before.
OMG!! Where do i begin? Seems like I've been working on this master clutch for days! I did a small video. In the video, I relate where I've used a slide hammer to budge the clevis pin. After removing the retainer clip, about 3/8 " of the clevis pin is exposed, part of which is where you attach the clevis pin. Looking towards the front of the car, it is on the left side of the pedal shaft. While this piece was protruding, I lined up a slide hammer onto this nipple and hit it to loosen is. You can see in the video that it is flush with the side of the pedal after doing this. I had hammered on this small nipple for hours and hours without moving it. I only was able to grip it and rotate it. Once the retainer clip was removed, it was supposed to slide out. Bu@@sh@@. I thought I'd use a c clamp with a socket to press it out allowing the pin to be pushed into the socket. Not enough room to turn the screw handle.
At the end of this video, I still hadn't removed the hydraulic fluid supply line from the master cylinder and hadn't removed the end of the cylinder from the slave cylinder line. In the U-tube video of the mechanic doing it, he pushes off a clip from the end of the master cylinder to release it from the slave cylinder line. I tried to do this for 2 hours. Finally I got out the dremel and cut off the clip. Still didn't come off. After I cut into the end of the master cylinder in 5 different places, it finally slid off. Almost another hour. Removing the fluid supply line from the top of the cylinder didn't work well. There's a tube coming from the supply hose that goes into a grommet on the top of the cylinder. This tube doesn't slide out of the grommet but pulls the entire grommet out of the top of the old master cylinder. This little tube is about an inch long. It is hell trying to get it out of the supply hose without damaging the hose. Once it was out, I pulled off the old grommet, removed the new grommet from the new cylinder, and attached it to the tube. I then inserted the new grommet back into the new master cylinder. To try and reinsert this back into the cylinder while it is up in place would have been impossible.
Grumpy, you must remember this: In the video of the mechanic doing the job, the car is probably on a lift where he can reach up into the car to work on it. Unless you have a lift, when you're working on it, the car is either at ground level or slightly raised on a jack. Working on this is extremely difficult as you are kneeling on the ground next to the car. I had to get a pillow to place on the edge of the car as you have to rest your body on this edge and it cuts into you. It's very difficult to get both hands on the job because of the position you're in. The positions you must hold your upper body in while reaching up above the pedals can only be held for a limited amount of time before you must rest for a few moments. You're constantly straining yourself trying to reach everything and there are many things you are forced to do using one hand and often to attain these positions where you are finally able to reach what you're working on, you can't position your head to look at it. Many times you are working blind. And I'm still not finished. If I had to rank this on a scale of difficulty from one to ten where one is the easiest, I'd tell you it was 100. Don't do it. If you have to work a month of overtime at work to pay to have it done, you would find that more acceptable. If you watch the second video of the mechanic doing it, you'll hear him say: "I can't wait till I'm finished this job!". And remember, he's working from a much easier position. I couldn't remember the last time I told someone not to do a repair. Sometimes they are tough but you can get it done. This one's a nightmare. There's no money you possess that you wouldn't give freely to have someone else do this job. Remember, its the position you have to work from that makes this job so agonizing. Frankie
Remember, at the end of this video, I still must attach the small tube coming out of the top of the master cylinder grommet to the brake cylinder reservoir hose, attach 2 bolts to hold the cylinder in place, attach the clevis pin and retainer clip, and attach the electrical switches plate for the clutch and brake. I just needed a bit more fun before the job's completed. Also, all the panels must be put back in place and I must order the small screw decorative caps. Also, bleed the system.................. Frankie
View: https://youtu.be/V7LYAyry0lA
And here's the mechanic doing it. It seems to be similar to my setup but perhaps a different year...............
View: https://youtu.be/7DlGdizfGIg
