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We loaded Basil up for some of his payback work on Saturday (trip to the tip and to buy some shrubs from the garden centre!) and, as usual, he started on the button

Went to put him in 1st and the clutch pedal went straight to the floor with no resistance what so ever which was very strange as I'd been out in him the week before with no signs of problems at all

Checked the fluid level, which was well down, so had a look at the slave and there was signs of a leak from the cylinder with corresponding oil on the gravel

Had a quick check on the tech forum to see what the problems would be to replace it and, sure enough, several gallons of WD40 were needed on the bolts and the union holding the plastic feed pipe was solid and screaming "I'll round off if you come near me"

I got the union off by unbolting the cylinder from the mounting bracket and feeding it (still attached to the pipe) into a position where I could tighten the union into the jaws of my small engineers vice which I'd unclamped from the bench in the garage and put on the ground under the bus

I then wacked the cylinder several times with a large hammer in the direction to slacken it and it eventually came loose!

Slightly strange way to do things but I've saved a bit of work in the long run, by not trashing the pipe or union, and thought it may give others food for thought in the future!



Mr B

Glad you sorted it!

Thanks for taking the time to add a tip to the forum!

Em
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well done I saw through mine expecting to pick a replacement one up the next day :grrrr:

if in future I would have the same challenge I would get a plastic pipe and saw through again, I was considering trying to undo the chassis end but that too is fiddly and best with a ring spanner and a steady hand so as not to snap the metal clutch pipe.

Trade guys tend to use good quality penetrating oils which are allowed to soak then with the aid of a good quality pipe spanners....

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Regards


Fritz,,,,,,,,,,,

Useful tools Fritz, got a set off eBay, but found they were a bit thick ended, so on went the bench grinder and thinned them down a fair bit so they would go right on up to the usual adjacent flex-hose bracket...

Will stick that photo in Wiki... Tools & Techniques, cheers