Re. pics of 90q tranny and slave cylinder - removal

[mike]

my old ('84) 90q had a pin, that was a uk car, not sure what the US equivilent is 

--- On Mon, 27/7/09, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:

> From: Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
> Subject: Re: Re. pics of 90q tranny and slave cylinder - removal
> To: "Ben Swann" <benswann at verizon.net>
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Date: Monday, 27 July, 2009, 6:14 AM
> Wait, I thought the older cars (4kq,
> UrQ, etc.) had the roll pin, and 
> the later ones (80, 90 etc.) had a bolt?  Or am I
> remembering this 
> backwards?
> 
> Ben Swann wrote:
> > Not much room to swing a hammer there.  Use of
> air chisel with blunt end to drive a
> > dowel with exact diameter then roll-pin helps. 
> Just be sure it is exactly the size of
> > roll-pin.  Too large will split the retainer, and
> too small will get the pin stuck in
> > worse.  Just right and Blatt - it's out of
> there!
> > 
> > Ben
> > 
> > Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:18:40 -0400
> > From: "Radek" <radek at istar.ca>
> > Subject: Re:  pics of 90q tranny and slave
> cylinder
> > To: <quattro at audifans.com>
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> > You don't have to remove the tranny to do it. 
> However, you need to be a bit of an
> > acrobat.  It's hard to put both hands in
> there.  If you remove the front driver-side
> > wheel, you will be able to access the holding bolt
> with a long extension.  
> > 
> > The key will be not to break the bleeding nipple/fluid
> hose, they tend to be rusted
> > pretty solidly in place.  I replaced both master
> and slave a few years back, it took me
> > most of the day and a lot of swearing.  You may
> also need to reverse bleed it after, air
> > bubbles tend to persist in the coils for a long time.
> > Good luck;
> > 
> > Radek
> > 
> >> Message: 11
> > Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:18:05 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Steve Meyer <quattroslm at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: pics of 90q tranny and slave cylinder
> > To: quattro at audifans.com
> > Message-ID: <890100.87983.qm at web54002.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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> > 
> > 
> > Hi,I'm needing pics of the tranny with the slave on
> the top to help in the replacement
> > of mine. Mine is a 1988 90q 10v. We'd rather not pull
> the whole tranny if we don't have
> > to.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > slm ]
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