[urq] Spring maintenance help -update

[Ed Kellock]

I have done a couple of slave cylinders, a couple weeks ago on my CGT,
a couple years ago on my urq and at least 2 others in years past.

On both my CGT and urq, I used a regular punch and worked from the
driver's side.  The CGT was remarkably easy but I don't recall the urq
being that much more of a PITA.  I sprayed some PB Blaster on it a
couple of times beforehand but wasn't fanatical about it.

On both cars I did both master and slave.  On the urq, I did one and
it was clear shortly thereafter that the other was needed also.  On
the CGT, I just did both with the brace all in one shot.  Both also
have the Jeff Lewis clutch master brace.

Ed

On 3/7/07, Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Guess what I drove into work this morning?  Yep, the Urq.  Yeehah!
> Love this car.  Was running on empty, though and had to fill it with
> 23.2 gallons of premium.  Ah, well.
>
> Ended up just doing a lot of clutch slave bleeding with the Valvoline
> synthetic and got better pedal feel.  Removing that slave pin is
> really no fun.  I had too many extensions to reach the pin punch.  I
> hope I don't have to to the slave until II do need to replace the
> ovaled clutch lever pin, as there's too much slop in the pedal before
> the master cylinder rod actuator even moves.
>
> The no charge issue was due to the connector for the field wire not
> being tight enough, so I used my needle nose pliers to tighten the
> crimp.  Not satisfied, I checked further -- one of the previous
> owners had covered the field wire with that wire loom tubing and I
> thought I'd remove and inspect.  Well, that stuff is fine if you have
> something good to protect!  The wiring underneath had already been
> abraided enough so that 1 cm was exposed and probably had half the
> wiring strands still there.  A few cuts, butt connector install and
> heatshrinked and I'm much happier.  Still need to address the
> apparent broken wires in the driver's door -- inop mirrors, drivers
> window, power door locks...
>
> I'll do a full brake bleed with the Valvoline synthetic tonight.
>
> Ingo
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