DeTomaso Mailing List: March 98, Message #223
     



From: 	"Melton, Charles P" <charles.p.melton@lmco.com>

Subject: RE: clutch master removal

Date: 	Thu, 5 Mar 1998 13:23:10 +0000





 My L has the early dash.....



I did this recently.....so my memory is fresh.  I had the same problems, and

I

finally got to that snap-ring...real tough.....once apart....guess what ?



You can un-thread the rod !  Also to get the bolts out that go through the

bulkhead

you can use a long screwdriver to pry against one face of the bolt as your

helper

(you NEED two people) turns....Or you can get a socket on one of the two,

the bottom

bolt if I remember correctly.  But the other had to take the scredriver

technique.



If you need more info...reply...or if I can clarify things......



Chuck

#4580



  

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	I am trying to remove my clutch master cylinder for rebuild or

replacement,

	but can't get it free from the aluminum bulkhead.  I have

disconnected the

	fluid line, removed the two mounting bolts, and removed the pin from

the

	clevis under the dash; yet it still will not come free.  I can get

one or

	two millimeters of gap between the cylinder housing and the

bulkhead, but

	no more.  Major prying force from two screwdrivers will not budge it

any

	further.  It feels like there is a snap ring or something holding

the

	master cylinder in place, but the service manual and TSB's do not

show any

	such thing.  I tried to pull back the rubber bellows from the

actuation

	shaft under the dash, but could not get it loose.  What could be

holding

	this SOB in place??  My car is an early '72 pre-L model, #2548.





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