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lol just a tad....
you're having a rough day aren'tcha..
can somebody explain this reservoir thingy
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if you find a replacement clutch cylinder there are 2 nuts holding it in place. 1 in the engine bay and the other inside the car attached to the clutch pedal. Unhook hoses from slave cylinder, undo the 2 bolts and replace. Pretty simple. The hard part is getting under your dash and doing it. Don't forget to bleed the clutch afterwards.
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no i think the slave cylinder is also attached to the firewall on the other side of the clutch pedal. unless i'm calling it something a cylinder that totally isn't.
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Bingo!
You put force on a master cylinder that will hydraulically actuate a remote 'slave'. In the case of the brakes, the slave cyls are the 4 calipers, in the case of the clutch, it's the part bolted to the trans that actuates the clutch assembly.
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Sharing those resevoirs on any car is retarded. I don't want brake issues if clutch is leaking at slave cylinder or vice versa if leak on lines or calipers. I never wanna have to tell anyone I can't shift the gears cause of a brake fluid leak. So tell me how the damn pedals work the same mstr cylinder. Even if the resevoir is seperated internally somewhat you still have 2 pedals wearing on the same mstr cylinder seal? Well that's 1 plus for autotragic P5s then, no brake resevoir sharing, lol. Hmm, crazy, don't like that concept at all. Nothing but weight saving penny pinchin on the manufacturing side. What possible performance or reliability gains could there be? Damn, service manual here I come, gotta see this s***..............OK, saw the pic on pg 05–10–2 in the manual. Now that I see it how it's setup it doesn't seem retarded, but I still don't prefer that to individual resevoirs. Independant of each other just seems safer. Brake & clutch action from same resevoir would seem to dirty the fluid much sooner. Have to be flushing lines more often. Nah, seperate. Glad I got sport auto even more.lol
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its not complicated to get to at all. you might have to remove your battery to make it easier but thats about it.
Finally I remembered to get this page from the FSM.
As we determined, it's a different MASTER cylider (on the firewall), sharing fluid from the brake master Cyl (how does that make any sense? whatever), and the slave cylinder (refered to here as the clutch release cylinder, same thing) is on the transmission casing.
As we determined, it's a different MASTER cylider (on the firewall), sharing fluid from the brake master Cyl (how does that make any sense? whatever), and the slave cylinder (refered to here as the clutch release cylinder, same thing) is on the transmission casing.
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Purrfectangel
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it's brake fluid....and yes most automotive places carry it. Just make sure it's DOT 3.
ya know...maybe this isn't the best task for you to undertake.
it's brake fluid....and yes most automotive places carry it. Just make sure it's DOT 3.
ya know...maybe this isn't the best task for you to undertake.
Purrfectangel
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It's not odd, just confusing. Especially when we're not exactly sure what we are trying to diagnose. You have so many threads for different things and they're all meshed together.
DOT-3 is factory spec so that's what should be in there. If it's a light honey colour and clear then it should be fine, which I'm assuming anyways because they would have bled your brakes after you had the caliper fixed.
For this thread we answered your question. So what exactly in short form is now the problem you are having.
Leaking fluid and don't know where it's going?
Grinding issues in your shifter?
or one or both?
DOT-3 is factory spec so that's what should be in there. If it's a light honey colour and clear then it should be fine, which I'm assuming anyways because they would have bled your brakes after you had the caliper fixed.
For this thread we answered your question. So what exactly in short form is now the problem you are having.
Leaking fluid and don't know where it's going?
Grinding issues in your shifter?
or one or both?
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the leaking caliper was from before (replaced the caliper) you were saying I shouldn't attempt to do this on my own...when I've done alot more then just find a leak on this P5, i've had it in pieces and put it back together...like humpty dumpty
grinding issues is due to the reservoir being low of dot 3 (apparently) ...the clarification on the fluid was to ask if it was brake fluid or some other fluid =)
thanks purrrrrfectangel =)
the leaking caliper was from before (replaced the caliper) you were saying I shouldn't attempt to do this on my own...when I've done alot more then just find a leak on this P5, i've had it in pieces and put it back together...like humpty dumpty
grinding issues is due to the reservoir being low of dot 3 (apparently) ...the clarification on the fluid was to ask if it was brake fluid or some other fluid =)
thanks purrrrrfectangel =)
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thanks for the diagram...but if that reservoir is different from the brake fluid reservoir...I need that diagram instead.
i'm getting closer to the problem
