In spite of the fact that I share both a nationality and culture with
the late Harry Houdini I find that I am virtually solution-free when it
comes to figuring out how, other than cut that easy access hole in the
fender well, to gain access to my clutch master on my 84 505 STI. I
think it would be easier for me to have my hands tied, be placed in a
locked trunk and submerged in a tank of water and expected to free
myself than to remove and replace the clutch master on my car.
Maybe my 505 is different than all others and my clutch master,
knowing that I am out to get it, has huddled up closer to the brake vac
unit in an attempt to hide from my flare nut wrench and my 11mm 1/4
inch drive snap-on universal socket. Thus the question: "Why is this
car different than all others?"
Questions are:
1. Who in Peugeot's cadre of genius engineers decided on the
placement of the clutch master, where do they live and how many body
guards has Peugeot alloted him/her?
2. Truly, how on earth does one gain access to the cylinder?
3. What about cutting that access door out? I have a nice die
grinder, cut-off wheels and my other 505 has a nice neat flap (it is
cut on three sides and it came that way, I didn't do the cutting)
already there so I could easily measure and replicate the cuts.
I could do the job Stevie Wonder style with 12 feet of extensions and
a universal socket and maybe remove (and probably lose) the nuts that
secure the unit, but how on earth could I start the nuts on the studs
without being able to see or feel where the nuts go? This blind
technique has "cross-threading" written all over it.
As for loosening the line that runs to the slave, I would have to cut
my hand into little lengthwise strips to be able to simply touch the
fitting, not to mention figure out a way to get a flarenut wrench, or
even one of those Snap-on 3/8 drive flarenut ends, to fit on the
fitting. Then there is the fact that since there appears to be no
direct access to the fitting that removing such a fitting at a weird
angle is the usual Peugeot "recipe for disaster."
I always try to do these jobs the "right" way, but doing this one the
right way will probably result in my ending up catatonic and inpatient
in a state psychiatric facility. Bleeding the slave, installing timing
chains, adjusting fan clutches, rebuilding 504 transmissions, that's a
breeze, comparatively. This job looks to be impossible without making
those cuts in the fender well.
I even thought about removing the battery, and air filter nightmare to
try and get a shot at it, but it looks as if the fuel injection unit
was cleverly designed as a last line of defense to disallow access to
the master.
A while back someone on this list suggested moving (without actually
pulling the lines) the master cylinder forward and then pulling the
brake vacuum unit out. This, especially the part about not
disconnecting the brake lines from the master, seems a bit daring. I
could see removing the brake master, but I would remove the lines as I
would be afraid of screwing something up and then having to replace the
lines.
In spite of the fact that some might find this a funny post I am
really at wit's end with this one. Any suggestions, frivolous, hostile
or otherwise will be gladly accepted.
Thanks,
Perplexed Ken Again
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Received on Mon Jan 24 17:23:07 2005
