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I was helping a friend change his clutch. '88 150 4x4 5.0 with the mazda? transmission (bellhousing integral with trans case) First internal slave cylinder T O I've messed with.
Anyway my question is about removing the clutch hydraulic line from the T O slave cylinder (for lack of a better description) The Haynes manual said to slide the plastic collar back and pull the line out - didn't happen no matter how hard we pulled the line or pushed the collar back into the housing.
Eventually we undid the bolts on the firewall that hold the line in place. Got enough slack that way that we could slide the trans back enough to swap out the clutch. Fortunately we didn't break the line and it all went back together nicely.
So, what were we missing? How do you get the line separated?
My 86 150 4x4 5.0 has the external slave. I can do that one in my sleep.
Thanks,
Tim
Anyway my question is about removing the clutch hydraulic line from the T O slave cylinder (for lack of a better description) The Haynes manual said to slide the plastic collar back and pull the line out - didn't happen no matter how hard we pulled the line or pushed the collar back into the housing.
Eventually we undid the bolts on the firewall that hold the line in place. Got enough slack that way that we could slide the trans back enough to swap out the clutch. Fortunately we didn't break the line and it all went back together nicely.
So, what were we missing? How do you get the line separated?
My 86 150 4x4 5.0 has the external slave. I can do that one in my sleep.
Thanks,
Tim