Lost my clutch!

[SammyBuca]

Sprung a leak in the slave cylinder. Any ideas of how difficult to replace the seal? I've got the Hayes book, just thought I'd throw it out to the list for thoughts from those who have already done this. I need to get this ride back on the road. I just had the floor pans, rails and rocker panels replaced, time to rack up some miles on this puppy! Lost the clutch going for beer! I still got the beer, but had to tow the Zed home. That's not a pretty site to see your car on the hook!

Thanks in advance!

[2ManyZs]

Changing the seal in the slave cylinder is quite easy. I would recommend using a brake cylinder hone to clean up the cylinder before you put a new seal in though. All you need to do is remove the slave cylinder, take off the dust boot, remove the retainer clip and pull out the plunger. Most times it's almost as cheap to just buy a reman. cylinder or a new one, they are only around 20 bucks, then rebuild the old one at a later date to keep as a spare. Be careful when you unhook the line to it though, as they tend to never be replaced and usually are not in the best of shape. Most people replace the brake lines but never do replace the hose to the slave cylinder. used to be able to get stainless stell lines like the brake line replacements but a new rubber line will work fine. When you are done you can just gravity bleed it, there is no reason to bleed it like you do the brakes in most cases.