[DeTomaso] Swapping Clutch Maser - HELP

[Art Stephens]

I believe what I had done on my first car was to use allen head bolts to mount the master with the head of the bolts in the cab and the threads/nuts in the front trunk. I have a picture of an allen wrench sticking out of the hole in the side of the box which should have made it easier to loosen/tighten the nuts for removal/installation of the clutch master. It has been a long time since I did it and the car is gone but I think that is the way it went down. The hole in the side of the box may make it easier to get at the bolts/nuts that mount the master?

Art



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: MikeLDrew at aol.com 
  To: artstephens at verizon.net ; JDeRyke at aol.com ; mbefthomas at comcast.net ; detomaso at realbig.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 10:31 PM
  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Swapping Clutch Maser - HELP



  In a message dated 5/18/11 22 29 28, artstephens at verizon.net writes:



    I used a hole saw to put a 2.25 inch hole in the side of the pedal box, (2.5
    would work better and plugs are easier to find). That was one of the best
    modifications I have ever done to my car. It made changing the clutch master
    infinitely easier.



  ...although it was completely unnecessary, because you didn't actually have to pull that pin/clevis/rod out in the first place?  What you did was make a miserable job much easier, true...but a job that doesn't need to be done shouldn't be done, easy or no. :>)

  Mike (wish I had thought of doing it th smart way, by pulling the pushrod out of the master and leaving it in place, but after struggling for years changing other people's masters the hard way, I learned the smart technique from Wilkinson....)