New Master cylinder

[Virginia]

I'm putting in a new master cylinder and have run into a snag.  There's a pin that's holding some sort of plastic tube to the canister on the master cylinder.  How in the hell do you get that pin out?

[Jeep Driver]

Drive it out with a punch, be careful not to lose it, you will need it again. 

[HOrnbrod]

1/8" parallel drift punch.

 

[Virginia]

I got and good thing I kept it because I dropped the one that came with the replacement cylinder.  Took me a minute to get it bled but now it's changing gears like a champ and the pedal doesn't slowly depress if my foot is resting on it.  I had to move the windshield wiper fluid reservoir and even then the bottom nut was a buggar to get to.  3.5 hours for the first time....I'll take it.  

[Gene]

Hi Virginia,

Didn't you have the thread up, several months ago, wondering whether this was master cylinder or slave cylinder? I happened to think about you the other day and wondered how it turned out.

Good work!

Gene

[Virginia]

Hi Gene....yes, I did have the thread up.  Took me a while to get the courage up to tackle it.  Glad I did.  Several things I read pointed me towards the master cylinder so I started there.  I made a mess though because I didn't have a tube to put over the bleeder valve.  Good grief, what a mess.

 

Anyway, it feels very different now and seems to be working fine.