Got it working! I fixed the slave cylinder with a repair kit and added some brand new brakefluid.
Removed the battery and intercooler to get to the slave cylinder – that fucker is down there somewhere:
Removing the cylinder was probably the hardest part. First the line to the master cylinder, then the bleeding line and finally the two bolts securing it against the gearbox.
Here is the cylinder:
The piston is still in
This one seems to come from Aisin – cant make out the numbers…
I’ve read about the longer rods used with beefier clutches, but never really found out how long the stock rod is. Mine is most likely stock and it seems to be 67mm long.
I had some doubts about the helper spring inside the slave cylinder. The lower one is old and upper is new and oh boy it seems that the force is with the old one! I had to really push hard to squash the old spring. No idea why there was such spring in the first place.
Getting all back together was easier than removing the parts. Bleeding the clutch was awful, because the bleeder valve is under the car next to front motor mount. Kinda perverted to put it in such place.
Widric was fixing his Impreza GC8 while we were at the barn. He thought that his Impreza wasnt going to get running properly even after he swapped all the stock components into engine (dump valve, stock injectors and spark plugs). The whole story is long and sad.
MR2 was done and we sat there in silence, sipping our beers and wondering what was going on with the Impreza. Widric said that he was going to drive around one more time just to make sure that we didnt miss anything. I went to clean up our mess and suddenly heard how Widric drove past the barn with such noise that it left no doubt that the car was actually running just fine!
Cars are just voodoo sometimes!
Widrics GC8 and my AW11:
We’re driving back from the barn – Widric is ahead of me:
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