While on my way to LA this morning, the ##!!%&!!! plastic hydraulic
line from my clutch slave to the clutch master blew out. Nifty 3/16"
hole in the side of it. No idea why it did this.

Ok..so I manage to creep up to the nearest town, and buy a piece of
3/8 gas line, some clamps and brake fluid and cut the line, and
sleeved it.

Since the Mazda/Ranger pickups use a ******* master cylinder, the
only possible way to bleed one is to lift the floor mat, pull off the
starter override switch and pop the snap ring that holds the piston
inside. This I did. I gently pulled it upwards until I got a bit of
brake fluid tricking out, then replaced everything, refilled the
reservoir, and tried the clutch. This resulted in a stream of break
fluid spewing out of the end of the master cylinder. Taking it all
back apart again, I completely removed the piston, inspected the two
cup seals, back flushed with clean brake fluid..and reassembled. Still
blew brake fluid. At this point I was screwed, so starting it in
gear, I drove back down the Grapevine , and the 40 odd miles to my
home, with no clutch.

Going around to all of the parts houses..no one stocks a rebuild kit
for the master cylinder and they all want $90USD for a new complete
cylinder assembly.

WTF??????????????

Are rebuild kits no longer available? Like I really can afford to
spend $90 for two cup seals no bigger than .5" in diameter.

#$%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gunner

"There is no difference between communism and socialism, except
in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism
proposes to enslave men by force, socialism - by vote. It is
merely the difference between murder and suicide."
- Ayn Rand, from "Foreign Policy Drains U.S. of Main
Weapons"