Re: Coupe GT clutch questions

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <3eba2178.36d9ed10@aol.com> Kwattro@aol.com writes:

> Okay, call me stupid (I haven't looked under the hood of my Quattro in 6
> months, but then I haven't driven it in six months....) but I thought the
> clutch hyrdraulics were derived from the brake system.  Thus, if the clutch
> hyraulics needed to be bled, wouldn't the brake system as well?  Or is it a
> subsystem, with its own bleed screw?  This is why I'm not a mechanic, but also
> why I am poor.

On LHD cars, the clutch and brakes share a common reservoir.  Nothing
more.

On RHD cars, they are _completely_ separate - the clutch has its own
little pot of juice.

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