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Feb 15, 2009 | 07:52 PM

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Drill Mod?

I have heard a lot of good stories of success with the drill mod. I know that I have to increase the size of a hole in the line of the master cylinder, but which end needs to be drilled? Can I do this with the transmission installed in the car?

Feb 15, 2009 | 09:57 PM

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The end that goes in the master. There will be a small push pin, just knock it out the drill the small hole bigger. It is easier if you take it out of the car.

Feb 15, 2009 | 10:06 PM

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It is easier if you take it out of the car.

Its the ONLY way to do it right! You need to be able to flush out any metal shavings that could linger after drilling.

Feb 16, 2009 | 06:07 AM

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Okay. Now there is a gold fitting connecting the line to the slave. How do i get this off? I have never seen a fitting like this before.

Feb 16, 2009 | 11:45 AM

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Okay. Now there is a gold fitting connecting the line to the slave. How do i get this off? I have never seen a fitting like this before.

Should be a thin white plastic collar on it... It needs to be pushed in towards the tranny and it should allow it to disconnect...

Feb 16, 2009 | 06:15 PM

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I will give that a try on the slave. I heard that same thing from another guy today at work.

Feb 16, 2009 | 07:43 PM

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I use a fuel line disconnect tool to remove the slave instead of fighting it with 2 small screwdrivers. It's one of these and #5 fit it perfect:

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Feb 17, 2009 | 08:54 AM

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Make sure your car has one of those collars, mine didn't.

Feb 17, 2009 | 11:27 AM

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don't have to do the drill mod to the TICK MC do you?

Feb 17, 2009 | 12:44 PM

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That's right. It's a full, unrestricted line from end to end. Nice piece.

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don't have to do the drill mod to the TICK MC do you?

Feb 17, 2009 | 05:26 PM

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I have the stock master that came with the car, but it is new. With the mcleud cluth and pressure plate, I've been told that i'll need the extra line pressure.

Feb 18, 2009 | 01:00 PM

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finished the drill mod the morning and cleaned out the line and got it back into the car. Seems to have worked okay. I will bleed the line once we get the tranny back in which has not worked so far. 4 hours of trying to get it to line up!

Feb 19, 2009 | 01:26 AM

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I use a fuel line disconnect tool to remove the slave instead of fighting it with 2 small screwdrivers. It's one of these and #5 fit it perfect:

You can also use a 17 mm open end wrench. It fits perfect around the slave cyl connector to push in the plastic release collar.

Feb 19, 2009 | 05:26 AM

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The best way I have found to get the trans back in is to basically just get a buddy and man up on it. TheBlurLS1 and I have pulled the trans in our car a ton of times. We used to use a jack but it took awhile. Use the jack to get the shaft lined up the move it and start pushing. Also but the car in gear so you can turn the output shaft by hand to get the input lined up better.