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[stewartml]

Hi, I'm trying to remove the clutch master cylinder on a N reg cooper SPI, but there doesn't seem to be space to get into the nut farthest from the brake servo. I'm probably missing something obvious, because I can't find anyone else on the net finding difficulty with that part!

The cylinder itself is on top of the nut, and there's the throttle body, wiring and fuel pipes getting in the way. How do I get in there?

[firstforward]

I have the same car with Air Con which clutters it up all the more, invariable I have to remove a lot of components to allow access to the part I am after which is typical on later Mini's. I am going to be doing that very same job within a few months including the slave cylinder. Apparently its best to do both together.

[jae_lock]

I remember removing the clutch slave cylinder on an MPI and a ratchet spanner proved really helpful, especially as I could only move the spanner 5 degrees at a time...

 

Halfords used to do a set of Imperial ratchet spanners, you may need to look a bit further afield now.

[stewartml]

Hmm yeah, I thought about that, but my ratchet spanners are even longer than my normal ones. They seem to be 13 mm nuts incidentally.

 

Might need to get a stubby spanner or a weird shaped one I think!

[Fossy313]

The only way to do it is to sacrifice a spanner and snap it in half, that way it's small enough to get in, it's an absolute pig of a place and I was fortunate enough to have a bolt which undid

Try and remember to clean the bolt or get a
New one and copper it up to te max! Don't do it up so tight and gasket seal for any leaks....

Another trick is to bed a spanner in the way of the cylinder...