FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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Brake Master Cylinder, Removing and Installing


Brake master cylinder, removing and installing
Special tools and equipment





^ 3094 Hose clamps

Removing
- Obtain radio code on vehicles with coded radio.
- Disconnect battery.





- Pull intake hose -1- and connector -2- off mass air flow sensor.
- Remove bolts -3-, -4- and -5-.
- Remove air cleaner complete.

Vehicles with a 2.0L or 1.8L engine
- Remove protective housing for relays from cable channel.

Continuation for all vehicles
- Lay out sufficient lint free clothes in area of plenum chamber, engine and transmission.
- Draw off as much brake fluid as possible from brake fluid reservoir using a suction bottle.
- Clamp clutch master cylinder supply hose with special tool 3094.
- Pull off clutch master cylinder supply hose.
- Pull connector off float warning indicator sender.




- Pull connectors -arrows- off brake pressure senders -a- and -b-.
- Disconnect brake lines on brake master cylinder and seal brake lines with plugs from repair kit Part No. 1 HO 698 311 A.
- Remove brake master cylinder nuts.
- Carefully take brake master cylinder out of brake booster unit.

Installing
- Installation is carried out in the reverse sequence
- Observe the following points when installing:
- When installing the brake master cylinder and brake booster unit, ensure that the push rod is correctly located in the brake master cylinder.
- After installing, bleed brakes
- Introduce basic settings.
Refer to Powertrain Management; Performing self-diagnosis; Introducing basic settings