Help!

I'm trying to get my M5OD out to replace my leaking slave cyl. but I'm totally hung up on getting the hydraulic line disconnected. My manual says use a clutch disconnect tool, but a screwdriver will work fine if you don't have one. The picture shows the guy pressing the ring at the edge of the slave-cyl end of the coupler with a small screwdriver and then sliding the two apart.

I've tried one, two, three screwdrivers, my fingernails, and a lot of wiggling, twisting, and tugging, and I can't get them to seperate. The two sides seem to rotate easily enough, and I can press the line into the coupler about 1/32" and it springs strongly back out. I'm obviously not tripping the release mechanism.

I see a little ring (it looks blue) at the joint between the two sides of the coupler. I can slide it in and out pretty easily, and when it's in (or down, whatever) it doesn't look like it could move any further. But the plug is gripped just as tightly as if I wasn't pressing anything.

I need to get this truck back on the road ASAP! Help!

-Sam

 

You can buy a disconnect tool at any autoparts store for about nine bucks. I tried to remove the quick disconnect on a ford explorer with screwdrivers and just buggered up the plastic ring. Use the right tool! Once inserted, use the tool to push the ring in and then slightly pry off the quick disconnect. It doesn't take much force to remove it. Good luck.

 

Awesome! Thanks!

-Sam

 

Uh, any auto parts store except AutoZone, Advance, PepBoys, or NAPA! I've totally struck out!

NAPA actaully did find the tool in their book but said they'd have to order it - they hadn't seen one before.

The Ford dealer parts guy said they don't stock any tools, and any tools he ordered wouldn't arrive for AT LEAST A MONTH OR TWO!!! Which I must say is completely unacceptable, unexcusable even! Who are they kidding? They can have any part for any vehicle in their hands in a day or so but a $10 tool will take 30-60 days? I'm actually vaguely offended by this.

Anyway. I'm out of luck. I just rented the tranny jack again so I'll have another go at it. If it won't come out with screwdrivers then I am S.O.L. :-(

-Sam

 

Hey!

Well, if at first you don't suceed...and then you still don't succeed...and then tries 5 through 47 don't go well, either. Hey, keep on trying -- eventually you will succeed or decide that you're an idiot.

I won this round. Lotsa pressure on two screw drivers and it popped out.

Ugh.

 

I'm glad you did it. I tried for two days until I found the removal tool, and even with it, it was hard to remove. Congratulations! If you noticed, I did not include the Ford dealer in places to find the tool. How about that! Ford Motor Company invents this "quick disconnect" to make it convient to remove the hydraulic line, and then they don't stock the tool to remove it. My dealer here in New Hampshire couldn't even tell me where to find one.
Tony

 

AutoZone had the clutch tool in stock at my local store for 4.99. Their part# for it is 27130 and is called Ford Clutch Disconnect.