Armed with several printed out threads, I'm in the middle of attempting my first clutch replacement on my 91 Trooper. Things have gone fairly well so far - I've got most stuff out of the way & one of the last things I have to do prior to dropping the tranny is to remove the clutch release cylinder (which some folks here call the slave cylinder).

There are two bolts holding it on. The bottom one was pretty tight, but loosened with a bit of motivation. The top one was much looser. And I'm able to turn it and turn it, and it never screws out any. And when I tighten it, it never snugs up. I assumed it was stripped - but never having taken one of these out - I don't know if there's a hidden nut or something up there that I can't see.

The cylinder isnÆt loose enough for me to get a small screwdriver under the bolt and try to pry it a bit, and I've tried pulling on the bolt to see if I could just extract it by pulling. No luck..there's a bit of play but not enough to get any leverage on it.

Any advice? I'm dead in the water at the moment - -since I can't drop the tranny without breaking the hydraulics.