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Old 10-22-2010, 10:27 PM   #1
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t56 clutch fluid reservoir

I know everyone has been looking and waiting for the GTO reservoir to seperate the clutch and the brakes. I ran across a company that sells a very similar reservoir that was made for t56 trannys. If you go to nookandtanny.com and type in res-gmrclutch in the keywords box, it should take you right to it. It is 25.00 and it works very well. It just takes a bit of grinding on the back to fit the round shape of the shock tower and some slight bending of the tabs to make it sit level. It looks like a factory piece when it is done.
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Old 10-23-2010, 12:22 AM   #2
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Nice find it looks the same as the GTO's
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Old 10-23-2010, 12:34 AM   #3
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Thanks for the info. One of my items on the mod list.
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Old 10-23-2010, 11:07 AM   #4
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Thanks for this I just got an email from GMPartsDirect saying that the GTO part is on backorder with no return ETA, I might have to cancel and order one of these.

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Here's a direct link to the part as well

http://www.nookandtranny.com/mm5/mer...Category_Code=
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Old 10-23-2010, 01:23 PM   #5
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Thanks for this I just got an email from GMPartsDirect saying that the GTO part is on backorder with no return ETA, I might have to cancel and order one of these.
I got the same thing from GMPartsDirect several months ago. I just ignored it, and the part arrived 2 weeks later. So some are shipping despite the b/o...
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Old 10-23-2010, 01:28 PM   #6
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you know i was told about this before, my question is why do you want to split the brake and the clutch fluid? what will it help.

reason i ask is the scion tc's have the same set up and i see nothing wrong with it
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Old 10-23-2010, 02:36 PM   #7
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Clutch fluid gets contaminated with clutch dust and needs to be flushed once or twice per year. Separating the reservoirs isolates the braking system from this contamination, and eliminates the need for periodic flushing of the brake fluid.
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Old 10-23-2010, 02:43 PM   #8
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Clutch fluid gets contaminated with clutch dust and needs to be flushed once or twice per year. Separating the reservoirs isolates the braking system from this contamination, and eliminates the need for periodic flushing of the brake fluid.
This statement needs to be a sticky...
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Old 10-23-2010, 05:13 PM   #9
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Agreed although most are aware of it I think. Good info either way. Will be doing this now that my clutch is fixed.
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Old 10-24-2010, 02:06 AM   #10
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This statement needs to be a sticky...
I agree, there are quite a few people who do not know about the clutch dust getting into the brake/clutch fluid. Well worth the $40 fix.
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Old 10-24-2010, 08:43 PM   #11
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I found a billet aluminum one. This looks better but cost a lot more.

http://www.ringbrothers.com/index.cf...Product_ID=366
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Old 10-24-2010, 10:35 PM   #12
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I found a billet aluminum one. This looks better but cost a lot more.

http://www.ringbrothers.com/index.cf...Product_ID=366
Oh my, that's pretty...
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Old 10-24-2010, 11:02 PM   #13
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Yes it is, But it dos not go with any thing under the hood now.
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Old 10-25-2010, 02:01 PM   #14
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Thanks for this

Here's a direct link to the part as well

http://www.nookandtranny.com/mm5/mer...Category_Code=
This resevoir is now ON ORDER!

This, along with the remote bleeder kit I already picked up will make the fluid changes near effortless. My plan is to attach a mighty vac to the actuator bleeder screw and just suck out all the fluid while I refill the resevoir. 5 minute job.

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