[Spridgets] Different brake question

[dmeadow at juno.com]

Here is the legendary John Twist's answer to this question:

http://universitymotorsltd.com/qa-display.php/681

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:08:37 -0700 (PDT) David Booker
<tncarnut1 at yahoo.com> writes:
> I removed the Brake Master Cylinder from my '71 Midget yesterday 
> (this is the dual line unit) and was planning to rebuild it today.  
> I got it out, drained it, took off the reservoir, cleaned it all up 
> on the outside, and was about to take the guts out when I came to a 
> screeching halt.  How the heck do you get it open?  Is there some 
> special tool to hold the spring back so you can get at the little 
> spring clip?  Is it a two-person job? Or is it just that I don't 
> have my tongue at the right angle and/or haven't yet invoked the 
> correct sequence of expletives while paying proper homage to Lucas, 
> Smiths, and Lockheed?
>    
>   I'm really hoping somebody out there has the special step by step 
> that will make it all come out right so I can get the lttle beast on 
> the road sometime before Spring is up.
>    
>   Thanks much, 
>    - David Booker
>   (Long Island)