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Hi Chuckster,Here is a PM that I sent to another forum member that was interested in getting it done also. Maybe I should post it in C5 General someday. If you have any questions let me know and Ill try and sort it out for you.EdHi,I finally got the remote bleeder installed. Long story short is I had to make a couple of tools, to be able to install it without dismantling the whole torque tube assembly. All I had to remove was the exhaust from the headers and the mufflers. Then the tunnel plate and the inspection cover at the bottom of the bell housing. It took a couple of goes at it to get it done. But it is a great install no ruined parts or anything damaged. You definitely have to have dexterity to accomplish it and some patients. The first time I got it on it took probably a day and a half. I am retired so I have the time to go slow and get it right. Its pretty tight quarters up at the top of the bell housing. The last time I put it on I used the tools I made. It took 1/2 hour to get it done.The reason I am writing you is that you were the only one that had some insight into what was involved, and said so. So if your interested in what tools I made PM me and Ill take some pics of them and send them to you. This I feel is a worthwhile endeavor since you should definitely bleed the clutch. And if you dont have the extension your going to be bathing in brake fluid if you dont install the remote bleeder.So if you are going in to bleed the clutch, you may as well try to install the remote bleeder while you are at it.EdSo to start the exhaust H-pipe comes out, the tunnel plate and clutch inspection cover. Now it takes a 7/16 spanner to remove the existing bleeder. I used one of the new type spanner/ring spanner that ratchets. This made it much easier to remove the bleeder. The first time I took it out I loosened it and fumbled around in there and it took awhile to get it out. The last time I did it it was 5 minutes. Anyway once thats out I used a piece of rub