Bleeding Clutch.

["Robert Rooney" <DMCVegas@xxxx>]

Last night I put the D up onto ramps. Durring which the clutch 
slipped and a huge puff of white smoke shot out of the drivers side 
of the engine compartment. The clutch didn't squeal, but the nasty 
burned smell was noticeable for quite a while afterwards. I can reach 
the bleeder screw with my fingers, and I can get a socket around it 
to loosen it. But I'm having an extremely difficult time opening and 
closing the valve when I need to. The cause of this is I only have a 
very small space to move my arm and hand around in because of the 
cross-over pipe on the exhaust manifold. On top of this the water 
hose for the heater is laying on top of the bleeder screw. Every time 
I wedge something in place to hold the hose up, it ends up partialy 
blocking my hand. If I could remove the cross-over pipe This whole 
process would be a snap because as it is now I can only fit my right 
hand in, so I'm doing this totally one-handed (on the + side I now 
know how it truly feels to be a one-legged man in an a$$ kicking 
contest!). Has anyone here ever removed the cross-over pipe? And if 
so, is this something I can do with a socket and some extensions, or 
would I end up having to drill the bolts out?

-Robert
vin 6585 (The DeLorean from hell!)

p.s. After I loosend the bleeder screw last night and attempted to 
bleed some of the DOT-4 out, I noticed that the fluid was black and 
smelled almost burned. After doing this the clutch still slips, but 
my car does accellerate a little faster.