Originally Posted by yellowbenz

I vote for removing the seat. Have done it with and without removing the seat and it was much easier on my neck and back with the seat removed. This is a really painful job. I've done it on a 240D and 190D. I would recommend removing the hard line from the master before loosening the two bolts holding it to the pedal assembly. Otherwise you'll likely bend the hell out of the hard line trying to loosen it from the master cylinder. I need to replace the slave on my 240D and I'm really dreading it. I think there is a pretty good writeup in the Haynes for this procedure.