M38A1CDN2 Questions

[Mike Baker]

Two questions from a Sunday of tinkering with the truck:

1) How does one pull a rear axle shaft without the tool called for in the manual?

and 2) Can someone confirm that the master cylinder being vented into the air filter only matters if you want to ford the vehicle (and hence that it doesn't matter if I don't reconnect that vent when I change the master cyclinder out)?

Thanks in advance!

Mike