Replacing the clutch master on a superformance

[frankym]

guys,

I had a new keith craft 427 installed last week and my mechanic replaced the clutch, clutch master and slave. I had to retrofit a heim joint to the clutch fork arm on a welded 1/4 inch tab instead of the dimple in the arm socket. Now i am experiencing a leak from the master. Since the plunger, which is inside the foot box on the inside is dry and and all my leaking is directly underneath the clutch master cylinder piston, i am going to try removing the fittings and covering the thread in teflon tape and firmly tightening that fitting, as this is where i believe the leak is coming from. If it were a bad MC piston and ring, i'd be leaking inside the car right?

In addition to that question (the where is the leak coming from, and i'm assuming it's at the line fitting) i am also curious how people gain access into the exterior of the footbox, it's literally buried under the fender and behind the brake master cylinder. How the hell do you gain access in there? I was thinking i might build a scaffold over the hood and try accessing from the top. I am not a ROmanian contortionist so I am curious how people do this??