Got a floor jack? Pull the saddle (The swiveling cup that raises) off your floor jack, drop the pushrod through the hole the rod will fit through but the master cylinder will not, insert a steel rod through the hole where the bolt attaching the pushrod to the brake pedal normally goes, the rod should pass below the frame of the floor jack.... Raise the floor jack.. The rod will pop out with enough force....

"The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."