Russell,
Usually I avoid AutoZone parts like the plague. Fine for oil, some
tools, and a few misc. things... but the hydraulics I have gotten from
them tend to be "made in china". I took apart a non-functional
clutch master cylinder and found it was still full of metal shavings!
Much simpler to buy the correct, and good quality, item from your
favorite roadster vendor.
Thankfully the 3/4" bore on the slave cylinder was used by Datsun
for years, and is a common item. The cast iron slave cylinder is a nice
touch as it can be honed out... something not recommended on aluminum
cylinders (like the master & brake).
Irony... I had "stock piled" all sort of stuff from the days gone by. I
was shocked to discover I am finally out of float cover gaskets. Typically
you can easily reuse them, but with the hot sun it dried the gasket out too
quickly, leaving them to crumble into dust. Darn!
Cheers,
Tom Walter
Austin, TX.
P.S. Correction... yesterday was 110 F in Austin, which is the highest
on record. Gee, I only thought it was "just" 107 F. ;-) About 43 C
for our Metric friends. [For those not use to Celsius, it is simple...
[10 is cold, 20 is nice, 30 is hot]
Russell Southwell wrote:
> List, anyone rebuilt a slave cyl lately. backed my 1600 out of the
> garage, then it wouldn,t shift out of gear, and puddle under car.
> I thought I had a new one till i checked and PO had robbed the seal and
> spring.
> wwent to auto Zone but thie bookks show very little on roadsters and if
> the book shows part #s the computer doesn't recognize it. But the guy
> had one kit for
> a 3/4 cyl piston ,seal ,spring,and boot. I put it in the new cyl and
> will try it
> this week. also ordered another kit I've honed an old cyl I had and will
> try it also.
> If it works I'll send out thr kit #.
> Russ Southwell 70 1600
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