Your description puzzles me a little. I would have thought that the level
would go *down* when the pedal was depressed (forcing more of the fluid
into the line, extending the slave cylinder piston, etc), and then come
back up when the pedal was released (as the slave piston retracts, and
fluid flows back up the line). At least when bleeding, if it runs dry, it
does so on the downstroke, doesn't it? Be that as it may, a similar
problem (slow or erratic clutch engagement) has been attributed to a
deteriorating slave hose. Internal swelling chokes off the flow.
Brian DeFord had this to say:
>I took the cap off of my clutch master cylinder and watched the fluid level
>and compared it with what I've seen on brakes.
>
>In my 69 Dodge Coronet, the fluid level would immediately rise when the
>brake pedal was depressed, and would immediately fall when the pedal was
>released. Simple.
>
>With my MGB clutch, the fluid rises immediately when the clutch pedal is
>depressed, but is very slow in falling when the pedal is released. It is
>during this "slow fall", that the clutch either works poorly or not at all.
>
>Is this "slow fall" normal? Does it tell me what component is causing my
>problem?
>
>Brian DeFord, Open Networks, Inc.
>bdeford@erols.com http://users.erols.com/bdeford
>
>"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that
>loves is born of God, and knows God. He that loveth not knoweth not God;
>for God is love." - the Apostle John (1 John 4:7-8)
>
>"Greater love has no man than this: that he lay down his life for his
>friends." - Jesus (John 15:13)
>
>1958 Cadillac Sedan Deville (365 V8)
>1993 Dodge Intrepid ES (3.5L V6)
>1974 1/2 MG MGB
>1990 Dodge Grand Caravan LE (3.3L V6)
>
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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