Hi Robin and Mitch,
I have owned this car since 1975, daily driver until 1982, situations
change, lost my job and the rear seal, and the car sat until the engine was
rebuilt in 1987. I put a new clutch in with the rebuild, drove the car very
little until 1995, sold her, and got her back in 1997, and still has very
few miles on the motor and clutch. She sat in my garage until last month
when I brought her back to life, and after 12 years of sitting, all of the
hydraulics went south. I replaced the brake, MC, rear cylinders and axel
seals immediately, and then the clutch hydraulics last week, but the slave
was put in upside down with the bleed nipple down, and very little time to
bleed it before we put the MC in last Friday. So I need to reposition and
bleed the slave this week, BUT the old slave was in upside down as well, and
I did not have this new problem. It could be the clutch plate, oil on it
maybe, I am hoping the problem goes away after repositioning and bleeding
the slave. I do have a pretty good oil leak at the rear seal, and the rear
end of the tranny, I hope I don't have oil on the clutch plate. But this
groaning chatter only appeared when we put the new clutch MC in, and now she
chatters and groans, and kind of slides into gear when I shift. After 34
years with this car, this is a new one on me. I think the consensous will
be oil on the clutch plate. Any ideas? All suggestions will be greatly
appreciated. I can't tell you how much fun it is to drive my baby once
again after all these years, it will be more fun when I've gotten rid of all
the bugaboos and noises.
Michael
64 TR4
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Jackson" <apexbrit2@gmail.com>
To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Clutch Problems
> Michael - I have a couple of questions to help clarify, in my mind, your
> description of the problem. First, why was it necessary to change out the
> M/C and slave? Were the seals bad, did you have a problem shifting, were
> you
> losing fluid? Is the "chattering" just something you hear (like the
> groaning) or do you feel it when you release the clutch? Did it help to
> rebleed the system?
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Mike Gianandrea <mvg1@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Last week I put new master and slave cylinders in my TR 4. The clutch
>> works
>> great, but when I shift, the clutch petal chatters and groans under foot.
>> We
>> are bleeding the line again this morning, but this is something I have
>> not
>> seen before. Any ideas?
>>
>> Michael
>> 64 TR4
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