I think I read somewhere that if your slave cylinder isn't fully retracted
before bleeding the clutch, you can run into this very problem. Remove the
slave cylinder, depress the plunger all the way back into the housing,
reinstall and bleed again, perhaps?
Don't go strictly by my say so. I'm sure others can confirm or correct
this if I'm mistaken.
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
To: "Spitfire List" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:53 AM
Subject: Clutch Hydraulics
>
> I rebuilt my slave and master cylinders yesterday, re-installed them,
&
> bled the system (conventionally & with MityVac). I did not operationally
> test the clutch then (getting too cold and dark).
> Tried the clutch out today, and find that I'm not getting full
release.
> At idle, it will go into 2nd & 4th with a little aggravation; into 1st &
> Reverse only with major aggravation (i.e., clashing); and into 3rd with
> moderate aggravation. (Before re-building, it was working fine, but did
> have a slow leak which required topping-off frequently - thus leading me
to
> the re-build while I have the tranny-cover/dash-support/carpet/etc.
> removed.)
> I'm quite confident that the cylinders' internals were correctly
> assembled (had both Haynes & Bentley open on the work-bench during
> re-assembly). There are no visible external leaks from the plumbing, and
> the fluid level in the master is holding. I thought last evening the
> bleeding process was successful (but am having my doubts now).
> Any ideas/hints/suggestions? More bleeding? or ?????
>
> Ree Gurley in Silver Spring, MD - 78 Spit FM73070U O
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