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[Spridgets] Bugeye/Frogeye Club..... Clutch hydraulics help please..

Subject: [Spridgets] Bugeye/Frogeye Club..... Clutch hydraulics help please..
From: pixelsmith at gerardsgarage.com (Gerard)
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 14:06:34 -0700
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Lester,

Are you using the shortened push rod on the clutch side? If so, I  
believe you have it adjusted incorrectly and it's not clearing the  
bypass port.

Gerard

On Nov 5, 2011, at 1:55 PM, Lester wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> so, last year I installed the go fast engine.  Previous to last year  
> I had already installed a 5 speed conversion kit.  After the install  
> the clutch pedal was like a light switch, on or off.  Period.   So  
> this year I decided to go with a 3/4" master cylinder conversion  
> setup.  I have the master and I have a Riverside slave cylinder.
>
> I have bench bled the master, I have bled and bled the slave, I have  
> good fluid throughout.  I have verified that both passages above the  
> cylinder are clear by passing small bit of wire into small hole and  
> visually with larger hole.
>
> The problem is this:
>
> If I push in on the master cylinder (Slave is at his pint hanging on  
> the outside of the car) slave cylinder piston will move outward.  If  
> I then release the pedal the slave piston is pulled backward into  
> the cylinder.  It seems to me that the fluid is moving in and out  
> the clutch hydraulics but NOT being replaced from the master  
> reservoir.
>
> But I could be wrong..
>
> HAAAAALLLPPPP!!!!!!
>
> Lester
>
>
>
>
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