Carol,
I don't know about going from a total rebuild, but I replaced the
slave cylinder last week, and I got pressure back in about ten minutes.
Then I opened the bleed screw when I took the wrench off and had to start
all over again...
Jim Ruwaldt
'72 TR6 CC79338U
Bloomington, IN
On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Carol Zingone wrote:
> Listers,
>
> Re-build clutch master and slave this weekend, lubed with clean fluid
> and re-installed the pistons. Then reconnected parts to Sybill.
> Foolishly attempted bleeding of system *before* building up pressure in
> system to ensure bleeding would work (too much beer night before!).
>
> After pumping the clutch pedal 300+ times, (with bleed screw closed),
> I'm wondering: 1) How long should it take to build up the pressure in
> the system when it was completely dry ? 2) Do I need to *manually* start
> the slave cylinder piston to begin a vacuum process that will draw the
> fluid from the master ?
>
> Thanks (yet again!) in advance --
>
> Carol Zingone
> 74 TR6 -- Sybill
>
>
> BTW: Sybill sounded a bit ragged when I turned her over, oil pressure
> however, went right up to 75 which was a nice sight ! :-)
> Discovered a lower carb leak, pretty steady from the front carb, so a
> carb rebuild may be in the near future, not a nice sight :-(
>
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