I have had a continuing problem with this. The first and most expensive
problem, and you will get a lot of info on this from the list, is that the
throwout bearing fork shears its pin and allows too much slack in the
system to disengage the clutch.
I have repaired that, but my problem now is old age and poor maintenance
(the car, not me...OK well me too!) You only have about 5/8th of an inch
to work with in the fork travel, so any looseness in the system will cause
problems. I have discovered that the bushings on the clutch pedal are
GONE and that the hole where the pin is located has ovalized. All of this
gives the clutch pedal an inch of travel before it even starts to work the
master cylinder. So the pedal hits the firewall/floor before it can do
its job.
I made an adjustable push rod that fits between the slave cylinder and
the clutch fork, which gave me just barely enough clutch to drive it all
winter. And now it's time to fix the rest of it, since it wouldn't go into
gear this morning and I had to drive the Dirt-Colored Starship to work.
Would be happy to describe the adjustable rod it that would help.
Basically there are a number of things that will use up that 5/8th" and
leave you without a clutch.
Good luck and let us know when you are engaged. ;-)
Michael, St. Louis or thereabouts
On Tue, 5 May 1998, David Hill wrote:
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> Another one concerning Tamara the 2.5PI.
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> I've given her all sorts of presents, like new brakes, a new tyre and loads
> of attention. My reward? The @<:>?@$* clutch hydraulics let go today.
>
> Wating at a junction, Tamara turned into an auto and set off of her own
> accord, with the clutch pedal all the way down.
> The system's still full of fluid so I expect the pressure's coming back past
> the seal, just as happened on the brake master. The clue is that the
> reservoir is pushing fluid past the cap.
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> The question? Well, is this a Triumph thing or just bad luck? I've only ever
> had one other master do this, on a Mini. All the others have wept fluid from
> the open end.
>
> Anyone else had the same problems, clutch or brake?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Hill.
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