>From: Charles R Irvin <cirvin1258@juno.com>
>Reply-To: Charles R Irvin <cirvin1258@juno.com>
>To: triumph-tr4@home.com
>CC: triumphs@autox.team.net, british-cars@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Clutch Master Cylinder
>Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 23:23:50 -0800
>
>...$130.00 FOR A NEW CLUTCH MASTER!?!?!?!?!?
>
>Is THAT what they're going for these days??? Wow!
>
>...Guess I've been out of it for a while. Go with the HeliCoil.
>
>Charles
>
>On Fri, 03 Mar 2000 22:16:26 -0800 Shayne Peterson <triumph-tr4@home.com>
>writes:
> > I have a problem that I would love a CHEAP solution to.
> > Vehicle: 63 TR4 (Surrey Top too)
> > Problem: The hydraulic fitting on the clutch master cylinder has
> > been
> > stripped of ANY substantial threads by an over-zealous repairman. I
> > discovered after wondering why the clutch pedal seemed to be getting
> > softer by the day/week how air could be getting into the system. I
> > was
> > checking the tightness of this fitting by backing it off and
> > discovered
> > that it was held in with silicone sealant. So now, I have no clutch
> > and
> > the car is sitting locked in the garage with a tankfull of stale
> > gas.
> >
> > I am looking for solutions. I was thinking of boring out and
> > tapping
> > the m/c one size up then installing an adapter, only, I can't find
> > anyone who makes an adapter for this fitting. The only other
> > options
> > that I could think of were to either weld up the hole in the m/c and
> > drill/tap it the correct size, but I'm afraid of damaging the m/c.
> > Or I
> > could drop a sleeve into the fitting...
> >
> > I want to try to keep the car as original as possible so I don't
> > want to
> > change the hardline. And I don't really want to shell out ~US$130
> > for a
> > new m/c, but if the next meet gets here before I get a good remedy,
> > I'll
> > have to.
WAIT! HOLD IT! JUST A DAMN MINUTE!!!!
Call Pegasus Auto Racing Supplies... They have Girling master
cylinders from $66-74. Measure your bore (that where the piston
is then order the right size... I did several years ago whe
the "Big 3" wanted ~$90 for a replacement.
Helicoils may be great things, but you can't beat "new"
Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois
1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
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