Or, ... you could have an old slave cylinder hose that is collapsing
and functioning as a one-way valve ...
> > when you put in the clutch, the lever sticking out of the tranny moves an
>> inch or so, so am i correct in thinking the hydraulics are working ok?
>>
>> also, when i bled it, unlike the brakes which gave me a good squirt every
>> time, sometimes i would get a decent squirt, sometimes just a dribble.
>
>Oliver, I've no idea what is normal movement for the lever on a Datsun 1600.
>Until your last statement, I would have guessed that the clutch disk is
>rusted to the input shaft, but that last statement sure sounds like problems
>in the clutch MC. Triumph MCs are prone to having an internal spring break
>that can cause similar symptoms, perhaps it's worth having yours apart to
>check. Certainly a lot easier and cheaper than pulling the tranny to check
>the input shaft.
>
>Randall
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Bill Pugh
1957 TR3
aka
Casper
Wallace, CA
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