Is it possible that the "black" residue to which you all refer is
aluminum scuffing from the master and slave cylinder housing combined
with a little worn rubber from seals, et al???
Generally I have found that flushing the clutch and brake system with
new fluid results in relatively clean fluid for a while until wear
begins to contaminate the contents again. I've made it a practice to
change the fluid periodically, and have had little trouble with clutch
or brakes since 1980 (replaced a clutch slave cylinder once)...
Other LBC owners have previously provided comments on the use of
silicone fluids...so I'll abstain except to observe that LMA has
served many LBC well for many years...failures are usually
attributable to poor or non existent maintenance.
PMQ
73 TR-6
72 GT-6
69 GT-6+ (2)
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Subject: RE: TR6 clutch (Final Fix)
Author: "Richard Ceraldi-ERC004" <Richard_Ceraldi-ERC004@email.mot.com> at
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Date: 11/26/96 12:53 PM
>Pete Chadwell
>1973 TR6 with perpetually ailing clutch hydraulics, etc, etc.
Pete,
If you want the fix to end all fixes (but not the cheap way out) here it
is. Forget about honing those parts. No telling how many Bozo's have been
running abrasives on a hands drill "honing" it out straight and true over
the last 23 years.. Bite the bullet and either buy some new cylinders or
send them to Apple (or some other co.) and have them sleeved. Refill and
bleed with silicone.
Quit carrying around that trunk full of parts for side of the road
rebuilds and enjoy the car. Of course some people like to have all that
black gunk floating around to give them something to do, but I prefer to
see the blue and that odometer ticking away.
I would love to here the theory on how oil gets into these closed systems
;-).
Good luck,
* Richard Ceraldi Check it out!
* 71 GT6 MKIII KF166L http://www.exact.com/~gt6mk3/
* Austin, TX e-mail erc004@email.mot.com
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