Joe,
I'm going to bleed the line in a few days. I'll see what that
does. I don't think I mentioned that the slave piston came out when I
was doing the transmission work, so I wouldn't be surprised if air got in
the line.
Jim Ruwaldt
'72 TR6 (being restored)
On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Joseph R Schneider wrote:
> Jim-
> the most ominous part of what you said is the part about the master
> cylinder reservoir being down the next day- *if* this isn't just the fluid
> lost that filled the master cylinder when the pedal was depressed when you
> first topped off, then yes, there is a leak somewhere- if either the master
> cylinder or its connection to the hydraulic line is leaking, you ought to
> see fluid under the master cylinder, otherwise, the leak is likely to be at
> the slave end (where it's most likely to be anyway)
> when my clutch on my recently acquired Spitfire didn't work right and I
> checked my system, I found the master cylinder reservoir empty, but when
> refilled, I found the bleed nipple stripped and leaking like a sieve- had
> to replace the slave cylinder (today), works great now
> did you bleed the system after you topped off? (be sure you have a piece of
> tubing attached to the bleed nipple on one end and the other end immersed
> in a container like a jelly jar with brake fluid in the bottom so air won't
> be aspirated back in through the bleed nipple when the clutch pedal is
> withdrawn and that's also a good time to see if there's fluid leaking at
> the slave end of the system)
> I love this list!
> good luck
> Joe
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