>> Does failing your driving test eleven times in a row make you a
>> top class motorist?!:-) In that distance I have only played about
>> with the clutch once!
OK,... I knew that one was coming!!
But, what do you do when after installing freshly rebuilt cylinders and
driving only 100 miles or so, the fluid in the reservoir is BLACK and
opaque, filled with tiny gray/black particles?
And then what do you do when 3 weeks later you're having to do it all over
again because you can't shift anymore??!!
And then what do you do when it does the same thing using SILICONE brake fluid?
And then what do you do when it does the same thing with A BRAND NEW
CYLINDER??!??!?
I've consulted the list on this problem before... no one has had a clear
and convincing diagnosis... the closest, I think, came when I said I had
honed the cylinder. I was promptly corrected and it was recommended that I
NOT hone the cylinder, and that I should try to POLISH the bore. The
thought being that the relatively rough surface created by the hone was
chewing up the seals. That much makes some sense, but it doesn't explain
why it happens with a brand new cylinder that's never seen a hone!!
Bottom line is, I can rebuild these things in my sleep now. And the job is
so simple that there is nothing (besides honing, perhaps) that you can do
to screw it up. Oh, sure, you might screw things up a bit if you installed
the seal BACKWARDS. But I've never done that!
If you (Johnny Storm) or anyone else has any other ideas, I'm ALWAYS open
to hear them!!
Pete Chadwell
1973 TR6
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