Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:07:21 EDT
From: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
Subject:Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:07:21 EDT
From: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
Subject: [TR] TR3 Clutch question
Hi all;
I have a very early TR3A, built Oct.'57. I was lapping Mosport race track
at
very low speed/low revs, when the clutch pedal suddenly went very firm.
Testing shows it is slipping too, but is still driveable (just). A good
friend
suggests this is likely to be the pin that locates the throwout bearing fork
on
the cross shaft. I don't disbelieve this at all, but I seem to remember
having the same problem many years ago, probably with a Mk.1 Spit, and it
turned
out to be something like internal master or slave seals, whereby the fluid
leaked past them (but remained in the cylinder---the fluid is full on my
car)
and made the pedal very firm. Pressing the pedal therefore felt horribly
firm
and had a bit of an effect in that the clutch would do its clutching thing,
but not to acceptable standards. I must admit it "feels" like it's a
hydraulic
problem on the pedal, but I could be wrong. Any ideas??? PS, slave cylinder
is not very old, nor is the clutch assembly. Thanks! Tim.
Tim Dyer, Proprietor
Kings Creek Trees
427 Kings Creek Road, RR3
Ashton, Ontario, K0A 1B0, Canada
Phone/fax: 613 253 4126 Website: _www.kingscreektrees.com_
(http://www.kingscreektrees.com/)
Proud member of Landscape Ontario (the Ontario association of Green
Industry
professionals) and the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association
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I had the same problem a few years ago with our TR3A. It ended up being the
rod coming out of the clutch master not being adjusted correctly. From what
I recall there is something in the blue manual that describes the correct
adjustment. If not adjusted correctly, something in the master cylinder (a
"bleed hole) will not be exposed. Our pedal would "pump up" and get extremely
hard. One day when this was happening I loosened the lock nut and effectively
made the rod shorter. I could actually hear the springs in the pressure
plate relax as the pressure was bled off. That fixed that problem but I then
had a bad throw out bearing. Car has been apart ever since. Sigh. . .
Sam and Carol Clark
Green Country Triumphs
TS45355L O
CC82030U O
Cell: 918-625-6798
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