[6pack] Clutch Hydraulics

[Sally or Dick Taylor]

Steve---There should only be two likely places for the hydraulic fluid to escape: the clutch master and the clutch slave cylinder. If it's the MC, there will be seepage at the dust cover down at the base of the clutch pedal. If it's the SC, then it will be at the like dust cover, as Irv mentioned. Any other less likely places, as a loose bleeder screw or cracked fluid line should show up when pressurizing system, when pumping and holding the clutch down.
 
If air got into the system when the reservoir was low, you may have to bleed it out at the nipple. 

Dick


-----Original Message-----
From: TR6UO at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:58 AM
To: 6pack at autox.team.net
Subject: [6pack] Clutch Hydraulics

Listers,
 
Well, there's no way to ask this question without admitting that I had not  
started my TR6 in quite some time.
Yesterday, in preparation for some pre-winter embalming, I reset the  cutoff 
switch, got in to start the car and noticed the clutch pedal was very  soft. 
My first thought was I had lost clutch fluid, as I used to have the same  issue 
on my 4A, which I never resolved before selling. My suspicions were  
confirmed when I opened the reservoir and found only a small deposit of black  gunk 
defiantly starring back at me. I cleaned it out, refilled it and in a  couple 
pumps of the pedal I felt the familiar resistance of the hydraulics  returned to 
life. 
 
My question is where do I start looking for the leak? I did see some  
evidence of leakage on the garage floor on the passenger side. I wouldn't  normally 
associate that with the clutch hydraulics.
 
Thanks for any input!
 
Steve
'72 TR6
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