[Fot] Spitfire Slave Cylinder Vexing Me

[Greg And Alison Blake]

Hey Mike any chance the earlier engine places the clutch cover further
towards the front of the car?

> On Jan 18, 2014, at 11:09 AM, Mike Jankowski <mikeragtopeditor at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
> I've hit the end of my rope on a problem with a Spitfire slave cylinder.
> Here's the facts:
>
> Car shifted perfectly until I swapped engines.
> Replaced 78 engine with a 76.
> Left trans in car, never touched it.
> Test drive after swap was good except shifting was notchy and reverse
> ground some.
> Opened clutch master, reservoir almost empty.
> Topped off with fluid, shifting still bad.
> Bled clutch, no real improvement.
> Double checked slave cylinder to make sure it didn't get loose, made sure
> it was all the way forward.
> Shifting was better but progressively worsened as driven.
> On the move shifting was ok, but hard to get into 1st, ore reverse, and at
> stoplight car would creep forward with clutch pedal to floor.
> Bled 2 more times, no real change. Had to doubleclutch up and downshifting.
> Pulled slave cylinder, put 1964 penny as spacer.
> Car shifted like new on test drive, and subsequent drive to grocery store.
> On return from store, as soon as started car could tell again not fully
> releasing.
> Notchiness, though not as bad, is there again.
> Slave cylinder is 4 years and 47,000 miles old. (I drive my Spit quite a
> bit as well as autocross it.)
> Also, at grocery store looked at clutch master and fluid had gone past the
> lid, but I suspect it was slightly overfull when we left home.
>
> Do I just replace all the slave cylinder bits? Not really sure what to do
> here.
> Thanks,
> Mike
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