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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Simon, Glad to hear that you (think) you have it solved. Here is hoping to many miles of functioning clutch! I look forward to good explanation of the M/C and how a too-long rod can cause the issues you had.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers, Mirek<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Simon Lachlan via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 23, 2024 8:52 AM<br><b>To:</b> Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Clutch Master Cylinder/Clutch Slip Saga<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>With reference to the slipping clutch &/or overdrive, I do believe that</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>it</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>is fixed. Said that before and it let me down again. But, this time, I had it done professionally by a local team that I’d never used before. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Anyhow, after my wasting a lot of time and some money checking everything and getting nowhere, these guys said that</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>the rod in the clutch master cylinder was too long and they’d had to reduce it’s length. (Non-standard rod. Long story). So, apparently the pressure wasn’t being allowed to bleed back/out and the slave cylinder remained pressurized etcetc.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Now, if that sounds like a</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>muddle, it is and that’s because I’ve never delved into or fully understood the workings of the clutch master cylinder. (Which is why I never thought of it during the whole affair. But nor did anyone else). I know it’s not just a simple pusher, like a bicycle pump, but that’s really all. I googled it and looked into my years’ worth of collected files of advice and wisdom. But nothing found.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Can someone just explain how the thing works so I can understand what was going on?</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I should like to close the whole chapter and move on………..</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Simon</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>