[Mgs] MGB Clutch Problem

Steve temporarilyoffline at gmail.com
Thu Aug 23 20:33:40 MDT 2007


As far as I know you're talking about air in the lines.

Count your clutch throws or time between issues and see if there is a
pattern for grins

- steve


On 8/23/07, dannyvarnado <dannyvarnado at cox.net> wrote:
> I'm having a bit of a problem with an MGB clutch master and/or slave
> cylinder.
> Each morning when I drive to work in my MGA, I have a good clutch pedal with
> engagement at about 1/2 of travel.  On some days by the time I get to work
> (16
> miles) I must pump the clutch to make it engage.  On other days it operates
> properly.   The same applies in the afternoon on my way home with the
> exception that on some days I must pump it at the beginning of the drive.
> This
> problem is very inconsistent.  During the times that I must pump the clutch,
> if I do not, it will either not go into gear or the clutch will start to
> bleed
> down and engage while I hold the pedal down.  I rebuilt both cylinders about
> three years and 15000 trouble free miles ago.  I have no fluid leaks and the
> reservoir is full.  The only thing that I have done to the system was to
> replace the fluid in the reservoir a couple of months ago.
> Any thoughts?
> Thanks,
> Danny V.
> '58 MGA daily driver
> '76 MGB V-6 project
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