[Mgs] New Clutch Slave Cylinder (MGA) problem

[Ulla &Sven Ordell]

On a clutch slave cylinder you often need to manually return the cylinder while bleeding to get rid of the air that hides behind the cylinder as it doesn’t retract fully by its own.
Good luck

Sven Sweden

Från: Mgs <mgs-bounces at autox.team.net> För PaulHunt73
Skickat: den 26 april 2021 17:51
Till: mgs at autox.team.net; Charles Robinson <ccrobins at ktc.com>
Ämne: Re: [Mgs] New Clutch Slave Cylinder (MGA) problem

Ah well, the immortal phrase "until all the air is pumped out of the system".  If you are pumping the pedal you really need two people, the other one to close and open the nipple at each up/down stroke.  If you are going to be pumping it's better to run a tube from the bleed nipple back up to the reservoir, then you don't have to keep topping up or run the risk if introducing more air.  EeziBleed is 'Eezier' as it is one person continuous flow and continuous topping-up - until the EeziBleed bottle empties.  Depending on the system you can pump or EeziBleed until the cows come home but with low pressure you will never get rid of all the air, a higher pressure step is often needed.  MGB brake systems with the remote servo are another problem area on the MGB.  After trying two servos (and proving it was the servo that was the problem) in a loooong thread elsewhere some twelve methods were offered, tried and found wanting and the person involved eventually gave up on the idea of adding a servo.  As for the clutch two MGB owners have found the Girling master used on the TR6 (one of them after having no problems on a TR6) when fitted to the MGB bleeds straight away.  Cap clearance can be tight though.

PaulH.
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That's new to me.  When doing it solo, I attach a tube to the bleed screw on the slave cylinder, run it into a partially full catch basin and slowly pump the clutch pedal until all the air is pumped out of the system, adding fluid as necessary to the master cylinder so it doesn't go dry.   This has always worked for me.
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