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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Finally I have started the disassembly and inspection of the clutch hydraulic system. I decided not to drive the car the last two days because the clutch issue seemed to be getting worse or at least the recovery was becoming slower. At first, after a highway drive, 80% of the clutch resistance would be lost but would completely recover after 1-2 pressings of the pedal. But lately, it was taking even more.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I started by draining the fluid and then removing the slave cylinder. There was some liquid within the dust boot to already indicate possible problems but it was the disassembly that revealed the answer. And Barney was spot on. Inside this fairly new slave cylinder (bought new from a vendor 5-6 years ago) with shiny inner bore and rubber seal, there was no spring! And yet no issues over the years until I replaced the master cylinder a few weeks ago. Fortunately, I had an old slave cylinder handy – just had to free the piston that was stuck to the bore due to corrosion to harvest its spring. I’ll start the reassembly this afternoon and maybe get in a test drive before the rain arrives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>David Councill<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>64 B<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>67 BGT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>72 B<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Barney Gaylord [mailto:barneymg@mgaguru.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 8, 2016 5:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> David Councill; 'PaulHunt73'<br><b>Cc:</b> mgs@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Mgs] [MG-MGB] Clutch problems with thermal component<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Clutch pedal goes to floor on first stroke after a long rest, but works correctly otherwise. This implies that the clutch slave cylinder piston has retractred too far, requiring one pedal push to reset it to correst position.<br><br>The clutch slve cylinder should have a light force compression spring inside. See here: <a href="http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/hydraulics/ht107.htm">http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/hydraulics/ht107.htm<br><br></a>If that spring is missing the slave cyinder may still work, but the piston might retract farther than intended during a period of dormancy (long drive without using the clutch). You might want to open the slave cuinder to check on what's inside.<br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>