<div dir='auto'>Nice description, Barney. Thank you. You mention it twice but it is important that the bleeder be on the top side of the slave. Air bubbles like to go up. :-)<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sadly, I no longer own an MG. Sold both of mine. My good friend Hans over in Hoofddorp recently sold his B-GT so he too is suffer a bit of withdrawal. Sigh...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Rick</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 25, 2023 6:57 PM, Barney Gaylord <barneymg@mgaguru.com> wrote:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>
<font size="3">Very early MGA had a clutch slave cylinder with two side
ports and a banjo fitting for the hose connetion. The bleeder fitting has
to go in the top port, hose connection to the bottom port.<br /><br />
Later MGA had a clutch slave cylinder with one side poet (high) for the
bleeder and one end port (lower) for the hose (same hose), and no banjo
fitting parts.<br /><br />
If you're not a concours show enthusiast, then I suggest all early MGA
should be changed to the later style slave cylinder (first time it needs
to be changed), and abandon the banjo fitting parts.<br /><br />
The MG clutch is notoriously difficult to bleed the first time, but once
it is working it should stay working. If it loses fluid, you need to fix
the leak point. If it does not lose fluid, but stops working
anyway, that would be rather wierd.<br /><br />
<br />
At 12:02 PM 11/25/2023, dave northrup wrote:<br />
<blockquote cite="">....<br />
Really having trouble getting my clutch to work and stay working.
several times I�ve gotten it to work, only to find in a few days that it
no longer works. <br />
<br />
as a result I have never actually driven the car (it came in kit
form).<br />
<br />
I�ve replaced the master, slave, and hose, all from Scarborough Faire
this time. Thinking I need to maybe replace the metal tubing as
well. which brings me to my question. As opposed to the brake
connection, the slave has a banjo fitting, etc., which seems almost Rube
Goldberg. Is there any reason when I have the new tubing made not
to just skip all that and do it like the brake side? Being correct
is not a factor; having it work is!<br />
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