[Spridgets] $%&*# Clutch!

[Lester]

Wait a minute..

you rebuilt the Master  BUT you say that the slave is "new".  Could  
the slave be a haphazard rebuild and be the source of the problem?

Lester

.. put another way, I'ld trust your rebuild over a "new" slave from  
one of the usual suspects..


On Apr 8, 2009, at 8:25 AM, Jim Johnson wrote:

> Frank,
>
> Pin hole leak in the clutch line?  Ah!  But you said there's no fluid
> anywhere didn't you?   Slow bending of the actuator arm?
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Frank <spritenut at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I give up on this hydraulic clutch.
>> Does anybody have a solution or way to make a Sprite have a  
>> mechanical
>> operated clutch?
>> 3 master cylinders later and it just does not work for more than an  
>> hour.
>> The masters were all rebuilt, the slave and hose are new.
>> I have had more problems with this clutch on this car than I have  
>> had in my
>> entire career with these cars combined.
>> It's not like I do not know what I am doing. This is NOT my first  
>> clutch
>> bleed.
>> I have even ran a tube from the slave nipple back to the master and  
>> bled
>> the system like I was bench bleeding just the master.
>> Yes it worked, for an hour and lost pressure.
>> The pressure never goes below 1/2 the pedal but I need more pedal  
>> than that
>> to get it in gear.
>>
>> --
>> Frank Clarici
>> Toms River, NJ
>> My own Fleet of Sprites