[Tigers] Clutch slave cylinder - is the bad gunk?

[R Flynn]

Cheers all - helpful to have the diagnosis confirmed.

On Sat, 9 May 2015 at 20:46 Gary <garywinblad at comcast.net> wrote:

> It looks totally typical to me, you must be a
> new Tiger owner, rebuilding hydraulics is
>  normal maintenance.
> The pushrod should be held to the clutch
> arm by a wire spring thing so you shouldn't
> need safety wire.  An added return spring on
> the arm is what I have always run also.
> Enjoy the new car!
> Gary
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 9, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Ron Fraser via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> R Flynn
>
>     A very light coat of grease on the push rod to prevent rust is one
> thing but it appears you have a mess on your hands and it almost looks like
> the rubber seal on the slave cylinder has deteriorated.
>
> At the very least you should remove the slave cylinder and rebuild it.
>
> I would also check the master cylinder, probably rebuild that and I would
> check and blow Brake Kleen or similar through the hard line.
>
> When I last went through my Master and slave cylinders and cleared the
> hard line; I put in Silicone brake fluid.
>
> I also recommend putting safety wire on the push rod to the clutch arm
> just in case something goes wrong with the system.  This way you don't lose
> the push rod.
>
> Ron Fraser
>
>  -----Original Message-----
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> *Sent:* Saturday, May 09, 2015 6:34 PM
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> *Subject:* [Tigers] Clutch slave cylinder - is the bad gunk?
>
> All,
>
> Found my clutch fluid mysteriously gone and this is what the slave
> cylinder looked like - it had been through a number of hands getting from
> UK to USA (and coast to coast USA as well).
>
> Is the the gunk which forms when mixing fluids?
>
> Trying to decide exactly how bad my problem is ...
>
> Cheers in advance,
>
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