[Tigers] Clutch Hydraulics

[Stu]

Unless you have a major leak, certainly hard to miss, then there's a poor
seal within the master.  You got enough pressure to bleed the system, but
it won't hold enough pressure to actuate the slave.

Stu

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 3:37 PM, Richard Bruner <gammaman at mokancomm.net>
wrote:

> I bench bled the master cylinder before installing.  I had a helper press
> the pedal while I opened and closed the bleeder.  Air came through the
> clear tubing I used before fluid with no air/bubbles.  I ran another 1/2
> bottle of fluid through it after that just to be sure.  The pedal goes to
> the floor with no resistance.  I have not tried pulling the slave piston
> in/out.
>
>
> On Wed, August 8, 2018 2:27 pm, Stu wrote:
> > How did you bleed it, by pumping the master or by vacuum or air pressure?
> > If by pumping the master, then it can apply at least some pressure to the
> > system. Does the pedal go to the floor or not go down at all? Can you
> > manually pull the slave piston in and out?
> >
> > The system is pretty simple, so troubleshooting should be easy.
> >
> > Stu
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 1:37 PM, Richard Bruner via Tigers <
> > tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
> >
> >> The clutch on my 1966 would work for awhile after bleeding it, but not
> >> for
> >> very long, so today I replaced the clutch master cylinder (found
> >> evidence
> >> of leakage when removing the old one), slave cylinder and hard line, and
> >> bled the air out of the system. I am still not getting any movement of
> >> the
> >> clutch slave push rod. Any suggestions? The master cylinder and slave
> >> came from Victoria British, if that makes any difference.
> >>
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