[Tigers] Clutch Hydraulics

[Jay Laifman]

I just went and looked at my Tiger.  It is not exactly the same - but
definitely the same risk.  The pipe has to go to the lower hole and the
bleeder has to be on the upper hole.

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 12:37 PM, Richard Bruner via Tigers <
tigers at autox.team.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.
> >>
> >> Richard
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