<div dir="ltr">Cheers all - helpful to have the diagnosis confirmed.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, 9 May 2015 at 20:46 Gary <<a href="mailto:garywinblad@comcast.net">garywinblad@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>It looks totally typical to me, you must be a </div><div>new Tiger owner, rebuilding hydraulics is</div><div> normal maintenance.</div><div>The pushrod should be held to the clutch</div><div>arm by a wire spring thing so you shouldn't</div><div>need safety wire. An added return spring on</div><div>the arm is what I have always run also.</div><div>Enjoy the new car!</div><div>Gary</div><div><br></div><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div dir="auto"><div><br>On May 9, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Ron Fraser via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span>R
Flynn</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span> 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.</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span>At the
very least you should remove the slave cylinder and rebuild
it.</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span>I
would also check the master cylinder, probably rebuild that and I would check
and blow Brake Kleen or similar through the hard line.</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span>When I
last went through my Master and slave cylinders and cleared the hard
line; I put in Silicone brake fluid.</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span>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.</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span>Ron
Fraser</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" lang="en-us" align="left"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> Tigers
[<a href="mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>R Flynn via
Tigers<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 09, 2015 6:34 PM<br><b>To:</b>
<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Tigers] Clutch slave cylinder - is
the bad gunk?<br><br></font></div>All,<br><br>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).<br><br>Is the the gunk which forms when mixing fluids?<br><br>Trying
to decide exactly how bad my problem is ...<br><br>Cheers in
advance,<br></blockquote>
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