[TR] My darned clutch

Jeff Scarbrough fishplate at gmail.com
Sun Apr 10 05:56:16 MDT 2016


Have you got the bleed screw on top?

On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 9:50 PM, John Summers <rivers2hills at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I sent this to the 6 Pack list, but the more answers, the merrier.
>   I changed my clutch slave cylinder and bled it.  Went for a drive and
> after sitting in a drive through a few minutes had a heck of a time getting
> it in gear.  I learned a long time ago
> not to take the car out of gear in situations like that.  After some
> crunching of gears I got home.  On advice
> of one more experienced than me I re-bled the thing with my son pushing the
> pedal and me under the car.
> Finally after seeing no more air bubbles and having a good amount of
> resistance I went for a short drive.
> Returning home and about to turn into my driveway I had to crunch the gears
> again.  More fluid was added and
> more pumping etc. I felt confident.  I got to the end of my street today
> before I had to do a U turn and come home.
> I wonder whats wrong?    There are different spots on the rod into the slave
> and frankly I don't remember
> which hole I have it set at.  Would changing that make a difference?  Should
> I go to the hole nearer the
> slave or father away, should it come to that.  Ideas, opinions, prayers?
> John Summers,  Jacksonville Florida
> '74 TR 6
>
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