[TR] The story (drags on) continues

David Porter frogeye at porterscustom.com
Mon Apr 18 13:38:14 MDT 2016


If one gets a "hard" pedal and it then goes away.. THERE IS an air leak. 
Either the MC or slave or some where in between...
dp

On 4/18/2016 8:39 AM, Geo Hahn wrote:
> Randall's list is, of course, excellent.  One more thing you might try --
>
> Have someone closely watch the fluid reservoir as the clutch pedal is 
> depressed.  Does the level stay the same (it should)?  Or does it rise 
> slightly?  The latter may indicate that the small seal on the end of 
> the MC piston configuration is not sealing properly.
>
> That is probably not the problem but only takes a moment to check and, 
> I think, would account for what you're getting (or not getting).
>
> I agree on finding an old car for daily transport -- Florida (like 
> Arizona) probably has many little old ladies/widows who are getting 
> rid of the car.  Ideally a low miles, common, unpopular model.  Buick 
> Regals seem to be the ubiquitous retiree car here but any 10+ year old 
> sedan not popular with kids (who seem to like Civics) should be 
> appropriate.
>
> Geo
>
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 5:50 PM, John Summers <rivers2hills at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:rivers2hills at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     I felt well enough today (though I'm paying dearly now) to crawl
>     under the TR 6 and tinker
>     with the slave cylinder,,again.  At this point I don't know
>     whether to shoot the car, or myself!!
>     You've seen me here whining before, right?  Well, here I go
>     again.  I'm sorry.  Tried to get the car
>     in gear yet again and again and again! To no avail.  The bear
>     facts are I bled, re-bled I don't know
>     how many times today.  Pumped the clutch with anywhere from good
>     pressure/resistance to no resistance.
>     Looked in the resivoir numerous times, filled the resivoir several
>     times,,,,,,pumped the lever that the slave activates
>     MANY times and did see air bubbles and then did not see air
>     bubbles and even thought I had defeated
>     the beast,,,but didn't.  In my final try of course started the car
>     in neutral and tried to put the car in gear.
>     Nothing doing!! Every gear, the same thing.  I might as well have
>     been pushing the shifter in hardened
>     concrete. Bright idea!!  Just for fun put it in gear BEFORE you
>     start it.  Very funny!!!  In gear, well, I didn't want to drive it
>     off the jack and jack stands.  This is where I gave up.  From 2 PM
>     to 6:30 with a glimmer of hope.  No hope.
>     It wouldn't he such a big deal if we were rolling in money.  We
>     have been there before and I have thrown
>     a ton of money at this car,,,,,,just to make it do the right
>     things mechanically.  The body is worse than
>     it was when I bought it in '98.
>     Answer me this:  The way I installed the slave and have driven the
>     car like this is  with  the  rod facing forward.
>     Now, diagrams I have seen really don't indicate which way the
>     darned thing points.  I DO have to remove the oil filter to access the
>     nut to bleed it.  I have a "spin on" adapter installed and to get
>     any access to either top or bottom nut, the filter has to come off.
>     Is it possible I have the darned thing backwards?  I don't see how
>     that could be because the rod and lever match up perfectly
>     but I've done sillier things.  I know this is long, but I've GOT
>     to get this car on the road.  Maybe I mentioned it in another post
>     but our '98 Maxima suffered a fender bender,,,,,,,on 2/20.  We've
>     been in a rental car ever since. State Farm sent me to Hertz
>     and the Maxima is at a national chain called Gerber.  I didn't
>     know what to do and was relying on them to get the job done.
>     Gerber declared it a total because it would cost way more to
>     repair than it was worth.  The problem is - that is our only
>     working car
>     and in the last six weeks or so I have taken my oldest son to the
>     emergency room something like 7 times.  He has asthma
>      for one thing and three disc's bulging which give him horrible
>     head aches to the point of causing him to vomit because of
>     the pain.  He also has NO cartilage in his left knee.  My wife is
>     way ahead of him and has gone through this for 30 years. The last 16
>     years on total disability.  Her head hurts so bad her only respite
>     is unconsciousness and except for appointments with the psychiatrist,
>     her pain doctor of 20 years and her G.P. she is in bed.  So the TR
>     is our last resort. Yes it is difficult for her to get in and out of
>     but that is the only thing we have.  And that's only about half
>     the story.  AGAIN,I apologize for the length of this post and my
>     stupidity but I've GOT to get this car on the road,,,,,,,,plus,
>     dang it, the weather here in North Florida has been gorgeous and
>     I wanna do som top down driving.  At 67 am I:((  Thanks guys.
>
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