[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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