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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...<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/18/2016 8:39 AM, Geo Hahn wrote:<br>
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<div>Randall's list is, of course, excellent. One more thing
you might try --</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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).</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 5:50 PM, John
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<div dir="ltr">I felt well enough today (though I'm
paying dearly now) to crawl under the TR 6 and tinker</div>
<div dir="ltr">with the slave cylinder,,again. At this
point I don't know whether to shoot the car, or
myself!!</div>
<div dir="ltr">You've seen me here whining before,
right? Well, here I go again. I'm sorry. Tried to
get the car </div>
<div dir="ltr">in gear yet again and again and again!
To no avail. The bear facts are I bled, re-bled I
don't know</div>
<div dir="ltr">how many times today. Pumped the clutch
with anywhere from good pressure/resistance to no
resistance.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Looked in the resivoir numerous times,
filled the resivoir several times,,,,,,pumped the
lever that the slave activates</div>
<div dir="ltr">MANY times and did see air bubbles and
then did not see air bubbles and even thought I had
defeated</div>
<div dir="ltr">the beast,,,but didn't. In my final try
of course started the car in neutral and tried to put
the car in gear.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Nothing doing!! Every gear, the same
thing. I might as well have been pushing the shifter
in hardened</div>
<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
<div dir="ltr">It wouldn't he such a big deal if we were
rolling in money. We have been there before and I
have thrown</div>
<div dir="ltr">a ton of money at this car,,,,,,just to
make it do the right things mechanically. The body is
worse than</div>
<div dir="ltr">it was when I bought it in '98.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Answer me this: The way I installed the
slave and have driven the car like this is with the
rod facing forward.</div>
<div dir="ltr">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</div>
<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
<div dir="ltr">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</div>
<div dir="ltr">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</div>
<div dir="ltr">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</div>
<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
<div dir="ltr">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</div>
<div dir="ltr">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</div>
<div dir="ltr"> for one thing and three disc's bulging
which give him horrible head aches to the point of
causing him to vomit because of</div>
<div dir="ltr">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</div>
<div dir="ltr">years on total disability. Her head
hurts so bad her only respite is unconsciousness and
except for appointments with the psychiatrist,</div>
<div dir="ltr">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</div>
<div dir="ltr">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 </div>
<div dir="ltr">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 </div>
<div dir="ltr">I wanna do som top down driving. At 67
am I:(( Thanks guys.</div>
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