> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 94 13:00:04 -0800
> From: Angelique Di Schino <adischi@work.com>
> Subject: 79 Spitfire's Clutch Master Cylinder
>
> I've had my '79 Triumph Spitfire for a little over a year now. One
> of the first things that I did to the car (among a bizillion other
> things) was to renew the clutch master cylinder, as it was leaking
> brake fluid down the clutch pedal and into the car. That worked up
> until about a week or so ago. It's leaking again.
>
> My questions about this are:
> 1. Is renewing this part just something that I'm going to have to
> get good at and do every year?
> 2. Is it time to buy a new master cylinder? (ie. renewing just
> won't cut it on the current one anymore and replacing the old one
> will last me a slightly more reasonable period of time)
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Angelique Di Schino
> angelique@work.com
I have a 77 1500OD Spitfire and I had to do the clutch master cylinder seal
about 2 months ago. Whoever had done the job before had put the seal in the
wrong way around. This had worked fine for at least 6 months (I have only
owned it this long). The guy who sold me the seal said that it is common to
put them in the wrong way around. (I nearly did it, and I knew what to look
out for. The rubber seal 'looks' as if it should go on the wrong way).
Check it out.
Adam Buckley
ajb@oasis.icl.co.uk
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