I took the Midget home for Thanksgiving this weekend; I never realized how
cold a leaking convertible top gets at highway speeds when the heater doesn't
work. Still, I survived the trip down and got to spend the weekend in a real
garage putting new front end bushings in. My friends couldn't understand why
I was so thrilled to be spending my entire vacation in a garage--they don't
realize what an advantage this is to the parking lot where I have been working
on the car.
Anyway, after driving through torrential rain for two hours, the car
decided that she'd had just about enough. I stopped for gas and left a good
bit of hydraulic fluid in the lot when my clutch gave out. Got her towed to
a friends house, and she'll probably stay there for a good long while. I
won't have a chance to put things back together until Christmas.
The car has a bad habit of spitting the piston out of the slave cylinder
every time she's upset. I didn't mind so much this summer, but after spending
an hour of my vacation lying in a puddle and getting rained on as I try to put
things back together, I think I've decided it's time to fix the old girl
properly. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me a few things about Midget
hydraulics before I have another go at this.
Can anyone tell me if the rod between the slave cylinder and the clutch
fork was originally supposed to be adjustable? Mine ahs a threaded bolt on
the slave cylinder end which lengthens it when turned out, and I'm wondering
if this is another custom job by the PO. I would also appreciate any advice
anyone would care to offer. I'm not sure if this is a common problem with
Midgets or if my car is just sensitive about this, but if anyone else has
had trouble with this, I'd appreciate hearing about how they fixed it.
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