What are the chances some of our aftermarket parts take a metric-sized
speedbleeder (or regular bleed nipple, for that matter)?
The bleed nipples on my rear wheel cylinders, for example, take a 10mm wrench
instead of the SAE size the old ones took (3/8ths? 7/16ths? Can't recall).
Scott
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From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Cwn74@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 3:25 PM
To: rocky@tri.net; billsohl@mindspring.com; fot@autox.team.net
Subject: [BULK] Re: [FOT] Clutch Slave Cylinder - Herald
Importance: Low
I hope you know that if you rotate the bleeder to the bottom, the air goes
to the top and will not bleed out the relocated bleeder......
Anyway, I installed a Speedbleeder (often discussed on these forums, you may
want the sp3824L part _www.speedbleeder.com_ (http://www.speedbleeder.com) )
on my Spitfire clutch slave and thus it is much easier 1 person job. Open
the bleeder, pump a bunch and refill the master when needed. Tighten the
bleeder and you're done. A short combo wrench or 1/4" drive ratchet with
extension
and perhaps a universal to open and close. A piece of tubing to direct the
blood to a catching device....
Good luck!
Clark
In a message dated 8/9/2006 4:01:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
rocky@tri.net writes:
Yeah, you gotta pull the tranny cover.
Not sure about Herald, but not a big deal in the Spitfire.
I just replaced my clutch slave. Rather than rebuild the old one I just
bought a new one .. <$90. And there was a difference!
The old one has a groove along one side where the clamp screw goes, so it
only goes in one way (bleed screw on top). The new one that came has the
groove all the way around, so I installed it upside down with the bleed
screw at the bottom, so that I *can* bleed it from under the car if need be.
--Rocky Entriken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Sohl" <billsohl@mindspring.com>
To: "FOT" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 8:50 PM
Subject: [FOT] Clutch Slave Cylinder - Herald
> OK folks, any words of guidance on how to
> actually get at the clutch slave cylinder in a
> Herald to
> (1) bleed the line and/or to
> (2) remove and replace a slave cylinder?
>
> My factory manual applies the same steps for
> Herald and Spitfires.
>
> My "let's see how the access is" from under
> the car sez no way without removing the transmission
> cover...unless you have mini-arms, hands and fingers.
>
> Cheers,
> Bill Sohl
>
Clark
74 Spitfire, 71 Stag
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