John,
That sounds for all the world to be a defective sluggish and probably
ballooning clutch slave cylinder hose.
Rich
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From: "John Snyder" <helyjohn@cablespeed.com>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 7:48 AM
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Healeys] On-going Clutch Problem
> Some of you may remember my previous post to the List, and I still have
> not
> resolved the problem. The clutch was working perfectly b/4 the car went
> to
> the body shop. I put about 20 miles on the bare chassis (private streets,
> no
> police) and the clutch worked great. Now, when getting the car out of the
> body shop the clutch "drags" and does not fully release. The chassis sat
> at
> the body shop in a cool, damp corner while the panels were being repaired
> and
> painted. It is impossible to shift into gear unless it is in gear b/4
> starting the engine, and shifting while driving is very hard. Dave Porter
> suggested that I might not have cleaned the protective coating off the
> face of
> the Pressure Plate and that could have messed the Clutch Plate up. I
> carefully cleaned the Pressure Plate even though it looked good, and
> installed
> a new Clutch Plate. I am completely stumped. I bleed the hydraulic
> system,
> and there was no air in it. I pulled the rubber caps off the master and
> slave
> cylinders, and there were no leaks there or anywhere else in the system.
>
> With the engine off, drive shaft disconnected, trans in 4th gear and the
> clutch pedal all the way down, I can just barely turn the flange on the
> rear
> of the transmission by hand.
>
> Could someone please give me some advice? This is my 6th ground up
> restoration of 1959 to 1962 A H 3000s, and I have never had this problem
> b/4.
>
> John Snyder
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