I have found that when one part of the clutch hytdraulic system fails,
the others are not far behind. I would rebuild both Master and slave
cylinders, and replace the flexible rubber hose. Then, you won't be
troubled by this problem for many miles........
Randy Kegg
1958 MGA
1966 Morris Traveller
1964 Porsche 356C
On Fri, 14 Feb 1997 20:26:26 -0500 William Mills <williem@mindspring.com>
writes:
> I need to know what to check first about my clutch operation.
>Clutch
>was operating fine until today. While sitting at a red light with the
>car
>in gear and clutch pedal depressed, I suddenly could feel the car
>trying to
>pull forward. Of course the clutch pedal was already depressed so I
>quickly
>popped the shift out of gear to avoid moving into the car stopped in
>front
>of me. As I left the light I could tell that my friction point was
>now at
>the bottom of the clutch travel. Pumped the pedal a couple of times
>and the
>proper friction point was restored (about one-third from the floor).
>I
>pulled off to a safer area to try it out. Sure enough, as I held the
>clutch
>in the clutch was creeping to engage. Checked the fluid level in the
>clutch
>master cylinder. It was down a little but certainly not enough to have
>sucked air into the clutch hydraulic system. I went ahead and topped
>up the
>reservior anyway. I assume that the fluid is leaking internally by
>the
>seals in either the clutch master cylinder or the slave cylinder. No
>evidence of any external leakage yet.
>
>Now finally to the question, how do I find out which component is in
>need
>of rebuild or replacement. My first thought is to go ahead and
>replace the
>slave cylinder and hose. New slaves are not that expensive and this
>job
>would be much easier than removing and overhauling the master
>cylinder. Is
>there any way that I can determine where the problem lies, master
>cylinder
>or slave?
>
>On a different topic, I just received my copy of John Twist's Tech
>Book,
>this is the recently revised version. A wealth of information and
>help,
>well worth the $20 which also covered the shipping. Thank you, Mr.
>Twist.
>
>Bill Mills
>'74BGT
>http://angelfire.com/nc/mgbguy
>
>
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