If you put all this together, longer push rods and what sounds like bent
release levers what do you get? A weak design for the release lever that
the easist repair is to pull the slave cylinder and lengthen the pushrod.
My guess. Others?
Larry Macy
78 Midget
>You have run into the same thing I did about the clutch push rods. I
>ordered a new one from Moss for my '73 Midget (1275), installed it, and
>found out the clutch would no longer release. When I compared the two, it
>was just as you describe: the old rod looked like it had been made longer
>by welding. I put this situation out for the consideration of the list,
>and the only response I got back was from someone who said, "Hey, that
>happened to me, too". My clutch didn't work until I put the old pushrod
>back in. I don't know what the problem is, but the new rods from Moss are
>too short to work. If you put yours in, I'll bet you'll find this out.
>
>Steve Byers
>Havelock, NC
>'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
>'66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY"
>'63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the last 10 years)
>"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool,
>than to speak, and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain
>
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>> From: Dustin Howarth <howarth@pulsenet.com>
>> To: mg list <mgs@autox.team.net>
>> Subject: more midget clutch saga
>> Date: Monday, August 25, 1997 9:14 PM
>>
>> Hi gang -
>>
>> I'm back to battling the midget clutch after a week at the beach. The
>> parts came in from Moss, and I have a few questions about reassembly:
>>
>> 1) Other than a hydraulic press or other machine shop equipment, what is
>> the best way to insert the brass bushing into the clutch release lever
>arm?
>>
>> 2) I received my new clutch slave cyl. push rod and was surprised to find
>> that it is about 1 inch shorter than the one that came in the car from
>the
>> previous owner. The new part (Moss 180-595) appears to be correct in
>that
>> it measures 3 inches long -- as specified for the 1275 motor. it seems
>> that the previous owner "created" the old push rod by welding about 1
>inch
>> from another rod onto a 3 inch rod, for a total of about 3- 7/8 inches.
>>
>> The car ran with the old rod until I started having clutch problems
>> (related to problems with disengaging the clutch for anyone not familiar
>> with the saga). Could this 'Frankenstein' push rod be the culprit? Not
>> being too familiar with the operation of the clutch linkage, what effect
>> would this extra long push rod have?
>>
>> I guess the real question is should I expect the new, 'correct' push rod
>to
>> work? Everything else in the linkage seemed fine, albeit a little worn.
>> I'm replacing everything from the clutch disc to the slave cyl. push rod,
>> except the release lever arm.
>>
>> 3) speaking of release levers, I have two other midget release levers
>other
>> than the one that came with my car. All three have the same MOWOG part
>> number stamped on them, but all show subtle differences, especially
>slight
>> bends at the slave cylinder end where the push rod connects. Is this
>> common, or are they all damaged in some way?
>>
>> Thanks again for all the help and advice. I hope to be running again by
>> the weekend or shortly thereafter. There's still a little summer left,
>> right?
>>
>> Dustin Howarth
>> howarth@pulsenet.com
>> '73 Midget 'Margo'
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