Carl,
Replace the flexible hose. The most likely explanation for the symptoms
you describe is an internal failure in this hose, whereby it acts as a
"one-way" valve, allowing fluid to pass from the master cylinder to the
slave cylinder, but not in the return direction. This tends to hold the
clutch mechanism in the "depressed" position until the fluid can bleed
back to the master cylinder through the obstruction in the hose.
This fault in the hose does not necessarily reveal itself by external
bulges - it's more of an internal thing.
Bill
Carl French wrote:
>
> Ok, here is the problem. In my 67B I have found a few apparantly
> related problems with the clutch and I do not know if it if repairable
> with the hydraulics or if it the throw out bearing or option #3 which is
> I don't know. I have found that when shifting I can just about count to
> two before the transmission finally engages after getting off the clutch
> pedal. A few times I have found it refusing to engage at all at a stop
> and I have to let traffic pass so I can roll back to safety and pump the
> hard to pump pedal until it all of a sudden gets easy again. That
> problem is very intermittant but the shifting is a constant problem. I
> have bled it on two occasions and right after I did it the firtst time
> it was great but then it soon deteriated again. The first time I bled it
> it came out muddy olive drab (chunky style). The second time it was a
> paler version of the previous but with only some minor sediment. Many
> times I will notice the pedal is stiff. The fluid level is fine and no
> leaks that I can tell. I have quickly looked at the flex hose and do not
> see a pronounced bulge upon pumping the pedal. Got the car last Spring
> so I don't know the preventative history. Should I look at putting
> repair kits into the master and slave cylinders and replacing the flex
> line or should I just sigh and rent a big engine hoist for the weekend.
> Carl French
> TIA
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