I would say you have some bleeding in your future - not money, just
hydraulic fluid. You most likely have air in your line somewhere. The bad
news is that bleeding the clutch seems to take a lot more pumping of fluid
then one would expect. However, for the good news, the repair will not be
too costly, even if you have to rebuild the master and/or slave cylinder.
Just get a bottle of Castrol or similar brake fluid and an assistant to
pump the clutch. Open the nipple on the slave cylinder when they are
holding the pedal down. May take a good part of the bottle for success.
David
67 BGT
71 BGT
At 04:40 PM 4/4/00 -0500, M. Edwin Vaughan wrote:
>Hello folks,
>
>Well, I went to the auto parts store and picked up a rebuilt alternator.
>On the way home I stopped by the bank. As I was exiting the drive-thru I
>sort of lurched starting off, which I hardly ever do and then I noticed
>that my clutch felt really odd. There is way too much free-play in the
>pedal and the last bit of pedal travel actually disengages the clutch,
>but now I feel like I need a hole in the foot well in order to get enough
>travel to completely disengage the clutch! Can the wise list sages tell
>me what has happened? Boy, and I was trying to save up for a new
>camshaft, lifters, timing bits............
>
>Edwin
>'77 MGB
>
>PS: I was mulling over naming my car after the X-Men character "Beast"
>(they are both blue). Do ya'll think the car read my mind and got
>upset??? <G>
>
>"I try to think but nuthin' happens."
>-- Curly Howard (the stooge)
>
>The MG Filling Station
>http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/seatbelt/572
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