Wow Bill, sorry to hear that. I missed the earlier post.
Most of what Allen said is pretty close to accurate. (bet he looked it up
on the web ;-) One thing I learned from Reg. You can bleed the slave by
just opening the bleeder screw a bit and putting your finger over the
bleeder tip. Use your finger instead of using a wrench. In the close
confines under the car that is sometimes a whale of a lot easier. Then
tighten as normal, while the pedal is DOWN.
Good Luck
Larry
At this exact moment in time 7/24/00 11:58, Ajhsys@aol.com made the
profound statement:
>In a message dated 7/24/00 10:00:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>saidel@crab.rutgers.edu writes:
>
><< Yesterday, on the way home with my SO in my '76B, the clutch MC blew.
>Made
> it home in 3rd through the 10 mph streets where I live. An interesting
> experience planning my movements for turns 150 yards ahead. And I thought
> the drips on the garage floor were engine oil!
>
> Anyway, I am planning to attempt it myself. 2 years I've had the car and
> every repair is new to me, so as a newby to this problem, what kind of a
> job is a clutch MC and is it in the realm of home repair? Now I've read
> numerous notes on the list about clutch MC repair successes but no one
> really says what they knew before they started. >>
>
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>
>Clutch MC is a relatively simple repair. I have a Midget, so YMMV.
>
>Buy a rebuilt MC. (They are cheap, so it's not worth the trouble to rebuild
>one.)
>Take the tube off the old MC.
>Remove the old MC.
>Fill the new MC with Castrol GT LMA brake fluid, wrap a rag wround it and
>put
>it in a vise. (Not too tight.) Press in the pedal rod until fluid comes
>out
>the tube fitting. (Careful, it will squirt quite a distance.)
>Install the new MC. (Use new lockwashers and cotter pin. Check the clevis
>pin for wear and replace in worn.)
>Put the tube on the new MC, making sure not to cross the threads. Start
>threading it by hand until you know it is in correctly. Don't overtighten
>it.
>Fill the MC and bleed the system.
>Bleeding is best done with a partner. One is under the car opening and
>closing the bleeder screw on the slave cylinder. The other presses the
>pedal
>when the bleed screw is open, and lets it up when the bleed screw is
>closed.
>Do this until NO bubbles come out.
>WARNING! If you let the MC reservoir run out of fluid, you have to start
>all
>over again. Pump down and up twice, then refill the MC reservoir.
>
>You should be able to do all this in a short period of time, depending on
>how
>difficult the MC is to get at. (Sorry Grammar Police. I know, it's behind
>that preposition.)
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Allen Hefner
>SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
>'77 Midget
>'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
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