When I bought my MGB, the clutch was completely non-functional. Turned out
the slave cylinder was shot: the seal had liquefied, the piston was pitted, and
the bore was hopelessly corroded. The PO was nice enough to let me swap out
the slave cylinder in her driveway before I actually purchased the car. It
only took a few minutes to change and after a quick bleed with fresh fluid the
clutch was up and working again. Couldn't have taken more than 20 minutes.
For starters I'd check the there was fluid in the master cylinder and that
both the master cylinder and slave cylinders are still working.
Hope that helps!
donny v
1978 MGB
In a message dated 5/4/2004 12:13:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
mvheim@studiolimage.com writes:
I notice he doesn't mention inspecting the slave cylinder. I imagine it is
neither full inside nor dry outside... Either that or the flex hose.
I suppose it's possible he actually sheared the pedal pin, but it seems less
likely than the usual hydraulic failure.
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