Man, I screwed something up and I can't for the life
of me figure out what I did...
I had a bad clutch slave cylinder on my 1971 MGB. The
new one arrived today and I kind of hurried through
the swap, thinking it was a no-brainer (in a rush to
try to make a local car show...) Everything seemed to
go well with the swap and the bleeding, but now I have
no pedal whatsoever - it goes right to the floor as if
there was no hydraulic pressure at all. It's such a
simple swap, what could I have done wrong?
Some notes:
1) When the slave arrived, I noticed that the bleed
nipple was in the wrong hole when compared to my old
one. So I removed the nipple and put it in the other
hole so it would look exactly like the old slave. I
assume that was the right thing to do?
2) The actuating rod that goes into the slave
cylinder just kind of pushes into that rubber seal,
right? I assume there is just some kind of dished
piston in there or something, so I just slid the rod
into that rubber grommet thingy. Is there more to it
than that?
3) The system seems to bleed fine - my wife is
pushing the pedal and from underneath, it looks like
it's bleeding normally. But she can't really tell me
whether or not it has a pedal at that point, because
she's a lifelong auto-trans driver and doesn't really
know what a good pedal feels like...
4) Clutch fluid appears to be leaking out of
somewhere SLOWLY. It will drain the master overnight,
but I can't tell exactly where it's coming from,
because it's a pretty slow leak. It could be the
bleed nipple (even though it's locked down tight) or
could be the hose, which I didn't change.
Thanks in advance for any ideas of what I might have
done wrong!
Cheers,
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Paul Misencik - 1971 MGB - www.sopwithracing.com
THE CAROLINA TROPHY - 2005
A vintage driving event in the spirit
of the Mille Miglia, Rallye des Alpes,
and Colorado Grand.
See www.carolinatrophy.com for details.
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