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Re: MGB Slave cylinder - HELP.

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Subject: Re: MGB Slave cylinder - HELP.
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 20:26:03 -0700
How did you determine it was the slave cylinder in the first place?

IME, both cylinders often go simultaneously, anyway...

on 5/18/04 7:50 PM, Paul M. at rowman22001@yahoo.com wrote:

> 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,
> 
> =====
> Paul Misencik - 1971 MGB - www.sopwithracing.com
> 
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> and Colorado Grand.
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--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
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