someone simply mounted it upside down in the past.
Without the air nipple (bleeder valve) at the top...
how else would the air escape!
>From what I can remember both passages (threaded holes)
are identical.
Paul Tegler
OBie - '73 BGT - Daily Driver
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-----Original Message-----
From: David A Templeton <davidt@opentext.com>
To: Walt Fogle <foglew@hotmail.com>
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: clutch bleeding on 1500
Okay I have a question then, what is it supposed to be on a GT6
transmission? The feed line on mine is on the upper opening and the bleed
nipple is on the lower?
David A. Templeton
mailto:davidt@opentext.com
74 Spitfire "Spit-Six" Comm #: FM10491U
using a '73 MkIII GT6 powerhouse
and suspension KF1951HE.
"The ultimate GT6 convertible :-) "
76 Spitfire 1500 - Parts only
----- Original Message -----
From: Walt Fogle <foglew@hotmail.com>
To: <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: clutch bleeding on 1500
>
> Alan:
>
> Sorry, but there is really no other way to bleed the clutch on your
Spitfire
> without removing the trans cover. It appears that the bleed screw is
above
> the actual clutch pipe to allow all air bubbles to rise so you can
> completely eliminate them from the sywstem. I asked this question earlier
> this year.
>
> If your clutch is in good operating condition and the master and slave
> cylinders are not leaking you might just want to leave well enough alone.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Walt Fogle
> '73 Spitfire 1500
>
> Alan wrote:
>
> >
> >Has anyone done this without removing the cover etc. as the book says. I
> >was simply going to do this while the car was on the axle stands.
> > >From under the car I can see the slave cylinder and the bleed nipple.
But
> >it is not very accessable. I was simply wanting to drain and renew the
> >fluid as I don't know the age of the fluid or type (probably DOT3).
> >
> >Alan
> >
> >'76 spitfire, now with working brakes and non leaking rear diff.
> >
> >
> >
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