Pete;
I did a modification of this sort a couple of weeks ago. The tubing
extension I used was standard hydraulic tubing you can get at any auto parts
store. It comes with a male fitting on both ends. I added a double female
connection (also available at auto parts stores) to one end to allow the old
bleed screw to be attached to this end. From memory I think the thread size
for these is 3/16 - 20 (?). Make sure you get the kind of hydraulic piping
in which the ends are convex or it will leak "big time". I also fashioned a
small bracket to anchor the end of the pipe that goes into the engine
compartment. As I recall the total cost was well under $10 for the pipe,
adaptor, and bracket, and it saves many hours when one needs to perform this
bleeding task.
I found that this modification works great and there is no need to "rip out
the interiors" just to bleed the clutch hydraulics. Now I need to design a
method of checking and filling the transmission fluid that will be just as
easy.
Reid
'79 Spitfire (original owner)
-----Original Message-----
From: GIBSON,PETE (A-England,ex1) [mailto:pete_gibson@agilent.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 5:26 AM
To: 'spitfires@autox.team.net'
Subject: Clutch slave cylinder bleeding
Hi All,
I remember some time ago a discussion re. various bleeding methods for the
clutch slave cylinder. The one that interests me was the following:
An additional pipe was added, which fixes into the bleed screw hole of the
SC, that was bent to exit somewhere in the engine bay. The 'free' end of the
pipe had some sort of coupling that allowed entry of a bleed nipple. It's
this latter detail that I would like more info on eg. is the termination a
standard female connector where the bleed nipple screws in to?
TIA,
Pete.
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1976 Spitfire 1500
Body off restoration and hopefully soon to be a fair weather driver
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