Ah, just re-read your message. Remember to that MityVacs are pretty
useless for bleeding hydraulics UNLESS you seal the threads going into the
bleed screw with grease or something. Air can and will seep past the
threads, otherwise. I personally prefer to go with the "conventional" (aka
two person bleeding method. Much cleaner and faster. You may also want to
look into installing speed bleeder on the clutch slave.
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
To: "Spitfire List" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:53 AM
Subject: Clutch Hydraulics
>
> I rebuilt my slave and master cylinders yesterday, re-installed them,
&
> bled the system (conventionally & with MityVac). I did not operationally
> test the clutch then (getting too cold and dark).
> Tried the clutch out today, and find that I'm not getting full
release.
> At idle, it will go into 2nd & 4th with a little aggravation; into 1st &
> Reverse only with major aggravation (i.e., clashing); and into 3rd with
> moderate aggravation. (Before re-building, it was working fine, but did
> have a slow leak which required topping-off frequently - thus leading me
to
> the re-build while I have the tranny-cover/dash-support/carpet/etc.
> removed.)
> I'm quite confident that the cylinders' internals were correctly
> assembled (had both Haynes & Bentley open on the work-bench during
> re-assembly). There are no visible external leaks from the plumbing, and
> the fluid level in the master is holding. I thought last evening the
> bleeding process was successful (but am having my doubts now).
> Any ideas/hints/suggestions? More bleeding? or ?????
>
> Ree Gurley in Silver Spring, MD - 78 Spit FM73070U O
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