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RE: Argggg, first down time with my baby ... clutch issues

To: Davies William-qswi646 <William.M.Davies@motorola.com>
Subject: RE: Argggg, first down time with my baby ... clutch issues
From: Johnnie Blaze <johnblaze@vrk11.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 07:10:51 -0600 (MDT)
/me pulls the trigger. 

well i guess the old addage really is true .. live and let learn .. or
something like that..

as big of a bummer as this is, at least ill get to have some fun doing it. 
Though I think its going to be more difficult to tell the misses. 

--Chad 
Missing a large chunk of pride, please let me know if you find it :)


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On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Davies William-qswi646 wrote:

> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Johnnie Blaze [mailto:johnblaze@vrk11.com]
> > 
> > 
> > I managed to scoot it over to checker where in my ignorance I 
> > purchased
> > some 80w 90 gear oil to fill the master back up.  
> 
> Hi Chad,
>       Whatever the cause, you will now need to rebuild the entire clutch
> hydraulics (there's not much to it) as you have contaminated the system with
> gear oil where you should have Brake/Clutch fluid. The gear oil goes into
> the transmission mechanism - the hydraulic system is entirely independant of
> this and the fluids should not cross contaminate. Even flushing the system
> is no good as the gear oil will attack the rubber seals.
>       Having said all that, dismantling the system is not difficult -
> there are 3 basic components, these being the Master cylinder (connected to
> the paedal), the Slave Cylinder (operates the clutch) and the pipe which
> runs between them. If you're lucky you will probably get away with flushing
> the system thoroughly to remove all contamination then rebuilding each of
> the cylinders with new sealing rubbers - it's failure of these rubbers which
> will have caused the leak in the first place. If the metal bores of the
> cylinders appear to be damaged in any way then you will need to buy new
> cylinders. The cylinder rebuild is detailed in the appropriate workshop
> manual, if you get stuck there's plenty of people here who'll help!
>       Cheers,
>               Bill.
> 
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