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Re: clutch acting up

To: Dustin Howarth <howarth@pulsenet.com>
Subject: Re: clutch acting up
From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 22:51:39 -0400
Cc: spridget list <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Organization: Positive Earth Drivers Club
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Reply-to: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
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Dustin Howarth wrote:
> 
> hi all -
> 
> I've been having a little trouble with my clutch lately:  occasionally, it
> seems that the clutch does not engage fuly when the pedal is depressed, and
> I get a grind when trying to slip it into 1st or reverse.  If i play with
> it for a while, going forward a bit in 2nd, engaging and disengaging the
> clutch, etc., the problem often goes away and shifts are smooth.  Also, if
> i just drive for a while, it often doesn't happen at the next opportunity.
> 
> The car is a stock '73 midget.  I replaced the clutch last summer, and this
> problem has been happening all along, but more often lately.  Any ideas?
> 
Dustin

Sounds like a wearing out slave cylinder.
It may be time to rebuild the clutch hydraulics, master and slave.
If one is going, the other is not far behind.
-- 
Frank Clarici                         Toms River, NJ
Too many LBCs
3 Sprites, an Austin A40, and an Austin Mini all on the road.
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