Gerard,
You are the winner of today's Spridget Problem Pop Quiz. I had recently
rebuilt my master cylinder because of a bad rubber kit that had been installed
during the restoration that was leaking. After rebuild, I carefully readjusted
the rods at the pedal box for the brakes and the clutch (1/32" free play at the
rod and 5/32" free play at the pedal). After Gerard's e mail, I went out to
the garage and checked this adjustment. Sure enough, the adjuster bolt head
was up tight against the clutch rod in the master cylinder. After re-adjusting
the clutch works fine and the rpm drop is almost nil. Apparently, this
clearance measurement is critical for proper clutch operation. I just did not
make the connection between the master rebuild an the clutch problem.
Duhhhhhh! Ya gotta love the guys (and girls-thanks for your input Patricia) on
this list. I think my car would spend A LOT more time in the garage if it
wasn't for this list. Thanks again Gerard.
Mike MacLean Supercharged 60 Sprite
Gerard Chateauvieux wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I'm thinking maybe your over extending your clutch. Depending on how the
> rod at your pedal box is adjusted, you may not have enough freeplay or
> maybe just have too much stroke. I'd either try to get a look though the
> opening opposite the clutch fork, or remove the clevis pin on you slave
> cylinder and get a feel for where your TO bearing makes contact with the
> mating surface of the clutch. Then look at the relationship of the slave
> rod to the rest postion of the fork. Was the slave rod ever lengthened that
> you know about. I believe there are different length rods too (from
> different years/engines)
>
> Gerard
>
> At 11:39 AM -0700 6/27/01, Maclean Mike wrote:
> >Anyone have an idea why the engine would bog down when the clutch is
> >depressed. This is part of the reason my engine is stopping when I come
> >to a stop. The other half of the problem is the Holley carb on the
> >Judson. This carb just leans out on hartd right turns. I was having
> >the problem with the clutch before the Judson installation, but the
> >S.U.s would handle it O.K. The engine would slow at idle but just drop
> >a couple hundred RPM when the clutch pedel was pushed in. This problem
> >now kills the engine with the Judson installed.
> >Mike MacLean Supercharged(with problems)60 Sprite
> >
>
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