Hi John,
Sounds like you still have air in the system. You shouldn't need a
longer pushrod and you risk overextending the clutch it starts
working properly. The clutch hydraulics can be very difficult to get
bled completely, so I'd look at that first.
Gerard
At 9:29 AM -0500 3/14/04, John D'Agostino wrote:
>I just finished rebuilding the clutch master, replacing line, hose, and new
>slave cylinder on this Sprite of mine. I needed to
>make a longer slave cyl. push rod in order to get the clutch to disengage. It
>seems to work, but it releases with the pedal almost to the floor
>and there is only about an inch of total travel at the slave cyl. When
>releasing the pedal, the slave cylinder piston pulls back initially, then
>slowly
>moves outward. Almost as if it's being sucked back in. Before I made the
>longer shaft the slave cylinder was just moving back and forth about an inch.
>Something does not seem right. Perhaps the wrong diameter master cyl or
>slave? It's a 1968 1275.
>
>The good news is this is the first time it's actually turned the rear wheels
>under it's own power in about 25 years, even if it is still on jack stands...
>Any suggestions will be welconed.
>
>Thanks,
>J
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