Thanks to those that responded to my clutch difficulties. The system did
drain itself and once I tried to restart or bleed the thing, the piston in the
master cyl. was apparently stuck -- due to all of the crud in the bore. So,
I've rebuilt the master and am in the process of bleeding the system with the
reasonable/expected amount of pedal pressure.
Best regards,
Ed Hamilton
Malcolm Walker wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Edward Hamilton wrote:
>
> > I followed the recent thread on clutch bleeding -- knowing it to be on
> > the list of things that the '80 spitfire keeps me around for. While
> > replacing the clutch, pressure plate and release bearing, I rebuilt the
> > slave cylinder (which was leaking.)
> > After following various list members instructions for clutch bleeding, I
> > remain with a soft pedel. It's currently at a point where fluid drips
> > out when the bleed screw is opened, but pedel action doesn't seem to be
> > pushing anything -- there's just no resistance at all.
> > Everything worked fine prior to the dissambly, so...I'm assuming its not
> > a master cylinder problem? Appreciate all replys.
>
> If all the fluid got drained out of the system, chances are you have a
> pocket of air that is refusing to move.
>
> My dad's Cortina had this happen after the brakes were refurbished. To
> fix you wrap a rag around the fitting on the master, pressurize the
> system, and 'bleed' the fitting- undo it enough to get fluid to come out,
> then do it back up.
>
> Hope it works, and be careful with DOT4 on paint...
>
> -Malcolm
>
> PS you may also want to try blocking the control arm, so that nothing
> moves when you bleed the hydraulics.
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