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Re: [TR] Hey y'all

To: John Summers <rivers2hills@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [TR] Hey y'all
From: Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 14:58:54 -0700
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Have you looked at the clutch operating arm (what the rod from the slave
moves) to see what sort of movement you get there when the pedal is
depressed?

On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 1:12 PM, John Summers <rivers2hills@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Hey folks, I got a ned clutch master cylinder the other day.  Installed it
> yesterday.
> Decided today to get dirty, frustrated, angry and depressed today.  So I
> crawled
> under my adversary to play with her bowels.  Rather like standing too
> close to a cow or horse.
> Attempted to bleed the clutch and only saw large air bubbles in BOTH
> hoses.  I finally gave up because I'd had enough
> it being hot here in The Sunshine State.
> Oh yes, months ago on the back aisle at Lowes, where they often place the
> close-out stuff
> I found a 3'x3' piece of stainless steel.  I have some holes to patch so
> that will come in handy.
> Almost my entire driver side floor is rusty.  I, with little effort was
> able to make a 10" circular hole
> yes, under the clutch pedal.  The kicker is I somehow lost the pin that
> attaches the clutch MC to the
> pedal.  Dropped it three times, found it and then it was gone.  With a
> large nail bent @ 45 degrees
>  was finally able to line the holes and shove in a grade 8 bolt with
> washers on both sides and
> screwed a nylock nut on.  Plenty of back pressure on the clutch pedal but
> sadly with the engine
> running it still won't go into gear.  I'll pour gasoline inside and light
> it if this crap continues much longer.
> So whoopee, after 3 hours, I'd had enough and came inside.
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Have you looked at the clutch operating arm (what the rod =
from the slave moves) to see what sort of movement you get there when the p=
edal is depressed?</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_=
quote">On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 1:12 PM, John Summers <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:rivers2hills@yahoo.com"; target=3D"_blank">rivers2hills@ya=
hoo.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D=
"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div s=
tyle=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica=
,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255=
,255)"><div>Hey folks, I got a ned clutch master cylinder the other day.=C2=
=A0 Installed it yesterday.</div><div>Decided today to get dirty, frustrate=
d, angry and depressed today.=C2=A0 So I crawled</div><div>under my adversa=
ry to play with her bowels.=C2=A0 Rather like standing too close to a cow o=
r horse.</div><div>Attempted to bleed the clutch and only saw large air bub=
bles in BOTH hoses.=C2=A0 I finally gave up because I&#39;d had enough</div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">it being hot here in The Sunshine State.</div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Oh yes, months ago on the back aisle at Lowes, where they often place=
 the close-out stuff</div><div dir=3D"ltr">I found a 3&#39;x3&#39; piece of=
 stainless steel.=C2=A0 I have some holes to patch so that will come in han=
dy.</div><div dir=3D"ltr">Almost my entire driver side floor is rusty.=C2=
=A0 I, with little effort was able to make a 10&quot; circular hole</div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">yes, under the clutch pedal.=C2=A0 The kicker is I somehow l=
ost the pin that attaches the clutch MC to the=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
pedal.=C2=A0 Dropped it three times, found it and then it was gone.=C2=A0 W=
ith a large nail bent @ 45 degrees</div><div dir=3D"ltr">=C2=A0was finally =
able to line the holes and shove in a grade 8 bolt with washers on both sid=
es and</div><div dir=3D"ltr">screwed a nylock nut on.=C2=A0 Plenty of back =
pressure on the clutch pedal but sadly with the engine</div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">running it still won&#39;t go into gear.=C2=A0 I&#39;ll pour gasoline ins=
ide and light it if this crap continues much longer.</div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
So whoopee, after 3 hours, I&#39;d had enough and came inside.</div></div><=
/div><br><br>
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