Hi Dan,
Yes the plunger is held by the rubber boot only, when it is lose from the
clutch mechnism.
It is held in place by the cup shape of the actual slave piston - a go and
simple construction.
If the slave psiton does not travel freely, it can be taken apart after
draining the hydraulic fluid.
The cylinder is so wide in bore, it may be cleaned and polished afterwards,
in order to be smooth again.
It is advisable to replace the rubber piston.
Apply little brake grease before assembling again and fit the stuff
together.
Flush the fluid lines and master cylinder and fill the system with new brake
fluid.
Normally the plunger is held in its travel space by the connected clutch
mechanism.
Lose wires:
There maybe some other open ended wires there, which belong to the overdrive
circuit.
When no overdrive is fitted, there maybe lose ends.
Cheers,
Hans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan DiBiase" <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>
To: <mg-mgb@yahoogroups.com>; "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:55 AM
Subject: [Mgs] (no subject)
> Ok, next questions... ;-)
>
> When I was attaching the clutch slave cylinder, a couple of things
> happened -
>
> 1) The little plunger from the slave cylinder came out. Is it really not
> attached to anything in there, just held
> in by the rubber boot and the stirrup on the transmission?
>
> 2) The stirrup on the transmission (not sure of it's official name) has
> about an inch of motion. I had to really push in on
> the plunger to get it to line up within the stirrup once the slave was
> attached to the transmission. Working the clutch
> pedal causes the whole shebang to move properly, and the clutch pedal
> feels pretty normal (given that it's been 2
> years since I drove the car).
>
> My reverse switch wire seemed to have disappeared from under the car! Then
> I noticed a very long wire hanging around
> in the engine compartment here is a picture. It is long enough to be the
> wire for that. But ther isn't any difference in the
> spade connectors, so any idea which one goes where? Maybe it doesn't
> matter....?
>
>
>http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c30/ddibiase/1976%20MGB%20Engine%20Work/P7220006.jpg
>
> Thx.
>
> Dan D
> Central NJ USA
> '76 MGB Tourer - Engine Reinstalled...
> '65 MGB Tourer Project - Yep, Still Is....
> NAMGBR #5-2328
> http://dans65b.blogspot.com/
> http://dans76b.blogspot.com/
> http://dansautoblog.blogspot.com/
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dibiase/Working_MG_Gallery.html
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