Subject: [TR] My damned clutch!

From: John Summers <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 19:52:07 +0000 (UTC)

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Dear fellow knuckle heads ( for owning these demon Triumphs) :))
I changed the slave cylinder (clutch), bled it, bla, blah,bla . Due to my o=
verallhealth, the room between the car and my garage wall, and mental healt=
h=C2=A0it took me quite a while ( months ) to finish the job=C2=A0any compe=
tent mechanic could make the two hour job.Purchased my '74 TR6 in 1998. I l=
usted for one since they first hit the market.Ok, so much for the back roun=
d info. =C2=A0I took it for a short drivejust =C2=A0to test my work, it wor=
ked well. It sat two weeks before I bravely set out on a 2 mile roundtrip t=
o CVS. =C2=A0Turning off the main road into the parking lot and !!! SURPRIS=
E !!!! it wouldn't go into 2nd gear orany gear. =C2=A0I smashed into "gear"=
.It wasn't pretty driving home but got it into the yard. =C2=A0Wouldn't go =
into any gear.The only thing I could think of besides toping off the clutch=
 fluid, down 1/4", Would possiblybe the clutch lever which has three holes =
in it. =C2=A0I don't remember which hole=C2=A0I used. =C2=A0Assuming I had =
it in the center hole, which hole would move the clutch most (and hopefully=
)make the damn thing work. =C2=A0I'm tired of being afraid to drive it and =
have absolutely NO MORE MONEY to spend on repairs.=C2=A0Probably spent $3,0=
00 in the last year and a half and thousands since '98.Somebody =C2=A0give =
me a Miata:)))=C2=A0=C2=A0
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<html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:He=
lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo=
nt-size:16px"><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1439320732672_4432" class=3D"">Dear f=
ellow knuckle heads ( for owning these demon Triumphs) :))</div><div id=3D"=
yui_3_16_0_1_1439320732672_4446" class=3D""><br id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_14393207=
32672_8314" class=3D""></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1439320732672_4406" cl=
ass=3D"">I changed the slave cylinder (clutch), bled it, bla, blah,bla . Du=
e to my overall</div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1439320732672_4404=
" class=3D"">health, the room between the car and my garage wall, and menta=
l health</div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1439320732672_4404" class=
=3D"">&nbsp;it took me quite a while ( months ) to finish the job</div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1439320732672_4404" class=3D"">&nbsp;any co=
mpetent mechanic could make the two hour job.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"y=
ui_3_16_0_1_1439320732672_4404" class=3D"">Purchased my '74 TR6 in 1998. I =
lusted for one since they first hit the market.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D=
"yui_3_16_0_1_1439320732672_4404" class=3D"">Ok, so much for the back round=
 info. &nbsp;I took it for a short drive</div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_=
16_0_1_1439320732672_4404" class=3D"">just &nbsp;to test my work, it worked=
 well. It sat two weeks before I bravely set out on a 2 mile round</div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1439320732672_4404" class=3D"">trip to CVS=
. &nbsp;Turning off the main road into the parking lot and !!! SURPRISE !!!=
! it wouldn't go into 2nd gear or</div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_=
1439320732672_4404" class=3D"">any gear. &nbsp;I smashed into "gear".</div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1439320732672_4404" class=3D"">It wasn'=
t pretty driving home but got it into the yard. &nbsp;Wouldn't go into any =
gear.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1439320732672_4404" class=3D=
"">The only thing I could think of besides toping off the clutch fluid, dow=
n 1/4", Would possibly</div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_14393207326=
72_4404" class=3D"">be the clutch lever which has three holes in it. &nbsp;=
I don't remember which hole&nbsp;</div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_=
1439320732672_4404" class=3D"">I used. &nbsp;Assuming I had it in the cente=
r hole, which hole would move the clutch most (and hopefully)</div><div dir=
=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1439320732672_4404" class=3D"">make the damn th=
ing work. &nbsp;I'm tired of being afraid to drive it and have absolutely N=
O MORE MONEY to spend on repairs.&nbsp;</div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_1=
6_0_1_1439320732672_4404" class=3D"">Probably spent $3,000 in the last year=
 and a half and thousands since '98.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0=
_1_1439320732672_4404" class=3D"">Somebody &nbsp;give me a Miata:)))&nbsp;<=
/div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1439320732672_4405" class=3D"">&nb=
sp;</div></div></body></html>
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