First try replacing the rubber hose. They get old and will "blow up"
like a balloon when you step on the pedal taking away your pressure.
Pumping it up would make it wourk as you explained.
Chuck Horsley--Lake Jackson, Tx USA
On Sun, 14 Jul 1996 Ceicia@aol.com wrote:
> I finally got my '71 MGB roadster back on the road, even autocrossed it for
> the first time last Sunday, and the clutch hydraulics started acting up on
> Tuesday. I was driving through town when I noticed that the clutch pedal
> felt strange and was engaging and disengaging the clutch close to the floor,
> rather than close to the top of its travel as it usually did.
>
> Thinking I had air in the system, I bled the crap out it, running through
> about a quart of new brake fluid. The fluid I got out of the system was a
> dark green. Anyway, figuring I had fixed the problem, I went on a test
> drive. No probems - clutch pedal pretty much high and solid. Later on, I
> went on another drive. This time, after backing out of my driveway, I
> depressed the clutch pedal to the floor to shift into first, and the clutch
> wouldn't disengage. I pumped the pedal, and then it worked OK. At this
> point I put the car in the garage.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1. Has anybody else had this experience with a hit and miss problem with
> clutch hydraulics? by the way, I don't see any leaks either near the master
> cylinder or around the slave.
>
> 2. Do I need to replace both the clutch master and slave cylinders? Can I
> just put a kit in them to save money?
>
> Help,
>
> George
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