Please forgive me if this has been a recently answered question. I've
been off the list for a couple of years, while my B has been mouldering at
a friend's house due to lack of funds. A rod bearing was spun, and the
rod itself (as well as the crank) damaged.
Well, now the engine is back in the car, and runs great. However, we
canNOT get into gear without grinding. Sort of.
The symptoms are now that you can get into first or reverse once without
grinding. Subsequent attempts in the same motor run fail, with grinding.
Turn the motor off, grumble a while, and try again. Same thing.
If you start with the car in reverse (or forward, I think, but I haven't
tried it) after a rest, the car starts without moving. As you raise the
pedal the friction point is *right* off the floor, but the clutch engages
smoothly. Any further attempt to shift fails. If you shut off the
engine, and put the car into gear (just like before) and start, the car
moves immediately.
It's like it "recovers" after a time. Even at its best, it's unusable
because the friction point is so close to the floor.
The pedal feel is very good. It's been bled a couple times with an
EZ-bleed with no further improvement.
The master cylinder is new. The slave has been rebuilt in the last week
with a kit (new seal, boot). There is no mechanical slop on the pedal end.
The clevis bolt from slave to clutch fork is new, because the one which
was on the car when it was parked was badly worn. The hole in the clutch
fork is round, the one in the slave fork somewhat ovalled. (HOWEVER,
remember the clutch worked OK just before the engine blew up, and it
would have had that same ovalling then, plus the worn clevis).
We've pulled back the clutch fork with a come-along, with the slave
disconnected, and the clutch does disengage and we can go into all gears.
Unfortunately, we didn't measure how far back that was.
The slave fork/bolt/clutch fork end moves 5/16 or 3/8". There is no
visible movement when you hold the clutch pedal down. There is no fluid
leaking from the master or slave.
*sigh*. Any ideas? Thank you very much.
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John M. Trindle | johnt@tsquare.com | Tidewater Sports Car Club
'73 MGB DSP | '69 Spitfire H Stock | '88 RX-7 C Stock
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