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Re: [Tigers] Clutch Master replacement

To: "Mike Rapoza" <beamsun@comcast.net>, tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Clutch Master replacement
From: "Owain Lloyd" <owain.lloyd@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 20:32:17 +0100
Sorry, didn't really read your whole post!  The spacer just moves the
pushrod and hence pedal back, into the firewall.  Without the spacer,
the clutch pedal would be higher.   Maybe a previous owner damaged the
thread on the pushrod and had to shorten it (or altered the pedal tab
somehow).  Try it with and without and see what you prefer....

On 1/3/09, Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you don't care about originality, the tilton 74 series master
> cylinder is a cheap replacement.  Available from most places including
> summit.  The tilton pushrod is too long and needs to have the thread
> cut longer and then be cut off shorter (in that order to get a good
> thread), or you can reuse the current pushrod in the new tilton MC.
> 5/8" bore for a squiggy pedal or 3/4 for a little stiffer and shorter
> pedal.  (I prefer 3/4 with my centerforce clutch).
>
> On 1/3/09, Mike Rapoza <beamsun@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> First off Happy New Year to everyone in the
>> Sunbeam community. Long time lurker, first time
>> seeking help from the list. I've always managed to find
>> what I've needed thru Tigers United,(thanks Steve) or the Cat
>> shop manuals, or from folks that I've met at various shows...
>> but I'm a little stumped on this one.
>> so...just checked the fluid in the clutch master and it was empty!!
>> Well I found it on the floor soaked up in the insulation under the
>> carpet.
>> Bought the rebuild kit from Rick @ SS,  got it apart, all cleaned up,
>> ready to
>> install, when I took a look at the Rootes Manual, just for self
>> insurance
>>   and it shows a part #3, "packing piece".  Well... I didn't take that
>> off the car
>> when dismantilling the master unit.. I went back to my "box of spare
>> parts",
>> and low and behold, there is a piece that matched item #3...
>> So my question is, (finally)) if my clutch worked (prior to leaking)
>> just fine
>> without this in place, do I need to install it?? It almost seems that
>> it will take
>> up some of the travel of the clutch pedal (the throw)??
>> Also, in the rebuild kit, there is a new rubber boot, what is the
>> "right" way
>> to get the old one off, when the washer on the plunger is "fixed"??
>> BTW.. I cut it, put the new piece on, then welded the washer, grinded
>> it,
>> now its just like new....
>> Mike R.
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