Another tip...
You don't want to bleed the clutch slave with only the front of the car
jacked up. Try to have the rear of the car higher than the front. Air always
goes to the highmost point of the slave, which would be towards the front and
away from the bleeder if the rear isn't higher (the engine/tranny tilts
slightly downwards to the rear by design also)...
Clark
In a message dated 8/9/2006 5:00:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
rocky@tri.net writes:
I'll keep an eye (foot?) on that. Ran the car last weekend. I did notice the
pedal seemed low at first pump, but after that it was fine all day. And the
clutch worked again!
--Rocky
----- Original Message -----
From: Cwn74@aol.com
To: rocky@tri.net ; billsohl@mindspring.com ; fot@autox.team.net
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [FOT] Clutch Slave Cylinder - Herald
I hope you know that if you rotate the bleeder to the bottom, the air goes
to the top and will not bleed out the relocated bleeder......
Anyway, I installed a Speedbleeder (often discussed on these forums, you may
want the sp3824L part www.speedbleeder.com) on my Spitfire clutch slave and
thus it is much easier 1 person job. Open the bleeder, pump a bunch and
refill the master when needed. Tighten the bleeder and you're done. A short
combo wrench or 1/4" drive ratchet with extension and perhaps a universal to
open and close. A piece of tubing to direct the blood to a catching
device....
Good luck!
Clark
In a message dated 8/9/2006 4:01:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
rocky@tri.net writes:
Yeah, you gotta pull the tranny cover.
Not sure about Herald, but not a big deal in the Spitfire.
I just replaced my clutch slave. Rather than rebuild the old one I just
bought a new one .. <$90. And there was a difference!
The old one has a groove along one side where the clamp screw goes, so it
only goes in one way (bleed screw on top). The new one that came has the
groove all the way around, so I installed it upside down with the bleed
screw at the bottom, so that I *can* bleed it from under the car if need
be.
--Rocky Entriken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Sohl" <billsohl@mindspring.com>
To: "FOT" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 8:50 PM
Subject: [FOT] Clutch Slave Cylinder - Herald
> OK folks, any words of guidance on how to
> actually get at the clutch slave cylinder in a
> Herald to
> (1) bleed the line and/or to
> (2) remove and replace a slave cylinder?
>
> My factory manual applies the same steps for
> Herald and Spitfires.
>
> My "let's see how the access is" from under
> the car sez no way without removing the transmission
> cover...unless you have mini-arms, hands and fingers.
>
> Cheers,
> Bill Sohl
>
Clark
74 Spitfire, 71 Stag
"Reality... it's not what you think"
Clark W. Nicholls
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www.cwnicholls.com
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Clark
74 Spitfire, 71 Stag
"Reality... it's not what you think"
Clark W. Nicholls
CWNicholls@aol.com
_www.cwnicholls.com_ (http://www.cwnicholls.com/)
fax: 419-844-7564 (yes, 419 provided free by efax.com)
phone: 413-243-3433
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