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Re: clutch

To: Sam Gentry <hsgentry@cfw.com>, spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: clutch
From: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 07:25:41
Sounds to me Sam, like your Slave cylinder might be sticking.
Did you ream it out when it was rebuilt?

Patrick Bowen

At 06:30 PM 8/9/98 -0400, Sam Gentry wrote:
>I have a problem with a 72 Mk 4.  Occasionally the clutch will not
>disengage completely.  I had thought that it had something to do with
>releasing the pedal part way and then pressing it again, but I think it is
>actually random.  When this happens it is hard to get in or out of gear and
>if the road is level and it is in gear the car will creep forward.  It will
>go away just as suddenly as it came.  does not happen often, but when it
>does it is a pain.  It is NOT a thrust washer problem.  I have checked that
>several times (just to make sure) and I always get the same answer that is
>within spec.
>
>The master cylinder and slave have been overhauled with girling kits.  The
>fluid level has not changed at all since the overhaul so I don't think
>there could be a leak.   When I got the car (June) the hydraulics did not
>work at all so there is no way to know if this is an old or new problem.
>The clutch feels and works fine otherwise.  I don't know the actual
>condition of the clutch since I have not yet had to go inside the bell
>housing.  
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Sam
>
>
>


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