Hi Ken,
Problem could also be the position of the master cylinder in its sleeve.
It is adjustable with about 1/2" movement from memory. If it's sitting
too far back, it will not completely disengage the clutch.
I've found it better to replace the master and slave seals at the same
time. When you make one of them more efficient ( theoretically ! ) , the
other can fail and start leaking. This maybe the case if you are loosing
fluid.
Hope this helps
Peter Cebalo
Auckland, New Zealand
73 Spitfire Mk IV
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>From: Ken Bertschy[SMTP:kentop@dakotacom.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, 9 December 1998 02:50
>To: Spitfires@autox.team.net
>Cc: Triumphs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Spit master clyinder woes
>
>Boy, it just doesn't pay to go the cheap route.
>
>I had a problem shifting into all gears on my 77' Spit 1500. It was like
>the clutch wasn't completely disengaging and I had to force the shifter
>through the gates and into gear. My master cylinder was leaking a lot, so
>I replaced the seals. Then it was leaking just a little but the shifting
>only improved marginally. Then I bought a used master cylinder from Dan
>Carey (Thanks, Dan!). I honed and cleaned the cylinder, put new seals in
>and . . . it shifts even worse than before!
>
>I get the idea that honing out the cylinder was a stupid thing to do
>because now I think that I have an internal leak in the master cylinder and
>that fluid is getting around the piston and not actuating the slave
>cylinder far enough to disengage the clutch. Is this possible? Has anyone
>else had this problem? I have not touched the slave cylinder at this
>point, but could this be happening at the slave cylinder too?
>
>Also, does anyone else have trouble shifting into first when the engine is
>cold and the idle is high due to the choke?
>
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