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Re: [Tigers] Clutch mystery

To: tigers@autox.team.net, sabre2tgr@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Clutch mystery
From: coolvt--- via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 18:48:58 +0000 (UTC)
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But both can leak (by pass ) internally and no fluid will show up.=C2=A0 As=
k me how I know that on the Tiger and on a Ford truck.

In a message dated 9/12/2020 1:11:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, tigers@autox=
.team.net writes:=C2=A0When the master leaks, that DOT4 will run down the f=
irewall behind the carpet and insulation. The paint does not appreciate bra=
ke/clutch fluid much. If the slave leaks it=E2=80=99s dripping on the groun=
d. Been there, got the tee shirt.=C2=A0
On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 11:09 AM Stu <sabre2tgr@gmail.com> wrote:
Perfect timing, of course.=C2=A0 I've driven it every couple weeks all summ=
er, no problems.=C2=A0 But I was getting it ready to go to a show tomorrow,=
 the first one of the year.=C2=A0 I pushed=C2=A0it out of the garage, check=
ed all=C2=A0the fluids, the tire pressures, washed the windshield...=C2=A0A=
nd then I went to start it.=C2=A0 The clutch pedal went straight to the flo=
or, little resistance.=C2=A0 That's new.=C2=A0 =C2=A0I pumped it a few time=
s and it started to feel more like normal. No leaks on the ground, no fluid=
 missing when I rechecked the reservoir.=C2=A0 I have the stock master and =
slave with silicon fluid.=C2=A0 I'm thinking its master rebuild time.=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0Any other thoughts out there?=C2=A0So much for mini British car=
 day at Larz Anderson.=C2=A0 No way I'm committing to a 45 minute drive int=
o Brookline with a questionable clutch.=C2=A0 And there's no way to turn up=
 a master rebuild kit this afternoon.=C2=A0Stu

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<div><span style=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1=
2pt; color: #000000;">But both can leak (by pass ) internally and no fluid =
will show up.&nbsp; Ask me how I know that on the Tiger and on a Ford truck=
.<br><br></span></div>
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In a message dated 9/12/2020 1:11:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, tigers@autox=
.team.net writes:
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<div>When the master leaks, that DOT4 will run down the firewall behind the=
 carpet and insulation. The paint does not appreciate brake/clutch fluid mu=
ch. If the slave leaks it&rsquo;s dripping on the ground. Been there, got t=
he tee shirt.&nbsp;</div>
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<div class=3D"yiv2517201263gmail_attr" dir=3D"ltr">On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at =
11:09 AM Stu &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:sabre2tgr@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank" r=
el=3D"nofollow noopener" shape=3D"rect">sabre2tgr@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<=
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<blockquote class=3D"yiv2517201263gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 .8ex;=
 border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir=3D"ltr">
<div class=3D"yiv2517201263gmail_default" style=3D"font-size: small;">Perfe=
ct timing, of course.&nbsp; I've driven it every couple weeks all summer, n=
o problems.&nbsp; But I was getting it ready to go to a show tomorrow, the =
first one of the year.&nbsp; I pushed&nbsp;it out of the garage, checked al=
l&nbsp;the fluids, the tire pressures, washed the windshield...</div>
<div class=3D"yiv2517201263gmail_default" style=3D"font-size: small;">&nbsp=
;</div>
<div class=3D"yiv2517201263gmail_default" style=3D"font-size: small;">And t=
hen I went to start it.&nbsp; The clutch pedal went straight to the floor, =
little resistance.&nbsp; That's new.&nbsp; &nbsp;I pumped it a few times an=
d it started to feel more like normal. No leaks on the ground, no fluid mis=
sing when I rechecked the reservoir.&nbsp; I have the stock master and slav=
e with silicon fluid.&nbsp; I'm thinking its master rebuild time.&nbsp;</di=
v>
<div class=3D"yiv2517201263gmail_default" style=3D"font-size: small;">&nbsp=
;</div>
<div class=3D"yiv2517201263gmail_default" style=3D"font-size: small;">&nbsp=
;Any other thoughts out there?</div>
<div class=3D"yiv2517201263gmail_default" style=3D"font-size: small;">&nbsp=
;</div>
<div class=3D"yiv2517201263gmail_default" style=3D"font-size: small;">So mu=
ch for mini British car day at Larz Anderson.&nbsp; No way I'm committing t=
o a 45 minute drive into Brookline with a questionable clutch.&nbsp; And th=
ere's no way to turn up a master rebuild kit this afternoon.</div>
<div class=3D"yiv2517201263gmail_default" style=3D"font-size: small;">&nbsp=
;</div>
<div class=3D"yiv2517201263gmail_default" style=3D"font-size: small;">Stu</=
div>
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