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TR6 Clutch Master Cylinder Spring teamfat2.dsl.aros.net id f1LHY3417581

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Subject: TR6 Clutch Master Cylinder Spring teamfat2.dsl.aros.net id f1LHY3417581
From: Pete & Aprille Chadwell <pandachadwell@mac.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:13:30 -0800
Hi folks.

In 15 years of ownership and with all the troubles I've had in that 
time with clutch hydraulics I had never had the classic broken spring 
inside the master.  So last night, I was reassembling the internals 
of the master cylinder, trying to hook up the piston to that little 
plunger-looking thing, which requires that the spring be compressed. 
I was having a tough time getting the pin hooked into the little 
thimble-shaped part which supports the spring and snaps onto the end 
of the piston.  I was struggling with that (I used to be able to do 
this all in my sleep
 this is, after all, about the 12th time I've 
rebuilt the master cylinder in 15 years) and I was thinking about the 
many threads that have appeared on this list about the broken spring. 
At about that time, I looked at the spring and wouldn't you know it? 
All my repeated compressing and fiddling trying to hook those parts 
together pushed it over the top and in the middle of the spring the 
coil was badly cracked and split, just short of becoming two parts 
entirely.

So now I'm wondering where I get another spring without ordering an 
entirely new master cylinder.

Thanks in advance!

-- 
Pete Chadwell
1973 TR6

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