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1. Clutch (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:33:11 +0100; Dear All, Here's a new one - or a new one to me, anyway. I got into Carly for the first time in five days just now, and fired her up. I'm happy to say that she started first time. I'm not happy to sa; /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00049.html (7,562 bytes)
2. Re: Clutch (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 09:40:00 -0700; Sounds like something in the hydraulics. Most likely the piston in the slave cylinder was stuck and once you got it going, it freed itself. Either that or air in the line. Joe; /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00050.html (7,673 bytes)
3. Re: Clutch (score: 1): Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>; Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 12:56:29 -0400; ... OK Joe, ya beat me to it. I was also going to say, Michael might be just low on fluif. The "sudden disappearance" would be due to pumping up the system. If so, it'll be back to square one tomorro; /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00051.html (7,228 bytes)
4. Re: Clutch (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 18:31:57 +0100; Thanks to both of you. Douglas hit the nail on the head - I couldn't get the %^*(%^%^*() thing to go into gear this morning at all. Adding a bit of fluif and pumping the pedal like crazy seems to hav; /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00072.html (7,896 bytes)
5. clutch (score: 1): Author: "Fred Thomas" <vafred@erols.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:23:23 -0400; Well, the clutch is working just fine, spent the better part of the entire day, between the slave & master, rebuilt both, and they were both very dirty, bleed the system, adjusted it in, then out, ab; /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00518.html (6,799 bytes)
6. clutch (score: 1): Author: "Fred Thomas" <vafred@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 19:50:07 -0400; O/K, after changing the slave cyclinder once, and the master cyclinder twice, she is working O/K now, after 2 phone calls to Brian Schlorff, he said I had 1 of 2 problems, either a bad master cyc. or; /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00686.html (7,063 bytes)
7. clutch (score: 1): Author: "Brett Soren" <mr_creosote@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 13:44:29 PDT; Does anyone have a good way of bleeding out ALL the air from the clutch line. I can't put the car in reverse, without it grinding. I've bled it a few times. I've even put the rear end on ramps. Any i; /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00375.html (6,334 bytes)
8. Re: clutch (score: 1): Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>; Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 13:24:01 -0400; ... Alan, it's not clear whether you think you're getting the full range of motion from the slave pushrod. It may be that the problem is inside the bell housing instead. -- Douglas Frank Compaq Compu; /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00091.html (7,815 bytes)
9. Re: clutch (score: 1): Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>; Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 14:46:07 -0400; Alan, young man, it's all relative... an lb is not an lb. NB: 100# of potatoes = OOF! 100# girl = no problem Your gearbox weighs more than a girl but less than a sack 'o spuds. -- Douglas Frank Compa; /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00115.html (7,890 bytes)
10. Re: clutch (score: 1): Author: SMatson802@aol.com; Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:25:11 EDT; I'm an old fart and not particularly strong, but I can pick up the trans with bell housing without herniating myself. Probably weighs less than 75 pounds. I took mine out of the car without pulling t; /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00117.html (7,372 bytes)
11. Re: clutch (score: 1): Author: Mike Ginter <mginter@concentric.net>; Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 20:10:36 -0600; I did it three 5 years ago on my 79 and last month on my 76. And yes I'm going to have to pull that tranny in the 76 again (long story). I can pull the tranny, OD bellhousing and out of the car from; /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00146.html (9,605 bytes)
12. Re: clutch (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 09:11:44 +0100; Now try closing your eyes and seeing someone driving a Spitfire with a gearbox+o/d+bellhousing next to them...... Young man!!! That's not what my kids say, especially the one in high school! That 100; /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00161.html (7,876 bytes)
13. clutch (score: 1): Author: Alan Lemen <alemen@ftconnect.com>; Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 19:22:24 -0800; Folks, any suggestions of what to try next apart from replacing the clutch? Here's what happened: Car was (clutch wise) running fine. Then I had problems downshifting into 2nd and 3rd. When I was rep; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01766.html (6,953 bytes)
14. clutch (score: 1): Author: Sam Gentry <hsgentry@cfw.com>; Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 18:30:57 -0400; 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 t; /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00165.html (7,475 bytes)
15. Re: clutch (score: 1): Author: 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; /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00170.html (8,016 bytes)
16. clutch (score: 1): Author: fred thomas <vafred@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 13:58:05 -0700; Went out to the driveway yesterday to the spit for the first time in a month, and guess what, no clutch, pedle went straight to the floor with no resistance, let the car drift backs a few feet no flu; /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00431.html (6,794 bytes)
17. Re: clutch (score: 1): Author: "Victor B. Michael" <vmichael@tibco.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 13:52:33 -0500; sounds like I could have written (if I didn't) this email about 2 weeks ago... So the mystery is still out there - where in hell does this fluid go? Yours couldn't have flown off and burnt up... I n; /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00432.html (7,897 bytes)
18. clutch (score: 1): Author: "Dave Simpson" <dsimpson@ncweb.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:33:37 -0400; Hi Spitfire owners Tried to move the spitfire back into the garage after a month of cleaning and sorting thought the garage and now the clutch pedal has no resistance and I can not put it into any ge; /html/spitfires/2006-08/msg00043.html (6,818 bytes)
19. RE: clutch (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:09:41 +0100; Re-building hydraulic cylinders is neither particularly hard nor expensive (the biggest faff is getting them off the car to start with!). If you're going into the clutch hydraulics, might as well do; /html/spitfires/2006-08/msg00044.html (8,162 bytes)
20. RE: clutch (score: 1): Author: "Rarebits" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:47:33 +0100; Hi Dave, If the hydraulics don't work without any visible leak or loss of fluid, the fault has to lie with the master cylinder. Having said that, it's foolish to rebuild one cylinder without the oth; /html/spitfires/2006-08/msg00045.html (7,667 bytes)

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