Gary,
I believe everything you always wanted to know and
maybe more is available at: www.buckeyetriumphs.org
Click on Technical.
Todd
CD3705L
--- Gary.Oehrle@infineon.com wrote:
> A year ago I posted this problem and since then
> there has been no time
> to address it. little has changed but I have been
> able to dedicate some
> time to it this past week.
>
> Once the car was back running a test drive showed
> the problem was still
> there and possibly worse, In fact besides gear
> grinding if I attempted
> reverse while the car was running, the forward gears
> where getting
> difficult
> --pedal to the floor and tough to get in gear.
>
> I checked all the pinning and no excessive wear or
> elongation.
> I blend the lines and do believe there was some air
> in it. Once
> completed, the clutch will now NOT dis engage so
> with the engine
> running it will not go into gear and reverse is a
> still a grinder.
>
> I checked the throw on the slave rod and measured
> 14mm or 0.551 inches
> and per Vance ". . at a minimum, you need 0.625". .
> . " in a March '04
> email.
>
> My questions: Could the master cly. be bad? There
> is not leaking
> of fluid but perhaps the seals are gone and fluid is
> being forced
> past them of the travel is not as effective. The
> slave is probably
> three years old.
>
> Second, The slave mounting is correct and assuming
> the master is okay,
> is there any issue with adding washer between the
> slave flanges and
> mounting bracket? The goal is to make the 0.551 more
> effective in
> dis-engaging the clutch.
>
> Gary Oehrle
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> I have been a TR6 ('76) owner for many years but my
> memory of past
> problem fixes is failing me. I have had this
> problem before
> but not sure of the fix.
>
> In order to get the car in reverse, I need to turn
> off the engine else
> the gears in the transmission are still spinning and
> it is a
> gear grinder.
>
> Around 5 or 6 years ago, a new clutch and throw-out
> bearing were
> installed (bearing pined as well). Honestly I do
> not remember if
> this was the remedy before or not. Car is not
> driven that much
> to need a new clutch. But I do know the clutch
> pedal is to the
> floor and seems to not fully disengage the engine
> especially when
> it is HOT.
>
> Gary
> Gary
>
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