Patrick,
If you can make the clutch lever move by hand then you are DAMN strong.
It takes some 300-400 lbs of force I believe. But even if you still can't
move it after rebuilding all cylinders, the clutch may be rusted in place,
but the chance of that is about 100 to 1. Lastly, I have rebuilt masters and
a week later they failed. I think this is because they sat on the shelf a
long time and the rubber was "new" but it was shot. So just because you
rebuild it, don't expect it to be perfect.
My advice is to drive it around a while. This will do two things for
you. 1. Let you get a feel of where the biggest problems lay so you can
focus your efforts wisely. 2. people never go to events if their car is in
pieces. The irony is that events are a fantasic arena to get ideas and
information. You can find out exactly what you want your car to look like
and head in that direction and get it right the first time. You can also
find out the shortest wat to get there through advice of prior restorers.
Lou
----- Original Message -----
> I got my Alpine a couple of months ago, a SV, and when I got it, I knew
the
> clutch cylinders needed repair. The clutch arm did not move when you used
> the pedal. The hydraulic fluid was just like mud, color, chunks and
> everything. I finally got around to removing the slave cylinder and I'm
> ready to put a new one on, but before I do, I want to make sure this is
the
> only thing wrong with the clutch mechanism. (I am replacing the primary
> cylinder and line between them also.) I tried moving the clutch arm using
a
> small wrench and the arm wouldn't move. I'd hate to reassemble only to
find
> out the clutch still won't work. Question is: should I be able to move
the
> clutch arm by hand or is that too hard to do? If I am supposed to be able
> to move it, is there any reason why I can't? (No jokes about arm
strength,
> please.)
>
> My original idea is to get this running decently for about a year and then
> start a restoration. Now, I'm actually thinking of continuing to take it
> apart and start the restoration now. Any thoughts on either method?
>
> Thanks for any replies.
>
> Patrick
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