Alex:
IMHO, since you've got to bleed the clutch hydraulics anyway, and since
you've got a slave kit on hand, - do it all now and be done with it.
Wouldn't hurt to replace the slave cyl. hose as a preventive measure, unless
it seems to be relatively new.
The Healey owner's mantra: Always remember to stuff a rag into the 'black
hole' on either side of the frame when you are working on the car. Of
course, that means you have to remember to remove the rag when you finish
the work! Investing in a long flexible magnet helps too. One of the joys
of Healey ownership.
A veritable treasure trove of tools, fasteners, and God knows what else came
tumbling out of my BJ8 frame when it was turned upside down for bead
blasting last year. Unfortunately it was all quite rusty. No wonder the
car was getting slower!
Earl Kagna
Victoria, B.C.
BT7 tri-carb
BJ8
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex" <alexmm@adelphia.net>
To: "Healeys (E-mail)" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 6:55 PM
Subject: Spanner goblin and clutch hydraulics
After three hours of wrench fiddling tonight after supper, my brand new
clutch master cylinder is installed in the Blue Mainie. Worked from the top
and from underneath the car.
Loosening the hydraulic I/O lines was easy, except for the output line to
the slave cylinder. That nut came loose, but there was some stiction between
the steel line and the nut. Successive tightening and loosening with the
help of some loose juice helped. I was thankful that the steel tubing wasn't
permanently rusted to the nut (yuk!)
I've got the parts to rebuild the clutch slave cylinder here, but it works
okay, and I'm trying to decide whether to abide by the "if it works don't
fix it" axiom, or the "preventative maintenance/do it now while you're
working on the system" approach. The car is up on ramps in the garage.
Although I faithfully read the viewpoints and experiences on this reflector,
I totally forgot to heed the admonitions about the spanner goblin.
Naturally, it gobbled my best 1/2-in wrench---whoosh! --- into the tunnel
projecting up from the frame towards the carburetors it went!
It took me almost 25 minutes of fishing with a piece of coat hanger wire to
get it out (and, of course, the open end was pointing up and the closed box
wrench end was pointing down in there---just to make it more challenging to
snag).
What might be a good way to permanently seal the mouth of the goblin?
== Alex in Maine
1960 BT7 "Blue Mainie"
Former owner 1957 100-6, 1967 BJ8
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