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Re: Mystery

To: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Mystery
From: Blue One Hundred <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:58:29 +0800
Bob -
 It's the servo.
 Good Luck,
 Alan
 '53 BN1 '64 BJ8

 On 9/19/05, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I'm totally baffled. I was losing clutch fluid so I recently replaced the
> master cylinder (there appeared to be a little fluid in the boot). Problem
> solved, or so I thought. After 3,000+ miles no loss of fluid. Good.
>
> Then I recently put about 400 miles on the car and the clutch fluid is
> more than halfway gone! The brake fluid is OK, except for a little loss
> that appears to be due to sloshing over to the clutch reservoir cylinder.
>
> I replaced the slave cyl a couple years ago. There is no clutch fluid
> on the garage floor after a run and no evidence of a leak anywhere.
> I'd suspect the vacuum servo, except as I mentioned the brake fluid
> level is holding.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
> bs
>
> ***************************************************************
> Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
> '67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
> ***************************************************************




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