Mike, next time you have to remove the slave cylinder hose use a crows
foot wrench It make the job a lot easier, on the same scale as taking off
a normal nut.
...Art
On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, MSLishego wrote:
> Hello all,
> Work began yesterday on my MGB, as I set out to right the wrongs in and
> out of the car. I pulled the carbs and began to detail the engine bay back
> to it's original split-pea-soup green color, and noticed that there is a
> coat of what seems to be primrose yellow paint underneath it. I have
> checked under the dash, under the gas tank, and other improbable places
> only to find the green paint. Can someone tell me what color primer was
> used on most MGB's? I'd like to hear that it's a yellowish primer, so I
> can keep the green. Everyone I show it to thinks it's a disgusting color
> to paint the car, but the more I see it, the more it grows on me...
> Let me just say that I will never buy an MGB that has hydraulic clutch
> problems. I spent quite a few hours removing all the offending components
> from the car - the master cylinder came out easily. But, I found that I
> ordered the wrong rebuild kit for it. You see, the ring stamped into the
> housing had rusted away, but when I flipped the cylinder over, I was able
> to see it. No problem, I found one of my old clutch cylinders that the
> parts would fit. It was different than the other two I had, in that it was
> an aluminum unit made in Australia by a co called PBR. Anyone heard of it?
> The rebuild went well until I decided to put the thing back in the
> car...and found it was too big. Yep, it was from a rubber bumper car, and
> it's cap would interfere with my brake fluid reservoir. After some
> creative swearing and a few swats from Mr. BFH, the pedal box graciously
> allowed the new cylinder in.
> I rebuilt the slave cylinder with no problems. Removing that flex hose
> was fun though - if I'd have known how hard it would be to get a wrench in
> that little spot, I would have replaced the hose when my starter was out!
> After one bleeding, the clutch pedal seems to have less movement in it
> than the old one did, but is very stiff. Does anyone who had an RBB and a
> CBB notice a difference in clutch feel? Another question - when I'm
> bleeding the slave, I can watch the pushrod on the tranny move about an
> inch or so, is that about right?
> I pulled my carbs to finally fix the air leak and to give myself more
>room
> when working on the master cylinder. I was chatting with a big-block Chevy
> friend of mine, and he suggested painting my rusty head pipe with some
> hi-temp stove paint. It's good to 1000 degrees and it only cost me four
> bucks so I gave it a shot. At best, it'll look good for a few years. At
> worst, it will burn off and billow smoke for the next 15 hours of
> operation.
> While pulling the carbs, I took the liberty of hacking the rough texture
> off of the inside of my SU intake with my dremel tool. Will this help or
> hurt performance, or will it be so negligible that I'll never know?
> Tomorrow I'm headed out to try to find some paint that will match my
> engine bay - does anyone know of a brand of paint that is a close match to
> tundra green?
> Oh yeah, one more thing...I remember reading about how to rebuild your
> carbon canister - I thought I'd check mine out and I found it to be empty.
> What do I do to make it functional again - fill it with aquarium charcoal?
> If anyone has 'restored' their carbon canister in this manner, let me
> know...I'd like to hear about it.
> Thanks for all the help, and I'll let you know how this stuff comes
>out...
>
> Mike "Ruining Larry Macy's Posting Theory" Lishego
> 1974 MGB
> 1986 Plymouth Turismo 2.2
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/3706
>
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