'Zactly what I am about to do and for the same reason. I would guess that
the original problem was collapsed inner of the flex, leading to a
valve-effect causing hard pressure, which has blown the seals in the M/C.
PaulH.
http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.hunt1/
or if that doesn't work try
http://194.168.54.52/paul.hunt1
-----Original Message-----
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 10 August 1999 05:50
Subject: Re: clutch (not mine)
>Odds are the MC has gone south. Leaks internally past the seal so it
>generates no pressure, which is why your foot goes to the floor. From
>what I've been seeing, the best practice is to do all three at once --
>master, slave, and flex hose. Otherwise, you spend all the time replacing
>and bleeding it and then -- whammo! -- you're fixing something else.
>
>Carl French had this to say:
>
>>Ok, now that I know enough to be dangerous under and inside a car my
>>brother's car lost clutch pressure. He had started getting the same
>>clutch problem's that I had which were cured by replacing the flex line
>>(and other things by the time I was done). But today when he was driving
>>it around for work the clutch started it's normal thing of being slow to
>>get into gear, increasing pedal pressure that would then go away,
>>etc..Then all of the sudden during a phase of increased pedal pressure
>>the pedal just went right to the floor with. He did not lose the line
>>(no leaks noted and not full, but ok clutch fluid in the MC) ...
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