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Re: clutch problem

To: Phil Bates <jello@ida.net>
Subject: Re: clutch problem
From: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 07:44:15 -0600
   I think the proper travel is more like 3/4" than 3/8".  I may have to 
go under my B and measure it.  Sounds to me like he needs to bleed the 
clutch hydraulics.

   CR

Phil Bates wrote:

> Anyhow, the proper amount of travel is 3/8".  This is also the amount Mr.
> Duvall has on his car. 
> Phil Bates
> '67 MGB
> '58 MGA
> 
> 
> 
>>You should have about 1/2" to 5/8" of travel of the slave pushrod when the
>>pedal is operated through its full travel.  One cause of travel *less*
>>than
>>this is air in the hydraulics.  These are generally reckoned to be a pig
>>to
>>bleed, so when I replaced my master, flex hose and slave I didn't even
>>try,
>>but filled the system from the slave bleed nipple using a Gunsons
>>EeziBleed
>>on very low pressure.  This got me the full travel straight away with no
>>bleeding.  Any system of reverse filling or bleeding should achieve the
>>same
>>result.
> 
> 
> Y




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