On my 71 there WAS an inspection door on the drivers side that was either
put there when new or someone made one. That was when it was made from that
good old cardboard stuff. Mine is now ABS plastic and I don't have the
little door anymore.
Might want to check and see if you have one.
Craig Smith
-----Original Message-----
From: Walt Fogle [mailto:foglew@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 2:30 PM
To: alemen@pop.ftconnect.com
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: clutch bleeding on 1500
Alan:
Sorry, but there is really no other way to bleed the clutch on your Spitfire
without removing the trans cover. It appears that the bleed screw is above
the actual clutch pipe to allow all air bubbles to rise so you can
completely eliminate them from the sywstem. I asked this question earlier
this year.
If your clutch is in good operating condition and the master and slave
cylinders are not leaking you might just want to leave well enough alone.
Best regards,
Walt Fogle
'73 Spitfire 1500
Alan wrote:
>
>Has anyone done this without removing the cover etc. as the book says. I
>was simply going to do this while the car was on the axle stands.
> >From under the car I can see the slave cylinder and the bleed nipple. But
>it is not very accessable. I was simply wanting to drain and renew the
>fluid as I don't know the age of the fluid or type (probably DOT3).
>
>Alan
>
>'76 spitfire, now with working brakes and non leaking rear diff.
>
>
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