This is one of the more diffcult tasks on a Spridget. When I last did this I
think it was on my own but it helps if there are 2 people. I always have
some way/person pushing the clutch push rod back up into the slave as hard as
possible when bleeding. I forget what spanner I used but it would have been
nothing flash (pre Snap-on days for me).
Daniel1312
In a message dated 22/04/01 23:40:35 Pacific Daylight Time,
Louis.Mehr@eml.ericsson.se writes:
<< Good Morning Spridget and MG World,
I've had quite a bit of trouble bleeding my clutch hydraulics over the
weekend.
(i) The Haynes manual does not mention the access hole in the driver's
footwell. Until I discovered this from a note in the Moss catalogue I was
struggling underneath the car.
(ii) It was very hard to turn the bleed nipple with the bleed tube attached
as access was a big problem. It looks like a ratchet spanner would really
help here. What spanner model/make will allow me to turn the bleed nipple
whilst the tube is attached given this limited access i.e. what do the
listers use ?
(iii) After finally charging up the circuit with fluid and bleeding using
Easibleed I found that the clutch pedal did nothing. There was no sign of
any motion of the clutch slave when the pedal was pressed and the pedal
pressure felt just the same as it did with no fluid in it. There were no
obvious fluid leaks and the level of fluid in the reservoir was constant.
What is the diagnostic procedure here ? I'd like to pinpoint the fault
before stripdown of the master/slave cylinders.
Thanks in advance,
Regards
Louis >>
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