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Spitfire Hydraulic Clutch rebuild help...

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Subject: Spitfire Hydraulic Clutch rebuild help...
From: cwnicholls@juno.com (Clark W Nicholls)
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 16:08:30 PST
It's payback time for the hydraulic clutch system.  A few years back I
brought the 74 out of storage and found the clutch master down, so I
topped it off from the gallon brake fluid can, only to then realize it
had been filled with hydraulic jack oil (as plainly written on the can)!
 I first paniced, but found everything worked properly, if not a little
slower in the pedal.  Gee, maybe I'd discovered something!  I bled the
system to use the jack oil fully.  Now when I take the car out of
storage, all that's needed is a pump-up of the pedal to get the rubbers
accustomed to being used!  No more empty master in the Spring!

Now the problem occurs.  This year the pedal was engaging quite low,
pumping up was more frequent (the master wasn't 100% pumping).  So I
decide to bleed new fluid in to replace the black goo I see in the
bottom of the master.  Pump pump pump...no bleed action.  

Remove the master and find the innards stuck all the way in!  Injecting
WD40, brake cleaner, etc, I can get the innards within an inch of out
but no further.  Banging it on the bench gets no results, either (I
remember years ago this worked).  Next step is to find a rubber stopper
and pressurize the master and blow out the innards... Does this sound
right??  I've never gone to this effort before.  

I removed the Hydraulic line and cleaned it out,  Will rebuild the slave
and master with Silicone fluid.  

Agreed the best scenario?

Thanks!
Clark

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