Jeff,
I don't know if there were any downsides, but when I had the same
problem, I opened up the clutch bleeder and put a little bit of
air pressure on the small hole on the top of the hydraulic fluid
can lid. This got the clutch cylinder primed and flowing. I
just couldn't bring myself to take everything apart again.
I have no guarantee that this isn't stupid or potentially
dangerous to the brake and clutch components, but I did it about
1,500 miles ago and have had no problems.
Jack Brooks
Hillsdale, NJ
1960 TR3A TS69032LO
1974 Norton 850 Commando Roadster
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> Jeff.A.Williamson@jci.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 10:23 AM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: TR3 Clutch Hydraulics not working
>
>
>
>
> I rebuilt and installed both the brake and clutch
> master cylinders and the
> clutch slave cylinder on my '60 TR3A. I was careful
> to replace the small
> circular check-valve springs, and lubricated the
> seals on the pistons with
> brake fluid. I also installed a new fluid reservoir
> (2-in-one type) with
> new fittings, and replaced all the flexible hoses.
> Using the 2-person
> manual way of bleeding (I'm too cheap to buy an
> EZ-Bleed type system!), I
> was able to succesfully bleed the brake lines, but
> the clutch system is not
> working at all. No fluid is being drawn from the
> reservoir into the master
> cylinder. I've done this rebuild several times before
> on my '58, and don't
> remember having this problem. Is it possible that the
> clutch master
> cylinder needs to be "primed" somehow, maybe by
> removing the steel lines
> and injecting some fluid into the cylinder? But why
> is one cylinder working
> and not the other? Any other ideas?
>
> Jeff Williamson
> Belleville, MI
> '58 TR3A
> '60 TR3A
>
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