In a message dated 9/18/2011 5:24:21 PM Central Daylight Time,
thenicholls at verizon.net writes:
> To the list,
>
> Installed the new clutch master cylinder purchased from a local British
> car shop. They will only use TRW.
>
> My friend (who owns a Jag) came over after I had it installed to help me
> bleed. That got taken care of, no problem.
>
> However, when I went to bring the car off of the ramps, I could not even
> get it into gear. So, we did the usual, we bled again and did exactly how
> the book describes it, we pumped and shut the bleeder when the pedal was
> depressed.
>
> Still, could not get it into gear, My Jag friend said there must be an
> adjustment, I advised him that originally there was not. However, you have
> the three holes where the lever can be placed to have the slave move the arm
> for the gear box. It was in the middle as is specified.
>
> So, we tried the bottom hole, same thing. We then placed it in the top
> hole, in gear no problem, took a test drive, no problem.
>
> Since all the clutch master cylinders are the same except for the bore
> being .7 or .75, could anyone explain why this would happen? And, most
> importantly, is there any issue with leaving the slave attached to the top
> hole?
>
> Just for reference, when I bought the TR from the original owner 6 years
> ago, when it was inspected at the local British car shop, they had stated
> that some work had been done on the fork and that the clutch would need to be
> replaced at some point. Well, the original is still in there with no
> issues.
>
> Any insight on this would be appreciated.
>
If you replaced a .75 inch diameter master with a .7 inch cylinder then
you've lost some motion at the slave end. Try using the hole closest to the
pivot and see if that helps.
Dave
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