Hello Ladies and Gents
Some help on the following would be much appreciated:
1972 RWA Midget.
Had porblems with the clutch not disengaging properly.
Thus I have replaced the cluct release bearing, as it was in bits.
New slave cylinder an it was leaking. These two fixes got it working after a fashion but not as well as it should, I then replaced the master cylinder push rod and clevis pin to remove wear there.
I then decided to re bleed the system, I know there is a lot on here about the 'fun' involved in this but having searched I cannot find this specific problem
Basically I ran about 1.5 litres of fluid through the system using an eazi bleed ( by this point I too was bleeding a little)
The car was on ramps at the front to make sure that the bleed nipple was uppermost.
Jumped in car, pedal was a firm as a firm thing, happy days.
I started car, while on the ramps, clutch in and all gears selected beautifully.
I then realised that the eazi bleed was still connected, took that off tidied up and went for a drive.
Actually I then discovered that I could not get reverse, the pedal had no resistance untill the bottom inch, so I did it again,
Basically while the eazi bleed is connected the clutch is fine as soon as I disconnect it, the pedal goes.
I have no apparent leaks anywhere, my first thought was air still in the system, but as the tyre providing pressure is only at less than 1.5 bar I would not have thought this would be enough to squash any bubbles in the fluid.
( This thought struck me while doing a 6m deco stop on a dive at the weekend, I was at 1.6 bar and off gassing at this point, so less than this should not be enough to compress bubbles in clutch fluid?)
I must have missed something obvious, it someone could tell me what it is, I would be very grateful!
Thanks
Russ
Some help on the following would be much appreciated:
1972 RWA Midget.
Had porblems with the clutch not disengaging properly.
Thus I have replaced the cluct release bearing, as it was in bits.
New slave cylinder an it was leaking. These two fixes got it working after a fashion but not as well as it should, I then replaced the master cylinder push rod and clevis pin to remove wear there.
I then decided to re bleed the system, I know there is a lot on here about the 'fun' involved in this but having searched I cannot find this specific problem
Basically I ran about 1.5 litres of fluid through the system using an eazi bleed ( by this point I too was bleeding a little)
The car was on ramps at the front to make sure that the bleed nipple was uppermost.
Jumped in car, pedal was a firm as a firm thing, happy days.
I started car, while on the ramps, clutch in and all gears selected beautifully.
I then realised that the eazi bleed was still connected, took that off tidied up and went for a drive.
Actually I then discovered that I could not get reverse, the pedal had no resistance untill the bottom inch, so I did it again,
Basically while the eazi bleed is connected the clutch is fine as soon as I disconnect it, the pedal goes.
I have no apparent leaks anywhere, my first thought was air still in the system, but as the tyre providing pressure is only at less than 1.5 bar I would not have thought this would be enough to squash any bubbles in the fluid.
( This thought struck me while doing a 6m deco stop on a dive at the weekend, I was at 1.6 bar and off gassing at this point, so less than this should not be enough to compress bubbles in clutch fluid?)
I must have missed something obvious, it someone could tell me what it is, I would be very grateful!
Thanks
Russ