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Dear All,

I'm hoping someone can help this newbie!
My girlfriend's parents have just bought a lovley Midget, and the clutch is needing bled.

Could someone please let me know where the bleed nipple is on a Midget, as I'm planning on doing it tonight.

Thanks in advance!

Jim
 
Jim, What year Midget? - I've a 67 Sprite ( same thing) and you access ( and I use the term loosely) the bleed nipple on the clutch slave cylinder by removing the kick panel on the driver's side footwell - assuming this is a right hand drive auto - against the tranny tunnel - this will expose a rubber plug in the side of the sheetmetal of the tranny tunnel - pull the plug out and you should be able to see the end of the slave cylinder and the bleed nipple. And when they named it a "bleeder nipple" they hit the nail on the head - cause it's a right proper bleeder getting to it Mate!

I've never worked on the later models - the 1500 cc triumph engine and newer tranny, and the slave cylinder may be on the opposite side, but I don't think so.

You can also sort of get to it from underneath the auto but that involves jacking the car up and having grime and brake fluid fall in you face - I prefer the inside of the car attack...

So...Welcome to the forums - very sharp bunch of cookies posting threads here - if collectively they don't know the answer then the problem probably hasn't been invented yet.

Good Luck!

Bob M
 
You star Bob - thanks for the reply!

It's a 1500 manual model, but I'll have a look for the kick plate, as I didn't know that there was one.

In addition, I've just gone and bought an 'Eze Bleed' pressure bleeder - I used it for bleeding the brakes on a Mini years ago, so hopefully this will help here.

I'll post a response tomorrow once I get it done, face full of brake fluid or not!!!

Rgds
Jim
 
Jim, Sorry for the gaff - by kick plate I meant the cardboard and vinyl trim panel that's attached to the side of the tranny tunnel with a few cap screws - You may have to be a bit patient with us Yanks - terminology is a bit different here in the Colonies!

The EZ Bleeder is a neat gizmo - really helps in a difficult procedure - Here''s a link to a site with plans for building a pressurized bleeding system - give it a look , strictly for your own entertainment!

https://www.bmw-m.net/TechProc/bleeder.htm
 
Jim - short PS - I'm leaving for the Seashore tomorrow for a week, so if I don't reply to your post don't think I'm blowing you off - I'm just out of town - My wife doesn't allow computers when we go to the Beach!!

Cheers!

Bob M
 
Best way to bleed the 1500 cars is to jack up the front, crawl underneath and there it is with a (most likely) plastic line coming out of the slave cylinder on the passengers side.
 
Dear Bob and Matthew,

Thanks for all the advice - what a doddle!
I Jacked the car up, and I used one of those Eezi Blled systems to push it through.

About half way through I had a friend push in the clutch pedal quickly, letting it out slowly, and repeat a couple of times, and it's all done - 15 mins end to end!

Thanks again!

Jim
 
I'm glad you got it straight. I realized after the fact that i'd assumed it was left hand drive and told you the wrong side! Oops!
 
No problems - I'd assumed you had!

After all the nightmare stories I've read about doing it, I can thoroughly recommend that Eezi Bleed system - I used to use it on the brakes on my Mini, but it's also very effective for Midget clutches too.

Jim
 
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