davidtinker
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OK its 31 posts in 6 years but whose counting!!
A problem I thought I had solved has come back to haunt me. Briefly when putting the gearlever into first there was some resistance felt and on occasions it was necessary to move back to neutral let the clutch out and try to engage first gear again. Similarly on selecting reverse there would be a grating of teeth before engagement.But not everytime.
Initially I wanted to replace the seals in the Clutch Master cyl but was told they were no longer available. So I bought a new CMC which was not the same as the original but had the same mounting flange but a shorter piston travel. I was told by David Manners Ltd that this is what was being supplied now so I went ahead and fitted it. Result no difference!!. So then I managed to find a rebuild kit for my original CMC (which I had re-sleeved with a stainless liner some years ago) result no difference!
Then bought and fitted a new CM slave cylinder of the type without a return spring. Result no difference!.
So then put back the replacement non standard CMC and after a long session of bleeding the system success!! or so I thought.
Today I took the car out to a car show which entailed a drive of 40 miles there and 40 back. Experienced a difficulty in selecting first when pausing at roundabouts and at my destination more crunching of gear teeth when selecting reverse.
But on the return journey having arrived back home and manoevring into the garage, selecting reverse achieved no drive until the clutch pedal was almost at the limit of its travel, suggesting that the clutch was not being released!
The only part that I have not replaced is the flexible hose between the body mounting bracket and the engine mounting bracket.
Prior to making all these changes of components I had reverted from Silicone Fluid to DOT4 as I thought that DOT 4 has better lubricating properties that Silicon. However I still use Silicon fluid in my braking system with a problem.
Thats the story so far! Has anyone any bright ideas as to what the problem might be and its solution.
Cheers,
David
A problem I thought I had solved has come back to haunt me. Briefly when putting the gearlever into first there was some resistance felt and on occasions it was necessary to move back to neutral let the clutch out and try to engage first gear again. Similarly on selecting reverse there would be a grating of teeth before engagement.But not everytime.
Initially I wanted to replace the seals in the Clutch Master cyl but was told they were no longer available. So I bought a new CMC which was not the same as the original but had the same mounting flange but a shorter piston travel. I was told by David Manners Ltd that this is what was being supplied now so I went ahead and fitted it. Result no difference!!. So then I managed to find a rebuild kit for my original CMC (which I had re-sleeved with a stainless liner some years ago) result no difference!
Then bought and fitted a new CM slave cylinder of the type without a return spring. Result no difference!.
So then put back the replacement non standard CMC and after a long session of bleeding the system success!! or so I thought.
Today I took the car out to a car show which entailed a drive of 40 miles there and 40 back. Experienced a difficulty in selecting first when pausing at roundabouts and at my destination more crunching of gear teeth when selecting reverse.
But on the return journey having arrived back home and manoevring into the garage, selecting reverse achieved no drive until the clutch pedal was almost at the limit of its travel, suggesting that the clutch was not being released!
The only part that I have not replaced is the flexible hose between the body mounting bracket and the engine mounting bracket.
Prior to making all these changes of components I had reverted from Silicone Fluid to DOT4 as I thought that DOT 4 has better lubricating properties that Silicon. However I still use Silicon fluid in my braking system with a problem.
Thats the story so far! Has anyone any bright ideas as to what the problem might be and its solution.
Cheers,
David