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T-Series Question on clutch fluid and pedal

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dougfrederick

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I have a 79 MGB that shifted nicely until suddenly no pedal and no fluid. I can only shift by turning off the engine, putting it into first and I am stuck there. Fluid level has not gone down since refilling.
Is there a way to bleed these components or do I have to replace things? Thank you.
 
There is a bleeder screw on your slave cylander. It works like the brakes, except it isn't as responsive to things like the Mityvac. Just bleed the old fashioned way.

I assume you have dealt with the original cause of the missing fluid. For that you might have to rebuild/replace a few things.
 
There is a bleed screw located on the slave cylinder. Bleeding the clutch hydraulics is similar to bleeding the brakes. Inspect the entire system to see if you can find the leak that originally caused the loss of fluid.
 
I just rebuilt both cylinders, they are really easy to rebuild and kits are both under $10, also check the flex hose, mine was badly torn from road gravel.
 
I had a similar problem. What happened was the release bearing packed in, which ment that the slave cylinder came out and emptied. But looking at it I could not tell that it had emptyed due to componets not being able to anywhare. So you may need to replace the release bearing but at the same time it is advisable to look at rebuliding the slave cylinder at the same time.
 
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