Hello, I am a newby TR6 owner having just purchased a '76 TR6 a few weeks ago. The car has undergone an extensive restoration and has been mostly mechanically rebuilt by the appropriate Triumph experts. I understand that the master and slave clutch cylinders are new.
After about an hour of driving yesterday, I came to a stop sign and depressed the clutch pedal. There was no resistance whatsoever and the pedal went straight to the floor. The clutch had been functioning well up until this point. I managed to nurse it into gear and drove about another 15 miles before finding an appropriate place to stop. Still no resistance in the pedal. I stopped the car and had a look around, expecting to see some leaking fluid. I also checked and functioned the pedal, thinking that it had perhaps become disconnected from the Master cylinder piston. Everything looked normal, so I put the top up and was getting on the phone with AAA for the ride home. I decided to give the clutch one more push and lo and behold RESISTANCE! The normal function seemed to return and I was able to drive the rest of the way home, not without some anxiety.
While I could certainly understand if a seal had gone bad in the master or slave resulting in a loss of hydraulic pressure which might explain the lack of resistance, I am baffled by the fact that whatever problem caused the resistance loss initially seemingly corrected itself after about 10 minutes at rest.
I am no mechanic and will be taking the car in. However, any thoughts to point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!
After about an hour of driving yesterday, I came to a stop sign and depressed the clutch pedal. There was no resistance whatsoever and the pedal went straight to the floor. The clutch had been functioning well up until this point. I managed to nurse it into gear and drove about another 15 miles before finding an appropriate place to stop. Still no resistance in the pedal. I stopped the car and had a look around, expecting to see some leaking fluid. I also checked and functioned the pedal, thinking that it had perhaps become disconnected from the Master cylinder piston. Everything looked normal, so I put the top up and was getting on the phone with AAA for the ride home. I decided to give the clutch one more push and lo and behold RESISTANCE! The normal function seemed to return and I was able to drive the rest of the way home, not without some anxiety.
While I could certainly understand if a seal had gone bad in the master or slave resulting in a loss of hydraulic pressure which might explain the lack of resistance, I am baffled by the fact that whatever problem caused the resistance loss initially seemingly corrected itself after about 10 minutes at rest.
I am no mechanic and will be taking the car in. However, any thoughts to point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!