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Odd clutch problem in my 60 bugeye.
1. After driving the thing at engine speeds above 3000 RPM, more than a few seconds, the clutch pedal gets "hard"--that is, I start to feel resistance at a point quite a bit higher than normal. Very little play left, if any.
2. When I push on the pedal, the clutch releases normally, but when I let it out again, it engages close to the floor, a little closer to the floor than the point at which it normally engages. It also feels somewhat lighter than normal.
3. After running a half minute or so at lower speed, it all seems normal again.
It seems like, at high speed, the fluid is getting pushed back into the master cylinder from the slave. Then, when I push on the pedal, it doesn't all get pumped into the system. (I'm not suggesting that this is what's really happening; but this is the way it seems to feel to me.)
Now, it may be that this is just the way bugeyes are. If so, fine, but I just don't have enough experience with these little puppies to know. So, I have to throw myself on the mercy of you guys who really know something. Thanks in advance for any comments you may have.
1. After driving the thing at engine speeds above 3000 RPM, more than a few seconds, the clutch pedal gets "hard"--that is, I start to feel resistance at a point quite a bit higher than normal. Very little play left, if any.
2. When I push on the pedal, the clutch releases normally, but when I let it out again, it engages close to the floor, a little closer to the floor than the point at which it normally engages. It also feels somewhat lighter than normal.
3. After running a half minute or so at lower speed, it all seems normal again.
It seems like, at high speed, the fluid is getting pushed back into the master cylinder from the slave. Then, when I push on the pedal, it doesn't all get pumped into the system. (I'm not suggesting that this is what's really happening; but this is the way it seems to feel to me.)
Now, it may be that this is just the way bugeyes are. If so, fine, but I just don't have enough experience with these little puppies to know. So, I have to throw myself on the mercy of you guys who really know something. Thanks in advance for any comments you may have.
