slave cylinder access question?
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 21:55:08 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 12/12/2002 8:13:14 PM
Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My question has to do with access. I'm
assuming that I need to remove the
trans tunnel to find
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 21:55:08 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 12/12/2002 8:13:14 PM
Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My question has to do with access. I'm
assuming that I need to remove the
trans tunnel to find and remove the slave?
Being a new Spit
In a message dated 12/12/2002 8:13:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My question has to do with access. I'm assuming that I need to remove the
trans tunnel to find and remove the slave? Being a new Spit owner and
having
never done this I'm going to try and follow
From: Jeff McNeal [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Removing the trans cover is very straightforward and no, you do not need to
remove the gearshift.
Actually on the later single rail gearboxes, the shift lever can
be easily removed by pressing down and turning the locking collar
at the base of the lever and
Thanks to all who replied with help for my DPO DOT 3 dilema, I guess it's a
been there/done that adventure I'm need to dive into asap. The black sludge
is indeed DOT3-ized rubber from the DPO, not sure how long it was there? I'm
picking up 2 rebuild kits in the morning and will remove the clutch
BTW, conventional brake fluid is water-soluble. Thus, you can
clean out the parts with hot soapy water, and rinse them with denatured alcohol
to get rid of the leftover water.
Doug Braun
At 01:02 PM 12/13/02 -0500, you wrote:
Thanks to all who replied with help for my DPO DOT 3 dilema, I guess
What's more, it is pretty unlikely that your car still has the original seals.
And they were probably replaced with ones that were made with the same
rubber material that was used for all the other seals used by other makes
and models of cars.
But I still buy DOT4 anyway :-)
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
I just found a trail of brake fluid tonight from the Spit starting directly
below the slave cylinder, the resevoir was almost empty, and the pedal went
right to the floor. The inside of the master cyclinder had a good bit of nasty
black sludge-like stuff at the bottom, just 23 year old fluid and
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- Original Message -
From: Dave Willner
To: Spitfires
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:25 PM
Subject: Spit slave cylinder access question?
I found a trail of brake fluid tonight from the Spit starting directly
below
the slave cylinder
Gaining access to the slave cylinder is one of the few areas our Triumphs
were pretty well designed. While you could technically get to it from
under the car, it's more comfortable (and drier!) to do so by removing the
transmission tunnel cover. This is held in place by a bunch of screws
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