Hello everyone, I spend almost 3 hours last night removing and replacing the interrior of my 78 Spit to flush the clutch slave cylinder. I have replaced the clutch assembly last year and after the 1st drive this year I found it very difficult changing and putting the car into gear.
I checked the level in the clutch master cylinder and it was full. However, the DOT 5 fluid has been in there for 3 years and it was clear not purple. So, I decided to flush the clutch. Once that was done I took it for a test drive and the car changed gear much better. I also noticed that the clutch would slip a little bit on fourth gear. Is there a break in period for a new clutch. While installing the clutch I did noticed that there was some ripples (high spots) on the friction material where the rivets are located. I hope the problem are just these ripples and they will flatten or wear down with more driving. If anyone have any opinions on the life span of DOT 5 fluid or clutch break in period I would be interested in them. Thanks. Dave |\ | | | _______________________________________/\ /\ /\_____| \|_____| |____________ Dave Chu \/ \/ | /| | | Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng. |/ | | | Concordia University Voice:(514)848-3115 Fax:(514)848-2802 1455 de Maisonneuve W. H961 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8 http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~dave/addr.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
