That was probably the problem, I think some DOT 3 got in there... My apprentice mechanic brother-in-law borrowed the car a few times this summer and did some cleaning and topping-up. No huge deal, if the slave cyl. doesn't make it I'll rebuild it too.
Luke > If you are using regular dot 3 or 4 fluid that could be your problem. > Regular american brake fluid has a tendancy to disolve the rubber seals in > brittish cars. Try flushing out your hydraulics with castrol fluid after > your rebuild. castrol fluid will not disolve your seals. I work in a small > shop and whenever we see black gritty fluid in someones hydraulics we ask > them what kind of fluid they use. Invariably they answer regular dot3 fluid, > not castrol. > > Tod Jones > Harrisonburg VA. > 67 Spitfire Mk II > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Luke Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Spit List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:55 AM > Subject: Clutch master spring > > > > Greetings all, > > > > After a GREAT summer as my daily driver (With a total of just 5 or 6 > days > > with the top up), old Fireball has finally let me down. The spring inside > the > > clutch master cylinder grenaded on me this past week, leaving the clutch > > ALMOST completely inoperative. > > The symptoms and evidence led me to believe that maybe a contaminant > had > > managed to get into the clutch hydraulics (The fluif was dark and had an > odd > > grit in it, plus the top seal has shrunk and warped a bit) and made the > main > > seal swell and jam up in the bore (The piston wasn't coming all the way > out, > > leaving about 1/2" of actual clutch action waaaay down at the end of the > > travel) but when I took 'er apart I found four pieces of spring in there, > > where there used to be one nice springy spring. > > > > So, does anyone know of a source for this oddball piece? I would really > > rather avoid getting a whole new master cylinder (Or taking the one off > the > > other car) for want of one little spring! > > > > Luke /// [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.
