Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 09:48:37 +0000 From: Grunff <grunffnospam.com> Subject: Re: Clutch master problem (I think)
Dave Hinz wrote: > Yes, this is a 3-door (Combi). It has vacuum-assisted brakes, and the clutch > slave cylinder looks very much like the one on my Sonetts - just the cylinder > lengthwise, a pipe on the top going forwards, rubber hose clamped to the > forwards-going pipe, that hose goes up to the bottom of the brake fluid > reservoir which sits on top of the brake M/C, which is on the front of the > vacuum servo. It looks like this: > http://www.eeuroparts.com/images/diagrams/c900clutch.gif How odd! > I wonder if that hose (to the reservoir) is gummed up inside, which would > restrict it from getting fluid to the M/C. Reason I think this is when I > open the bleeder nipple and apply pressure at the reservoir, _nothing_ > comes out. Should it at that point (I'm thinking yes)? Yes, fluid should come out of the nipple when you apply pressure. > Also, the > turkey-baster method doesn't work on this car, which implies something > is blocking flow in _that_ direction as well. I'll buy that. > I took the slave cyl. out of the system, hooked my siphon hose to the end > of the clutch hydraulic line, and behavior was the same (pulls back as > I raise the pedal, almost always). So we're not pulling from the reservoir, > either because the MC is bad, or the hose is plugged. Any guesses? Could be the line, or could be the MC. I'd strip down the MC - doesn't take that long, and at least you'll know exactly what's wrong. -- Grunff
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