Can someone help this guy out? I yanked this off of the wetwesties list. -M
Matthew Pollard http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 Dept. of Chemistry http://www.chem.uidaho.edu University of Idaho http://www.uidaho.edu On Sat, 6 Jan 2001 pgilland@yahoo.com wrote: > I drove my 84 Westie from Vashon Island to South Dakota for the > holidays, and after one particularly cold night out on the street in > Rapid City I was unable to shift into or between gears with the motor > running. > > I figured the clutch slave and/or master cylinder went bad. I rebuilt > them both, and in doing so found the master was in especially > dire need of service. > > I've bleed a full liter of brake fluid through the system after re- > assembly, and still no go. I can't get the thing to shift between > gears, and if I want to go anywhere I have to start it in first then > later *glide* it into third etc. If I start it in first with the > clutch pedal to the floor it will just barely tug on the van - > releasing the pedal fully transmits power to the gear box. > > The gear box is fine - I actually took a 600 mile jaunt down I-29 > this way, and there has been absolutely no evidence of clutch slipping > whatsoever. > > Am I just an idiot who can't bleed his clutch or could there be > something else going on here. I swear, I saw no bubbles and just > clean brake fluid flowing through my "one man brake bleeder". Should > I go > back and dump another liter through it? I followed guidance from the > Haynes & Bentley manuals in rebuilding the cylinders, and the only > snag I could think of is I saw a small pit in the master cylinder wall > (I realized then I should have just bought a new one rather than > rebuild the old, but it was too late if you know what I mean). > > Arrgh! > |
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