John, If a hydraulic system with no adjustment has changed, then the likely cause is the hydraulics. I would check immediately for leaks, particularly at the slave cylinder. At this point, you probably have on ly minor leakage and the fluid may all be up in the little bellows, rather than visible. Fix it now before it fails on you completely. I waited several days too long once and came out one morning and had no clutch. Hmmm, I may be a slow learner and have done it twice. All of my failures, 4 or 5, have been slave cylinders. If no leakage around the slave or master, check the rear wheel cylinders. Had this drain me down once also. If you find leakage and need to replace and bleed, etc., there is lots on people's websites and I have a good bit of stuff stored that I could send. Sam -- Sam Walters Baltimore, MD 89 Syncro GL, Zetec Inside 85 Westy Weekender 85 Mercedes Benz 300D Turbodiesel - to become veggie oil powered All incoming and outgoing email scanned by automatically updated copy of Norton AntiVirus. |
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