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26th November 2020, 16:15 | #11 | |
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“Hi Mickey,hope your well and keeping yourself and the guys up the garage safe, yeah the clutch feels ok but a bit firmer than before, I think the biting point is ok, I haven’t driven it lots of miles due to lockdown, but it seems your magical hands have kept it going, by the way you didn’t do it in may as you said in your message, I remember you doing it in June before your daughter birthday, when it does eventually need doing I’ll let you know, with thanks Harry.” So just to clarify Mike it seems it was five months ago, my mistake, however it sounds promising I guess. Mick
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26th November 2020, 16:37 | #12 |
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Sure does Mick - an extra 5 months and counting is good going. If it helps get through the winter then well worth it just to change the clutch in the warm summer sun for those of us who have to work outside.
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11th December 2020, 21:22 | #13 |
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A quick update and not good news, started leaking again.
Not a big leak - around 6ml in 5 weeks, so if it stays at that rate I'll live with it till the wamer weather arrives, and then get the spanners out. |
12th December 2020, 08:06 | #14 | |
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12th December 2020, 09:32 | #15 |
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Hasn't been used much lately Mick - probably covered around 500 miles since I last topped it up. If I leave it with the pedal depressed overnight it is still firm in the morning so maybe just leaking when the seal isn't under pressure, which is why I thought the seal conditioner might have swollen the rubber up a bit and cured it.
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29th March 2021, 21:12 | #16 |
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Well time to conclude this thread. The level kept dropping although the rate of loss did tail off a bit. Then the pedal started to stay on the floor so I changed the slave cylinder, clutch friction disc and pressure plate.
I didn't replace the master cylinder, although this was the actual cause of the pedal not returning as the one way valve was partially blocked. Stripping it and cleaning it out was enough to restore it. For the log, it started leaking in June 2020 at around 406625 miles, and was replaced at 411216, so it covered around 4500 miles, and could have gone on had I cleaned out the master cylinder. The friction disc had done 111892 miles and had worn by 2mm. New clutch is nice and light - makes it worthwhile doing. |
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