Re: Cracks in firewall at clutch '85 4KQ

[Luis Marques <marques@rtis.ray.com>]

quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne) wrote:
> There _may_ be a difference here between LHD and RHD.  On a RHD car,
> the (unpressurised) feed line from the twee little reservoir enters
> the master cylinder at 45 degrees to the vertical - i.e., the master
> cylinder is canted over at 45 degrees.  Even pressure bleeding won't
> clear the air out unless the whole length of the cylinder is swept
> by the piston.

I guess those of us with LHD cars should consider ourselves lucky.  I managed to
replaced the clutch MC on my car in about half an hour and without need to bleed
the system.  The MC is slightly slanted upwards so that the output port that
goes to the slave cylinder is higher than the input port that receives the fluid
from the reservoir.  Gravity took care of the initial bleeding of the MC and the
fluid didn't leak out of the line going to the slave.  Letting the fluid run out
while I made the connection insured that no air was introduced.

Luis Marques
'87 4kcsq