Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 11:45:16 +0200 From: Robert Brown <rjbnopsamnetNOSPAM.se> Subject: Re: Help!!! Clutch went to floor!! ASAP! Please read!
Hi Brad, If you were having problems with the slave seals, I'd expect that you'd see a gradual loss of fluid at the fluid resevoir (and a little pool on the ground). FatHoss' theory about the return spring sounds like a winner, but then you say that very little foot pressure is required to put the pedal all the way to the floor. That may indicate that you have a seal problem as well. Let's assume that you've already checked all along the hydraulics for leaks, and that none of the master cyl seals have been fitted back-to-front. A very wild guess is that the return spring has broken in one or more places. A fragment of it may have lodged between a seal and the cylinder wall. This means that fluid would rush by when you press the pedal down. The extra friction would prevent the piston (and pedal) from returning properly. A disintegrating seal may be able to cause the same symptoms too. At any rate I'd put my money on the master cylinder - both seals and return spring. Tell us what it really turned out to be when you've fixed it. Regards, Robert Gothenburg 1983 900 8v carb 1999 9-3 200 no user serviceable parts inside FatHoss wrote: > I had a problem like this a few years back, it turned out to be the > return spring inside the pump itself (just above the pedal, under the > hood, above the firewall) With the spring broken, the plunger was > stuck in the pedal down position. Occasionally it would drop back in > place and the clutch would work again. I just found a close > replacement spring and installed it, it's still working. I would check > that spring especially if there is no actual fluid loss. > > Good Luck! > > On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 01:46:54 GMT, bradford <bradschroeternopsameja.com> > wrote: > > >Latly i noticed that my clutch didnt have as much pressure as it used > >to..then after some driving it would feel alot better...it was never > >really bad but SOMETIMES it didnt really feel tight..then today i was > >driving...clutch felt good and I went to stop and put in N and the > >clutch droppped to the floor..last year around this time i replaced the > >seals to my master cylinder...the first thing i did when the car did > >this today was not waste anytime and pulled the master cylinder..i will > >replace the seals again and bleed...there is no signs of scoring or > >scrathes in the cylinder...my question is....does this still sound like > >a master cylinder problem? could the seals have possiable gotten bad > >again...maybe some air got in..i hope to god it is the master...does > >this sound like the syptoms of a bad slave? please say NO!..cause i > >heard the tranny and engine have to be droppped for this operation and > >it would mean the end of my beautiful 88 9000T...why the sudden > >drop?..soon as i touch the pedal a little it drops right to the floor > >and stays...it is moving the piston in the cylinder but obviosuly > >without any pressure...it just goes in and stays...please help..please > >say it is defiantly not the slave...thanx in advanced u guys are great > > > >brad > >88 9000T 196,000 (alot of nuts and alot more life..as long as the > >tranny and turbo stay kicken) > > > >Please tell me that it is not the slave and that replacing the master > >seals and bleeding again will be the answer...i need to hear that... > > > >oh ya plenty of fluid in resavior... > > > > > >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > >Before you buy.
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