[DMCForum] Re: Clutch line and vac leaks
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[DMCForum] Re: Clutch line and vac leaks



Turns out the problem was that the line had wallowed out, or widened 
on the end. When I pulled it off to remove the tranny, it just made 
it worse. Then I didn't shove it on there far enough.

I trimmed the end off and it fits very snugly now. I got a lot more 
of it on the steel piping now.

I think I may have a tiny air bubble still in there though. I'll have 
to bleed it again.

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Everybody poo poo's plastic clutch line, but my truck's been running
> one for 196,000 miles...
> 
> I'd suspect master or slave cylinder walls pitted while car sat (are
> just made of white metal), then scored piston seals when you started
> moving them again. Seals actually have very small contact surface 
with
> cylinder walls. Moreover, only thing lubricating them is brake fluid
> in system (cylinder walls were bone dry when pistons started moving
> again). My AMC uses Girling clutch htdraulics, and they have been
> neverending source of problems. Good to go for a year or two, then
> it's time for new seals. Fortunately I can buy for $15.
> 
> Pump clutch pedal several times before every shift, and double 
clutch.
> You'll loose a lot of fluid, but it'll get you home. Remember car 
can
> be slam shifted too (name sounds terrible, but if you find sweet 
spots
> will slip into gears as easy as can be. Is a good thing to practice
> before you need it). One Christmas Eve, in Christmas Eve traffic, 
slam
> shifted AMC home from post office with clutch pedal unwelded from
> connecting rod, including several stop lights. If you know car well
> enough can start it in gear with extremely little bucking & jerking.
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
> 
> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote:
> > I had my car running pretty well today considering I still have 6
> > injector seal leaks.
> > 
> > Just when I was taking it around the lot for a test drive, the 
clutch
> > went soft. I still have the old plastic line. I already intend to
> > replace it with the braided stainless one.
> > 
> > My question: Is this one of those "seperate the body from the 
frame"
> > projects?, or can you run it without doing that?
> > 
> > Mike C is bringing my seals and O-ring by tomorrow which is good. 
The
> > car is still back-firing or doing these tiny but sharp "sneezes" 
out
> > the exhaust pipe and/or back through the fuel/air mixture control
> > unit. It happens less as the engine gets hotter.
> > 
> > Is this a product of vacuum leaks, or should I be looking 
elsewhere?
> > 
> > Rich
> > #5335



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