it all started yesterday morning when i went to leave for work, and had no clutch, had a look, no fluid.
so put some fluid in it, and drove it to work with the clutch system full of air and just rev matching cause it wasnt moving far enough.
by the third job i went to, the clutch was working alright, well enough for me to grab my trailer, and go pick up my project car from the shop, and tow it home, and get a new clutch master cylinder on the way home, as the reason for the lack of fluid was a leak out of the rear of the master.
so i fitted that last night, bled it, from both points, and gave it a quick test, felt perfect.
left for work this morning, and its fine, 10 minutes down the road, the bite point is coming up higher and higher up the travel, to the point where the clutch is slipping under average accel, and on hills.
got it to work, did what i had to do, and 4 hrs later drove home, seemed fine, but alas, again the bite point came up and the clutch started slipping again.
i spoke to the bloke in the store, who said put a couple of washers between the master and the booster, and this will fix it, but my issue with this is, it will fix it when its pressurised, but i doubt ill be able to get enough movement to use the clutch when its cold and not pressurised.
when i got home i pulled the booster out, set the pushrod lengths and reinstalled, and also set the pedal height.
when i re-installed the pushrod did not match the pedal height against the stop, so i wound it out some more to get the pedal up to the height its meant to be, with the correct free play etc
took it for a drive, did exactly the same thing, really, no difference. none.
re-bled the system but it seemed air free.
so ive got the shits with it.
who knows whats going on here and can tell me what to do? is it the master cylinder faulty?
cheers, andy
