hydraulic failure
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hydraulic failure
well coming home from girlfriends tonight, noticed getting into first gear was much more difficult than normal, got worse, then tougher to shift into 2nd, then 3rd got notchy. Limped it home , looked in the clutch fluid reservoir and it's empty . Looked under the car nothing dripping on the ground but significant wetness on the transmission. good thing i was doing a clutch soon. weird to happen suddenly like that
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Definately sounds like a dead slave.... They are pretty cheap to replace, and even cheaper if you want to go with a rebuild kit.....
Should be about 1/2 hr to replace. Pull the right front, get the hard line loose (don't ask ... yes do this first).... then pull the two 14mm or 12 mm bolts holding the slave. Replace..... reinstall. Bleed clutch.
Dave,
Should be about 1/2 hr to replace. Pull the right front, get the hard line loose (don't ask ... yes do this first).... then pull the two 14mm or 12 mm bolts holding the slave. Replace..... reinstall. Bleed clutch.
Dave,
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well coming home from girlfriends tonight, noticed getting into first gear was much more difficult than normal, got worse, then tougher to shift into 2nd, then 3rd got notchy. Limped it home , looked in the clutch fluid reservoir and it's empty . Looked under the car nothing dripping on the ground but significant wetness on the transmission. good thing i was doing a clutch soon. weird to happen suddenly like that
And; you've got to plan your routes so you always stop on a downhill slope
BTDT when I was a kid in a clunker.
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Seriously. Contrary to the popular belief that the master rarely goes, my slave went and my master followed in a couple of weeks. It happened to five other people that I know of recently.
While the slave is the difficult one to replace and the master is easy, if it happens to me on another Miata, I will do them both at the same time.
When I replaced the master, the worst part was pulling the new slave off and making sure that no **** had gotten into it(turned it upside down in a pan of fluid and pumped out some sediment)before re-bleeding the system.
While the slave is the difficult one to replace and the master is easy, if it happens to me on another Miata, I will do them both at the same time.
When I replaced the master, the worst part was pulling the new slave off and making sure that no **** had gotten into it(turned it upside down in a pan of fluid and pumped out some sediment)before re-bleeding the system.
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