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[Spider]

Oh, and next time you order bits, get the Over-throw Nut and locknut, might just save you from pushing the crankshaft in to the radiator (or save your crank, centre main cap from breaking and thrust bearings).

[midridge2]

ANyway, I bought a lightened pre verto clutch , backing plate and diafragm along with a slave cylinder etc ( basically everything to convert from pre verto to verto) . 

I have not read​ all the posts but if you have converted from pre verto to verto clutch you have the wrong slave and are missing the mounting bracket and the wrong arm after looking at your videos.

 

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[Dusky]

ANyway, I bought a lightened pre verto clutch , backing plate and diafragm along with a slave cylinder etc ( basically everything to convert from pre verto to verto) . 

I have not read​ all the posts but if you have converted from pre verto to verto clutch you have the wrong slave and are missing the mounting bracket and the wrong arm after looking at your videos.

 

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And arm and flywheel,... I made a typo, I did convert to the preverto from a verto setup :)

[Dusky]

If your hydraulics have air, sort that first, if your slave and hose is new, then it will most likely be the Master, but before ripping it out, check that the pedal is returning all the way and that at rest it is 'hanging' off the Master Cylinder and not contacting the body. If that checks out, then yes, replace the MC and get a new clevis pin while you're at it.

 

If you didn't set the clutch up before fitting it would be a good idea to do so, even if you get it all working following sorting of the hydraulics.

 

Here's the low down on it;-

 

http://www.minimania...FAQ__non_Verto_

I did do that, well I followed the minispares guidelines wich came with the flywheel, so it is 'dead flat' atm.
Someone on facebook said the flywheel could be gripping the C-clip?

[Dusky]

Does the slave cylinder need to be bone dry when you remove the dust cover?

Or is it possible that its a little bit 'damp' on the inside?

Replaced the master cylinder and I keep getting air when bleeding it, although I have bled over 300 ml through the system now...

[nicklouse]

the dust cover is just that a dust cover.

 

mine tend to have a good smear of brake grease inside.

[Dusky]

So it seems the new slave is leaking already?

Edited by Dusky, 29 September 2015 - 01:53 PM.

[Dusky]

[Dusky]

Is this a good master cylinder?

[Dusky]

New MC, another new slave and a new metal pipe... AD IT WORKS!

Only a tad stiff in first if I fit the throwout nuts ( I push the clutch, then wind the throwout in against the bellhousing, then another 1 flat), with it wound more its better ( so I think I need a tad more travel, or I need to let everything settle in ( new plate, new flywheel, new backplate)

 

atleast its drivable!

[nicklouse]

Good to hear you have sorted it.

Thought it was a fluid issue.

[Spider]

Great news!

 

Now, time to fit some over-throw Nuts.

[KernowCooper]

Before the diaphram turns inside out

[Dusky]

I always had the overthrow nuts, just didnt fit them untill i was able to disengage, as a bit of leverage when negotiating with the mini... She promised to behalve now... ;)