Hey can anyone here witha Hydraulic Clutch Setup in an LX post a picture of where and how they mounted the master cylinder to the firewall?
Hydraulic Clutch Setup in an LX
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, Jan 05 2006 01:11 PM
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Posted 05 January 2006 - 05:57 PM
Some pics. Make sure the unit is clear of the Booster. Some double diaphram types offer less room. ie the early ones.
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Posted 05 January 2006 - 08:44 PM
Stick with cable
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Posted 06 January 2006 - 04:33 PM
Thanks heaps guys, Ive got a better idea now on how to install it.
By the way, is there any rubber grommet or anything that the pin goes through when it goes through the firewall?
By the way, is there any rubber grommet or anything that the pin goes through when it goes through the firewall?
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Posted 06 January 2006 - 04:40 PM
Nope and I have been on the look out for about 4 years now. I grilled Dellow and CRS for what to use to plug the hole when I got my setup and they claimed - you are the first to ever ask.....yeah right.
Nothing really that close at all for that application.
Let me know if you get onto something suitable.
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Nothing really that close at all for that application.
Let me know if you get onto something suitable.
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Posted 06 January 2006 - 06:56 PM
P4445 is the rubber boot that usually goes with that master cylinder
Looks like a bowler hat with a hole in the middle
Looks like a bowler hat with a hole in the middle
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Posted 06 January 2006 - 07:45 PM
Hey Toranavista, thanks for the reply.
Hey mate, in the third pic, looks like you ran over something and squashed it.
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Good one.
Hey mate, in the third pic, looks like you ran over something and squashed it.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaha
Good one.
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Posted 06 January 2006 - 10:36 PM
Datto,
that one doesn't block the hole in the firewall though when used with these LX setups, it blocks the one where the M/C bolts to the angled looking bracket they give you - leaving a big hole for the cockroaches to run in and out under your dash.
You need some sort of rubber boot which is angled at 45 degrees (the ones on the 300ZX rear handbrake cable are the closest I have ever come across) but the mounting stud and the pushrod on the firewall is too close to the edge of the hole to be able to have a grommet go through the sheetmetal.
M@
that one doesn't block the hole in the firewall though when used with these LX setups, it blocks the one where the M/C bolts to the angled looking bracket they give you - leaving a big hole for the cockroaches to run in and out under your dash.
You need some sort of rubber boot which is angled at 45 degrees (the ones on the 300ZX rear handbrake cable are the closest I have ever come across) but the mounting stud and the pushrod on the firewall is too close to the edge of the hole to be able to have a grommet go through the sheetmetal.
M@
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Posted 07 January 2006 - 01:39 PM
Glad my cars auto
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Posted 06 February 2006 - 09:21 AM
A shame nobody has come up with an angled plastic bottle so that you can fill them up properly.
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Posted 14 February 2006 - 10:29 PM
I am having a hell of a time bleeding my hydrolic clutch up (Castlemaine rod shop type) , can anyone run me through the process
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Posted 17 February 2006 - 01:22 PM
undo bleed valve, press pedal to the floor, close valve, let pedal off ... repeating this for a while .....
ensure you top up the fluid enough though as it runs low even when its working due to the angle of the resivour.....
also you need to make sure the play between the fork and the slave cylinder shaft is right ... i usually set mine so you have 1-2mm play between the fork and the shaft when you wiggle the fork towards the front and back of the car ...
ensure you top up the fluid enough though as it runs low even when its working due to the angle of the resivour.....
also you need to make sure the play between the fork and the slave cylinder shaft is right ... i usually set mine so you have 1-2mm play between the fork and the shaft when you wiggle the fork towards the front and back of the car ...
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Posted 17 February 2006 - 01:55 PM
I'm getting a bit of stickiness at the moment with mine.
All works fine to drive around but if I'm hitting the pedal a few times in a row, for instance when reversing slowly into a tight spot (V8 so I can't just let the pedal go all the way out) or pulling out from a driveway slowly the pedal movement becomes a lot shorter and I have to take it out of gear and give it a full pump with my foot.
As you can imagine when the pedal movement is short and near the firewall end the gearstick is hard to get out of gear as the clutch isn't fully disengaged.
What could be happening here?
Is it just a matter of bleeding it to fix it?
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All works fine to drive around but if I'm hitting the pedal a few times in a row, for instance when reversing slowly into a tight spot (V8 so I can't just let the pedal go all the way out) or pulling out from a driveway slowly the pedal movement becomes a lot shorter and I have to take it out of gear and give it a full pump with my foot.
As you can imagine when the pedal movement is short and near the firewall end the gearstick is hard to get out of gear as the clutch isn't fully disengaged.
What could be happening here?
Is it just a matter of bleeding it to fix it?
s
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 12:19 PM
i am in the process of converting from a six to an eight cyl in my LH and have ditched the hydraulic clutch as it was giving me the extreme shits to set up and i ended up braking the resevior.
I swapped over to a commodore type cable clutch and bellhousing and it took about one hour to set up and has so much more feel than the hydraulic ever did. So smooth and easy to push.
Go the cable, i am converted for good now!!!!
nibbsy
I swapped over to a commodore type cable clutch and bellhousing and it took about one hour to set up and has so much more feel than the hydraulic ever did. So smooth and easy to push.
Go the cable, i am converted for good now!!!!
nibbsy
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