TR6 springtime and stubborn TR6s

[Banjo]

Went up to Dundee to help my brother get his TR6 back on the road today. He parked it over a year ago with clutch problems, so we showed up today armed with a new slave cylinder and a couple bottles of fluid to tackle the monster.
First off we found that the cellar of the barn where he stored it under a tarp was a very poor choice. Interior moldy, mice nests everywhere, and the tonneau cover that was in the trunk now resembles swiss cheese. But it still started right up. I gotta say that's a good engine.
Replaced a leaky fuel hose,got the slave cylinder in, bled, bled, bled (You TR6 guys know what I mean) Bled bled.. It throws pretty good, feels like it's working ok, looked to be moving quite a ways, but it still doesn't disengage the clutch AT ALL. I've fought with TR6 clutches before, and I know a system that still needs bleeding will shift lousy, but still it will do something. So my brother finally describes how when he parked it, the pedal got hard, it made a pop noise, then it didn't work at all. AHA! the dreaded clutch fork pin rears its ugly head again!
But since the brake master was dry in the front brake reservoir, and refilling and bleeding it only produced lots of bubbles and still no pedal, I think the brake master needs a rebuild as well. I have a suspicion the seal flipped inside.
Sooo.. time to borrow a car dolly, and bring the rusty beast to my house, pull the tranny,fix the clutch fork, and rebuild the master cylinder.
Ahhh. more work on a LBC that's not mine. hehehehe.

 

[AngliaGT]

You did tell him that you'll need to keep
it thru the Summer,just so you can double-check
everything,didn't you?
"Darn,I just found one more problem with
the TR"........

- Doug

 

[KSIS]

Banjo,
I have the vacuum bleeder for that clutch if you need it. I would have lent hand, but I spent my day pulling the engine and degrease.

 

[tdskip]

Banjo,
I have the vacuum bleeder for that clutch if you need it. I would have lent hand, but I spent my day pulling the engine and degrease.

As if that takes more than 10, 20 minutes tops....

 

[Brosky]

Tom,

Pulling the engine is 10-20 minutes, tops. It's the degreasing hat can take some time....

 

[Banjo]

hahaha. Thanks Ksis, I keep meaning to pick up a mighty-vac. Some of my tricks on TR6s include pushing the piston of the slave all the way into the bore, and also unbolting the slave cylinder to tilt it so the bleeder is at the very top. I think we got it bled. I really believe that the fork pin is broke. Even with the cylinder moving a good distance with the pedal depressed, the car wouldn't even try to go in gear while running. if you tried to force it in, the engine would begin to bog. and putting it in gear then trying to start it would cause it to lurch just lie if you weren't pushing the pedal at all. Something is defiantly more wrong than just air bubbles.
We'll get it towed down here in the next couple of weeks and tackle it then. C'mon over if ya want to.
I saw ya boppin around a while back in the Spit. looks good.

 

[KSIS]

Will do Ben!

The motor pull went quick the degreasing was the nightmare. My finger tips are still raw.