[alfa] Re: alfa-digest V10 #8

["Jack Osborn" <jhosborn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Alfa Digest Members..... a second call.....can you help?  I have a
1991 164L, in very nice shape I must add!  It has 40,000 miles on it...I've
had it for about a year.  I started having clutch problems, where my clutch
pedal would "sink" to the floor after barely tapping on it.....it got
progressively worse to the point where I needed to "lift" the pedal up from
the floor with my foot each time I shifted.  A real pain in the butt.

I spoke to my local alfa parts house, he suggested replacing the hose from
the master to the slave, bypassing what I think is a hydraulic damper on the
clutch circuit.  Well, that didn't work.  It got worse, I couldn't get it to
pump fluid and bleed.  At this point I went ahead and replaced the clutch
master cylinder, but I still can not get the cylinder to pump so that I can
bleed the circuit.  I am beginning to wonder if there is something in the
clutch fluid reservoir that could be blocking the flow to the
cylinder....does the ignition have to be on for the clutch fluid to flow to
the cylinder?.... a solenoid of some sort?  It's not the easiest part to get
at....  I don't believe the slave is at fault since the bleeder is dry.
I've had suggestions to remove the bleeder and poke into the orifice to see
if there is blockage....I will try that, but I don't have much hope that
that is the issue.....

I need help....cause I've lost my CARDisc CD and don't have accurate
information on the circuit.  Anyways, any insight into this would be
appreciated.  I have spent time reading other people's tales of replacing
the clutch master on the web....but nothing that could shed light on this
problem of mine.

Jack

Green 1991 164 L
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