re: Milano clutch woes

[Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>]

For future reference, always suspect the master first.  I'm sure it 
happens, but I've never seen a slave fail, and I've seen masters go 
out on half the cars I've worked on.  And Peter, keep your 
car--especially if you're fortunate enough to have a parts car!

At 6:33 PM -0500 3/19/02, alfa-digest wrote:
>Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 15:27:04 -0500
>From: Peter Barrett <pdb@domain.elided>
>Subject: Milano clutch woes
>
>Well, I'm about ready to shoot my '87 Gold Milano.
>
>It's had a clutch problem for some time now.  The clutch will slowly
>engage while I'm holding the pedal down.  Then I have no pedal.
>Suspecting the cylinders, I replaced and bled the slave, but I still get
>the same behaviour.  I can get some pedal pressure if I pump it up for a
>minute, but then if I hold the clutch pedal down with the car in gear,
>the clutch will slowly engage.
>
>I suppose I'm asking for any alternatives to changing the master, since
>I have no idea how to do it and I've heard that it can be a bear.  But I
>don't see any alternative at this point.
>
>*sigh*  I guess I should take the hint and admit that I don't have the
>time, patience, money, or possibly, mechanical aptitude to deal with
>this car.  Anyone want to buy it, and my parts car?  Will trade for
>something boring?  (I'm located in Winston-Salem, NC).
>
>Thanks,
>Peter

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