Well i picked up the new slave cylinder on Thursday on the way to work. Decided to fit it yesterday. It went in alright and the number of threads in the hose hole must be the same as it tightened up with the cylinder being perfectly lined up with the holes in the bellhousing!
Opened the bleed nipple, 'let it all flow', out then tightened up the bleed nipple. Back in the cab and topped up. Tried the pedal, no resistance. Deep breathe... Back underneath and opened the nipple again, back in the cab, top up nd press the pedal. Back underneath to do up the nipple. Back into the cab, no pedal.
Thinks...
Has the rod come out of position? There was a bit of movement in and out.
Back underneath, remove the cylinder again and have a look with the torch. WHAT???
Into the house o grab some long nose pliers. Carefully remove a previous cylinder's rubber seal from the end of the cylinder that fits inside of the bellhousing. Back out with the torch and see that yes the rod does move, but it's still attached to the arm so the issue must be with the cylinder.
There must be some air left inside. So i let it dangle and even though the nipple was now pointing upwards with the hose attached at the top, fluid dribbled out when i opened the nipple which must have pushed out the air as when i bolted it back up in place and climbed back into the cab i finally got a pedal!
YAY!
The next bit had me reaching for the petrol can and matches again...
Starter motor just says ''i'm not going to Malvern tomorrow!'' But to me it just sounded like CLICK!
SWEAR!
CLICK!
More swearing!
CLICK!
Gets the hammer and smacks the starter.
CLICK!
Smacks the solenoid.
CLICK!
MORE swearing.
CLICK!
Grabs the socket set and extensions. Looked like a 13 or 14mm head. Neither go on. 15? No. 16? NO??? NO WAY is it bigger!
Didn't try the top bolt. It's harder to get at. It seems that i can't get a thin walled socket onto the head of the bolt. My ring spanners are thicker than the socket walls so they won't go on. Then i grab the trolley jack to lift it a bit to give me some more room to work. That's when i realise i'd only backed it far enough off the grass for me to lie on the drive to access the slave cylinder. The axle is still over grass so i can't jack it on the axle. My high lift jack isn't man enough to lift it on the chassis. I tried lifting it just behind the strap that hold the two spring leaves together but it was deforming the spring so lowered it. Got a hammer and smacked the starter a bit harder this time.
CLICK!
So it's now swapped places with the BM. IT'S parked on the grass and the 101 is across the drive. Maybe that's it's problem? The grass is always greener on the tarmac drive?
Anyway, it can stay there until i feel like getting under it again. Probably mid week. And i'll look at seeing if i can get the grinder in there to shave a couple of mm off the bellhousing between it and the head of the bolt. I'll try an imperial open ended first. If i can get the bolt out and the starter motor out of the way it'll give me more room to get the grinder in.
And there was me thinking it was starting to like me...
