It's good to live in Ottawa. Ted Rose stopped by today to help troubleshoot
my recalcitrant clutch system. After some goofing around with my vacuum
pump, we pulled apart the clutch master cylinder while it was still
installed in the truck. It turns out that I had neglected to bend the
locking tab for the spring retainer down enough during my rebuild and the
piston was roaming free in the bore. About three pumps later and voila! A
hard pedal. Ted vanished off again after spending an hour in the driveway,
spreading Land Rover cheer as he went.
So - the moral of the story: even if you think the spring is always
compressed and doesn't really need that locking tab, it isn't and it does :)
Things still aren't adjusted quite right, as the clutch seems to drag just
enough to prevent me from selecting a gear when the truck is stopped - but
that's something I can deal with by getting the right adjustment on the
pushrod, I hope. It will sit happily in the driveway with the clutch in and
a gear selected so it's obviously a very small amount of drag. Unless
there's some "feature" I don't know about - it's a IIa with the later
hydrostatic clutch.
Thank you Ted!
Keith Tanner
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