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tuff998
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Mine has an air leak in it now, and so I bleed the air out then about 10 minutes later I have no clutch again.
I peeled back the slave cylinder boot and saw fluid in there. So are they a straight forward replacement or is there a special procedure?

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ohh, come on - your sig says you're a mechanic!

just bung the new one on
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Hone and a seal.
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simon k wrote:
ohh, come on - your sig says you're a mechanic!

just bung the new one on


lol yes i am, but sometimes minis have their own way of things lol.

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Morris 1100 wrote:
Hone and a seal.

Works better and longer than some of the new ones. :wink:

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drmini in aust wrote:
Morris 1100 wrote:
Hone and a seal.

Works better and longer than some of the new ones. :wink:

I have seen new cylinders with casting flaws and split rubbers.
The only way to tell if it is any good is to build it yourself.

Even when I buy a new cylinder I will dismantle it, clean it, inspect it and reassemble it. It saves time.
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simon k wrote:
ohh, come on - your sig says you're a mechanic!

just bung the new one on


and bleed it!

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simon k wrote:
ohh, come on - your sig says you're a mechanic!


Kinda like a "Tiny" Mechanic perhaps??

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Hanra wrote:
simon k wrote:
ohh, come on - your sig says you're a mechanic!


Kinda like a "Tiny" Mechanic perhaps??


:lol:

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ok then. I replaced all the hydraulics including fitting a braided clutch hose :) took me two hours to remove the stubborn and siezed pin that connects to the clutch pedal lol. and after ages of bleeding all is good.

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I purchased a new one months ago, put it on, bled it and it took on a life and style of its own, it now sits in the shed as the old weepy one worked better
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I purchased a new one months ago, put it on, bled it and it took on a life and style of its own, it now sits in the shed as the old weepy one worked better

Many new ones have a design fault, the plastic spreader inside the seal is the wrong shape. So the seals don't work for long.
If you must use a new slave, pinch the plastic spreader out of the old one.
In 36 years of Mini-ing I have never been guilty of buying a new slave cylinder.
A quick hone of the old one and new seal, they run another 20 years. 8)

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yea i got a new one and put the updated seal in it. the one that comes with it only has about 2mm sealing area and the updated one has about 4-5mm.

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drmini in aust wrote:
In 36 years of Mini-ing I have never been guilty of buying a new slave cylinder.

So that means you must've started Mini-ing when you were five years old!?

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winabbey wrote:
drmini in aust wrote:
In 36 years of Mini-ing I have never been guilty of buying a new slave cylinder.

So that means you must've started Mini-ing when you were five years old!?

Maybe I'm a little older than you think then.:mrgreen:

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