re: Milano clutch woes

["Gregory S. Youngblood" <greg@domain.elided>]

My 87 had the master and slave cylinders replaced about Nov. since the car
was (and is) in the posession of my father, when the clutch starting
having problems he identified the source as the master cylinder. Once the
mechanic had it and the master was finally replaced, there were still
some minor problems and we had to replace the slave as well. Once
both were replaced, everything was solid again. It appears this is at
least one Milano slave that failed, though I don't remember what the
actual failure was. I was just happy to hear (and in December when I got
to drive it, feel) that everything was working and solid after they were
replaced.

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Joe Elliott wrote:

> 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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