07-16-2004, 07:40 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Olympia/Lacey,
WA
Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast. 514 / 6 speed Richmond overdrive
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Your master cylinder actually does have a stop built in
Or so it seems. WHO installed your T/O bearing? If it was Vern you can bet he did the same as he did to mine and just tossed it in there without proper adjustment. Mine was blown out on delivery due to the T/O bearing having to overtravel to dis-engage the clutch! It was "repaired" but my clutch guys assumed that the manufacturer had the T/O bearing properly set and so they just replaced the lines and bled the system. 2,500 miles later it blew again, that time due to a slow leak..
During the reconstruction of my car this winter and spring,  we were going to create a pedal stop, using an Energy Systems brand hard rubber bumper mounted thru the floor/firewall to a small plate with a welded-to-the-plate nut in the center. But we discovered that disengagement occured fully at about 3/4 of an inch from the floor anyway, this with the Tilton T/O bearing and the new style Tilton lines. The new Tilton banjo fittings are supposed to be "blow proof" and I do have 400 miles now on the revival of my car.. the clutch works great/smooth/light and it's a 12 inch McLeod. I bet your T/O bearing is OK and you just need the new style Tilton lines (hopefully that's not what you have!) and to have the T/O bearing set by a pro to the proper travel.
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