Plumbing in Marina clutch.......having problems.

[heathy12]

Okay. Gave up on the bloomin back window for the moment and moved onto brakes and clutch.

Ive got the brakes sussed now, but im going to have to go somewhere for it all to be plumbed in cos I dont have any piping or tools to do the job.

However the clutch.
Ive got a Spitfire pedal cylinder and piece of pipe with connectors, a Marina Clutch slave cylinder and a marina bleed pipe and union.
Heres a picture of what ive got. The spitfire cylinders already fitted into the car.


The challenge/problem I have is plumbing it all together.
The problem I have is that ive only got one marina union(which is for the slave bleed) the pipe I have was sold to connect the Spitfire cylinder to a mimi slave however the union for the slave is only small bore and is too small to connect into the marina slave because of the different sized union connectors.

What can I do to get round this problem and get the clutch working alright. Is there another type of slave cylinder that can be used. I think the reason for not using the mini cylinder was because it did not pick up on the lug thats there for the marina slave cylinder. With hynesight I should have chopped this lug off and bolted the mini cylinder into place but hey, the box aint coming out again!

Any ideas/solutions please guys....

Cheers. Ad

[GAS]

I had the same prob trying to connect the master cylinder to my midget clutch slave cylinder
I used a braded hose from a TR7 which fits the slave but not the master.
By making up a link pipe that redused the size of the fitting to fit the master.
A female end that fits the TR7 pipe on one end and a normal male fitting on the other.

The best way that I have found to blead the clutch is to back bleed it.
This is done by filling a squeeseable container with fluid,and with the pipe connected to the niple, open the bleed niple and fill the master cylinder from the bottom up then close the niple.Job done.

Best of luck

GAS............