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June 2003
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 The clutch on my ma70
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Thu, 18 September 2003 04:30
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Well, I am a very happy person now! Turns out my clutch didnt need preplacing or anything. Took it into Pittwater Brake and Clutch specialists and they had a look at it, fixed the problem and phoned back to say they had fixed it. All within 6 hours. What is even better is that it cost me a big fat $0.
Thanks guys!
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: The clutch on my ma70
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Thu, 18 September 2003 08:51
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What we'd *like* to know is what it was they fixed 
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Location:
Epping, Sydney
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April 2003
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Re: The clutch on my ma70
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Thu, 18 September 2003 10:05
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The master cylinder had some adjustment thing? I don't know.. my car doesn't..
anyway, it was keeping pressure in the hydraulic system and keeping pressure on the clutch, so it was as if the clutch pedal was partially depressed all the time 
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: The clutch on my ma70
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Thu, 18 September 2003 14:16
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So it was a problem with the hydraulics? What a surprise!
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Re: The clutch on my ma70
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Thu, 18 September 2003 22:32
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so what is it about adjustment of master cylinders ?????
I am having some issues with my new clutch, and i think it is adjustment related.
Matt
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Sydney
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June 2003
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Re: The clutch on my ma70
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Thu, 18 September 2003 23:07
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Basically he said that the master cylinder was "wound up" so that the clutch was half engaged the whole time. He just "wound it down" and works fine now. Cannot tell you the details sorry. He said it was like a five minute job though.
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Location:
Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: The clutch on my ma70
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Thu, 18 September 2003 23:29
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More than likely he was referring to the threaded adjustment on the master cylinder pushrod (ie the bit that goes between the clutch medal and master cylinder).
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Location:
c'town, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: The clutch on my ma70
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Fri, 19 September 2003 00:23
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any trick to adjusting these?
my CMS was leaking into cabin so i rebuilt it. now a few months later its leaking into cabin again. The bore looked good when i rebuilt it too.
could a badly adjusted CMS leak into cabin?
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I supported Toymods
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I renounced punctuation
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: The clutch on my ma70
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Fri, 19 September 2003 00:27
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Nah, unlikely. It possibly had some minor pitting that might have gone unnoticed. Did you hone the bore before you rekitted it?
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Location:
c'town, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: The clutch on my ma70
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Fri, 19 September 2003 00:31
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hone is an affirmative.
i did notice one of the seals was damaged on the piston, when i replace the thing tomorrow ill see if the same seal is damaged again.
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I supported Toymods
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I renounced punctuation
Registered:
May 2002
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Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
April 2003
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Re: The clutch on my ma70
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Fri, 19 September 2003 02:09
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Mine was leaking inside the firewall a while back. I was lazy and went to repco and just whacked a new one in there... 
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Re: The clutch on my ma70
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Fri, 19 September 2003 02:36
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i have adjusted that thread.
Would you think for a new clutch it shoudl be wound all the way down or up ?? i wound my pedal down and it seemed better.
Matt
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I supported Toymods
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I renounced punctuation
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May 2002
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Re: The clutch on my ma70
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Fri, 19 September 2003 04:34
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That in cabin threaded rod simply adjusts how much free play the clutch pedal has. There should be 1-2 cm (or whatever the manual states) of free play at the pedal before the clutch starts to disengage.
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Location:
Brisbane
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November 2002
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Re: The clutch on my ma70
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Wed, 24 September 2003 12:41
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It is about now that I should be saying "I told you so" and you should be saying "thankyou"
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
June 2003
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Re: The clutch on my ma70
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Wed, 24 September 2003 23:13
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Yeah mate, I think so. I think my "new car" paranioa (sp???) got the best of me.
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