[DeTomaso] Master clutch hydraulic cylinder in Phoenix

[Christopher Kimball]

Brian's is an aluminum CNC fro Dennis Quella.
Thanks, everyone, for helping out--with any luck we'll be in Chandler tomorrow late afternoon.
Sincerely,
Chris

> From: mbefthomas at comcast.net
> To: jb841 at cox.net; detomaso at poca.com
> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:32:21 -0700
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Master clutch hydraulic cylinder in Phoenix
> 
> It's a slave for a later car with a reduction kit, which Brian's is, I'm pretty sure.
> 
> I have a '74, #6328, and actually installed an early car master with the long throw.  I had won it at the Raffle, and not knowing which it was, tried to install it.  With the longer stroke, it ended up taking the reduction kit past the center point of the fulcrum, and the pedal wouldn't budge.  We were seriously scratching our heads until we realized what was up (that's when I ordered the other master).  What I ended up doing, instead of entirely removing the first master, I cut a pieces of 3/8' aluminum in the shape of the back of the master and effectively shimmed it out by that amount, cancelling the ill-effects of the longer strike.  Hasn't been an issue since.
> 
> Of course, you would not be able to make the opposite work with an early car, short master.
> 
> Mike T.
> 
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> Subject: [DeTomaso] Master clutch hydraulic cylinder in Phoenix
> 
> 
> I have a clutch master cylinder sitting on my bench, brand new.  I'll bring it with me in case nobody else arrives with one.  Now all we have to do is find the person with the 9" double jointed fingers to install it.
> 
> >>>What I (we) don’t know is if Brian’s car has the clutch pedal effort 
> >>>reduction kit installed.  This will
> dictate which pushrod is needed (long for no kit; short with kit).  If you “flat rate” the clutch master cyl change, pushrod length won’t matter, as the original push rod will be reused.
> 
> Also, I (we) don’t know if Brian’s clutch master cyl is an original type or an aftermarket, like a CNC.
> 
> I’m already in Chandler (arrived on Sat), but I won’t be checking in at WHP until tomorrow (Wed).
> I have a clutch master cyl (the “good” one), long and short pushrods, and a clutch slave cyl that I brought with me, “just in case”.
> 
> John
> 760  420  4036 
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