MonkeyTS
New member
- Location
- Cheshire United Kingdom
I thought I'd share this with you all, to seek your expertise on how to recover the situation or in case someone has a spare one they would be happy to part with, if it's not easily feasible to fix?
In my pursuit to in seize the clutch plates on my Mirage TS yesterday, which incidentally was successful
, with some help from old mate of mine, I thought it would also be beneficial to replace the clutch fluid, which had not been changed for many years.. So breifly, with the old fluid in, post the plates re fitted, all was good. Clutch was back in action. The major problem became when the bleed nipple came adrift from the engine case itself! See images. There must of been a very old historical crack where the nipple screwed in, as when the alloy section came adrift, you could see the fresh break, along with the dark old break. Plus it was badly cross threaded. Anyway what is done is done, past or present. Here I am one step closer, but now one step back, with this tricky situation. So what to do? How it can be repaired, recoiled, then the reprofiled so the nipple, fits & works, is this possible? Has it been done successfully before? A replacement case and new bleed nipple, would be the obvious solution, but I'm sure theses are either unobtanium or if so incredibly expensive? Has anyone had the same situation / experience? I'm kicking myself, why didn't I just leave the be the old fluid in, as it worked. Anyway all positive help & advice would be appreciated. Richard
In my pursuit to in seize the clutch plates on my Mirage TS yesterday, which incidentally was successful
, with some help from old mate of mine, I thought it would also be beneficial to replace the clutch fluid, which had not been changed for many years.. So breifly, with the old fluid in, post the plates re fitted, all was good. Clutch was back in action. The major problem became when the bleed nipple came adrift from the engine case itself! See images. There must of been a very old historical crack where the nipple screwed in, as when the alloy section came adrift, you could see the fresh break, along with the dark old break. Plus it was badly cross threaded. Anyway what is done is done, past or present. Here I am one step closer, but now one step back, with this tricky situation. So what to do? How it can be repaired, recoiled, then the reprofiled so the nipple, fits & works, is this possible? Has it been done successfully before? A replacement case and new bleed nipple, would be the obvious solution, but I'm sure theses are either unobtanium or if so incredibly expensive? Has anyone had the same situation / experience? I'm kicking myself, why didn't I just leave the be the old fluid in, as it worked. Anyway all positive help & advice would be appreciated. Richard
Then Keith from Laverdascotia said try the APLockeed bellows, as they may fit. Long story cut short. When I called Andover Norton, to enquire about the APLockeed bellows suitability in the Brembo master cylinder, I was told they actually have new old stock of the super rare PS15 Bellow kit carried over from the days of the old Rotary Norton's in the early eighties. Happy days. 
. I Just need to purchase some 20w50w oil & gasket sealant & I should be ready to recommence the reassembly. 
