Experience Dealership line mechanic on MG, Triumph, Jaguar for 15 years, Instructor in commercial mechanics school 2 yr. Product information manager for piston and valve manufacture, Instructor & hotline answer man for import car parts importer 15 yrs.
Organizations Associate member SAE
EAA member
Publications Import Car magazine
Education/Credentials ASE Master Auto with L-1 certification up to 2000
Question I am restoring a tr250 and bought new clutch master cylinder, slave cylinder and hosing. After hooking up and bleeding the system I am only getting approx. 0.39" travel and the clutch will not disengage. Is there a larger master cylinder or smaller slave that are available to rectify this?
Answer Hi Andrew,
Triumph on several models has designed their release system to be right on the edge of having enough travel and on several occasions I have had to do that on the TR-6 as one of the two master cylinders for the TR-6 is larger than the other. I don't presently have them and I don't remember which was larger the early or the later. If you have exhausted all other possible causes like air, worn linkage or thick carpet then you may be able to ask the parts suppliers like Moss Motors to give you the piston diameter of repair kits of several optional master cylinders. Many of them have the same bolt pattern and even the same line connection but I no longer have that info to tell you exactly which to use. As that was many years ago. At the time I did it I called and asked for the piston diameter in the repair kit of the two possible applications.
