stan's 240D

stan

Holset

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04-01-2014, 04:34 AM #213

pelican order wasn't ready for today, so tonight i went ahead and got the clutch slave cylinder and clutch master cylinder removed to make tomorrow easier. the master cylinder was kind of a pain but luckily i'm flexible and managed to pull everything without too much issue. didn't even have to remove the driver's seat! the line feeding into the slave cylinder was the biggest chore of that whole thing.

also took the opportunity to go ahead and do a valve adjustment. my DIY valve wrenches worked great, and the job was quite pleasant.

Valves measured as follows before my adjustments (number corresponding to cylinder, letter for intake/exhaust)

(radiator)
E1 - 0.25mm
I1 - 0.10mm (but very tight, adjusted this)
I2 - 0.10mm
E2 - 0.30mm
E3 - 0.30mm
I3 - 0.15mm (very tight)
I4 - 0.10mm
E4 - 0.25mm
(firewall)

got everything adjusted as finely as possible. set clearances so a size up (0.15mm and 0.35mm respectively) would not fit, but spec size fit without excessive scraping. adjusted to spec listed on rad support - 0.10mm intake, 0.30mm exhaust.

need to go get some wave washers as the ones i have are too small, so the valve cover is sitting in place with the old gasket until tomorrow.

for my records: odometer reading is 233,736

(03-31-2014, 09:57 AM)JB3 ...It will save you some time doing both at once, but bench bleed the master first....

when you say bench bleed the master - any specific procedure for that? i have the old master out and i can't really picture how best to do that.

(03-31-2014, 09:57 AM)JB3 The bleeding from the brake caliper never works consistently. Thats a factory procedure written down by a bunch of clever Germans in a clean room 30 years ago. bleed the clutch with a mity-vac, dont bother with the brake bleed. IF it works, the brake bleed method only takes about 20 to 30 slow brake pumps to bleed the clutch hydraulics, if its more than that and you dont have a pedal yet, abort the method and do something else.

why mity-vac? i was going to go with the oiler can method (push fluid up from the slave bleeder) i've seen a few people mention. any reason to use a mity-vac instead?

(03-31-2014, 09:57 AM)JB3 funny date story! Shes game for another date after that, that makes her all right in my book.

I once picked up a girl on a date in an old crappy lebaron, and I was going to be all kinds of cool and show off my power convertible top to the lucky lady. Hit the button, and the rear window (glass in those cars) torqued somehow, and exploded like a grenade, covering both of us in safety glass. Then it got really fucking cold later in the night and she didn't have a jacket. That was it for that girl, she had enough.
this one is still talking to you, so you are still in the game!

yeah she seems like a cool one, hopefully we don't have any more breakdowns to push my luck. that'd just be horrible if the car decided to pull another stunt on the second date LOL Tongue

bummer about your exploding glass story

This post was last modified: 04-01-2014, 04:57 AM by stan.