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az76mgb dan k west, USA	Posted: February 25, 2012 08:39PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 25

76 mgb does not want to go into gear, sat for 20 years. Is it clutch or slave cylinder?

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Re: clutch #2
9146 rick dentel yardley, pa, USA 1970 Porsche 914 1978 MG MGB 2002 Mini Cooper	Posted: February 25, 2012 08:41PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 1,358

Sounds like the disc is rusted to the splines. Do you see the slave move the arm?

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Re: clutch #3
kuz1 Keith Kuzma Prattville,Alabama, USA 1971 MG MGB 1980 MG MGB Limited Edition (LE)	Posted: February 25, 2012 08:43PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 2,724

a little better description might help. hows the clutch pedal feel? does the transmission shift if the engine is off? if you put it in gear and turn the key (hold th break tight)does the motor spin ?
have you done any work on any of the clutch components?

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Re: clutch #4
az76mgb dan k west, USA	Posted: February 25, 2012 08:43PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 25

Where is the slave, on the transmission. Rookie.

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Re: clutch #5
az76mgb dan k west, USA	Posted: February 25, 2012 08:45PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 25

Goes into gear with engine off, seems to work transmission.

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Re: clutch #6
kuz1 Keith Kuzma Prattville,Alabama, USA 1971 MG MGB 1980 MG MGB Limited Edition (LE)	Posted: February 25, 2012 08:48PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 2,724

the slave is near the starter, what kind of peddle pressure , any fluid in master, ?

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Re: clutch #7
az76mgb dan k west, USA	Posted: February 25, 2012 08:52PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 25

Peddle is good, plenty of fluid.

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Re: clutch #8
kuz1 Keith Kuzma Prattville,Alabama, USA 1971 MG MGB 1980 MG MGB Limited Edition (LE)	Posted: February 25, 2012 08:55PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 2,724

since you didnt know where the slave was ,i guess the clutch hasnt been bled by uou. did you do anything to the clutch system?

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Re: clutch #9
az76mgb dan k west, USA	Posted: February 25, 2012 09:01PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 25

Have not done anything to clutch, owner told me was parked due to bad clutch.

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Re: clutch #10
kuz1 Keith Kuzma Prattville,Alabama, USA 1971 MG MGB 1980 MG MGB Limited Edition (LE)	Posted: February 25, 2012 09:05PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 2,724

i would buy a clutch master, slave , and hose , and start there. even if the clutch itself is bad , youll need these parts.

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Re: clutch #11
29desoto Wayne Sanders Outside Otis, OR - in the woods!, USA 1965 MG MGB V6 Conversion "Tubby" 1977 MG MGB "Ole Yeller" 1979 MG MGB "Kermit" 1984 Chevrolet Corvette "The Green Weenie" 1994 Chevrolet S10 "Lil Red"	Posted: February 25, 2012 09:34PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 6,026

Keith's on the right track. And don't do it one piece at a time, it will drive you crazy.

Ask me how I know. (I hate that saying!)

Wayne Sanders
Rose Lodge, OR

"I don't care to belong to any club that accepts people like me"-joined Willamette Valley Club in 2011

77 MGB - Four tone paint - some kind of electronic ignition - hood props - cheap tires - new springs all around - mixture of poly and rubber bushings - original exhaust - fuzzy seatcovers - stereo out of old F150 pickup - virtually no rust - right front wrecked and semi well repaired - just about right for me!

78 MGB - Done right by a good PO, and I only bought it. Tell Jim how nice it is. But I did put in a Datsun 5 speed.

79/65 MGB - Tubby - Carmine Red - V-6 - T-5
Going to do this one more right, less rat rod!

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Re: clutch #12
Basil Adams About 12 miles from Sears Point, USA	Posted: February 26, 2012 12:02AM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 5,976

Look at the push rod on the slave cylinder (mounted to the transmission housing near the passenger foot well) and have someone step on the clutch. If the push rod on the slave moves about 3/8 of an inch, it';s not hydraulic. If the prior owner said it was parked because it needed a clutch, it probably didn't heal while it was sitting. Be prepared to replace the clutch. I'll send you a PM. It's not a huge job but it can be daunting for a newbie. We're all here to help smiling smiley

. Basil 707.762.0974 basiladams@yahoo.com

Basil C. Adams
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1959 MGA Coupe (unrestored)
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A coupla late MGBs
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Re: clutch #13
tomkatb Larry Baygents Dayton, Ohio, USA 1963 MG MGB	Posted: February 26, 2012 10:48AM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 3,371

Listen to Basil.

Generally if it does not go into gear checking the hydraulics is step one. How the pedal feels means little. Bad hydraulics often do not leak.

There are a large number of owners that are, well, uninformed.

I bought a 63 with a starter jammed in the flywheel for 5 years. Owner was, clueless.

L.W.(Larry)Baygents
63B
77 Spit

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