How to Bleed MG Midget Clutch
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2023
- So, it's the job that everyone who owns a midget fears..... How to bleed your mg midget clutch! This has been quite a pig to be honest, however it has been made SO much easier using Peter Mays Remote Bleed kit that meant I could do everything from Margos engine bay! Thank goodness.
This job however, documents it's not always so easy using an easybleed kit, and that sometimes old school methods are the best way!
I did however need help from one legend of a man... Stay tuned to see.
PS - Apologies for the blasphemous remark later in the film, I was a little shocked at something!
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Everyone needs a Dave in their life. I've always used the two person method (!) and it has never let me down yet.
Teaches me not to try and cut corners !
What a fabby way to spend boxing day. Great info as always, and it's good to see DAVE, too. Can't wait for the next exciting episode of AMGA. Cheers.
Haha yeah cheers James. He's a legend
Jimmy , I sent you an email. Thanks again Andy.
Excellent job Andy! Thank you as always for your enjoyable and informative videos….very much appreciated! 😊
Pleasure treasure. The more serious jobs, the more serious I get. But there's always room for a giggle!
Cheers Andy great help . You have given me another job to do. Happy New Year
Haha. It's is a worthwhile job! Happy new year to you too
great video, can I just add having done quite a few of these, on occasion, the pressure in the line, whether pumping the pedal , Eezibleed or whatever, if the bleed nipple is not open enough the piston in the slave cylinder can move and air can stay in the cylinder, clamping the pushrod so it doesn't move usually cures this.
A good job jobbed is a good Dave Daved
I'm trying to convince him to do his own channel
"Time for a beer Andy" 👌🏻 well deserved!
Haha we did have one as well !
Brilliant. Dave is the man. Where does the clutch fluid pipe run on a right hand drive car? On the left hand drive cars, it runs from the master, up over along the top of the firewall then down to the slave, leaving a great big air bubble in that top hump along the firewall. How do you move the bite point higher? I'm not sure, but a shorter throw rod pushes the slave cylinder less distance, a longer throw rod pushes the slave cylinder more distance. Eh? Maybe? You didn't change the master, so the clutch pedal is traveling the same distance. If the new rod is shorter, then you need a longer rod. STORY OF MY LIFE.
We all need longer rods hahaha.
Mine bends straight out of the master in a u turn down the right wing and then straight down vertically to the slave from a pipe into a hose. There's still a kink mind !
@@AndysMGAdventures I also jammed a 1" inner diameter tube over the clutch master fill hole and then pour about a quart of brake fluid in it, then opened the bleeder and blew into the hose to force all that fluid down, to eliminate the huge bubble along the firewall. Not sure that finally got the bubbles out, or the ezbleed and a kid pumping the clutch pedal did it.
Jeez!
Yeah it's mad. I might give mine another bleed to be honest , not happy with the biting point!
I went to see the band Sparks last week in Glasgow. I was amazed to see that the support act was Andy Devine , singing and playing a banjolele. Great act.
You caught me out there bud. Keep schtum ok? 🤣
@@AndysMGAdventures All hail the chap.😀
Another great video Andy , thanks. I have now bled 2 clutches and also the brakes on my Midget using the Eezibleed thing. It did the job but I thought that the quality of the material was poor. Also changing the caps is not easy as the connection is very short. A mistake I made was putting in a new carpet with underfelt the day before I bled the clutch. I had good pressure at the pedal but was crunching the gears. Turned out I was not getting full pedal travel due to the carpet.
Oh man! The carpet was a culprit !!! Just shows how fickle these things can be !
Yup, changing caps would be much easier if the threads were longer. And I'm not overly impressed with materials either, mine leaks air at the bottle on the fluid-out side.
@@afhostie I had to bleed another clutch last week and the thread on the Eezibleed bottle was kaputt. Only used about 5 times. So I screwed the cap straight on to the DOT 4 bottle and no leaks. I will need to lengthen the inner tube though.
Happy new year Andy....I usually use the bottle "Dave" used..... or get the wife to pump the pedal 👍
It worked a treat it really did!
I think that is the easiest tool to use too
Thanks Andy. I have an American MG Midget and I don't like the way the clutch feels. I started out in 1969 with a 1957 MGA then inin 1971 I bought my '62 AH Sprite.Had several different MGB's since... I am now older than dirt (70) and gained many, many pounds and now after multiple strokes, learning to do everything again, I found I hate the thought of replacing my Clutch master and Slave Cylinder. I have the '75 Miget with the 1500 Spitfire engine and Morris Marina gearbox. I was an automobile mechanic for about ten years, but then went another direction after I turned 27. There is nobody that does service work on the Midgets here in Indiana. I even called an MG service not far from me only to find the mechanics wouldn't work on the Midgets and Sprites because the mechanics were all to big!!!! ARggggggg....So now I am faced with doing this myself. Now when I got the car I did many things to it. But I too have fears and must seek professional help to get over my fear of the MG Midget Clutch syndrome.....So thanks for these videos, I realize that your beauty is RH drive but I think the theories are still applicable. Years ago I heard of all of the different issues of bleeding them. My clutch works ok but like yours I don't like the feel, and It is difficult to get the darn thing into Reverse. I think doing a clutch master/slave replacement will help.. Well thanks again. Rick in Indy.
Hey Rick thanks so much for reaching out mate! What a journey you've been on with cars. Im kinda jealous !!! To be honest, I would say don't be worried about the clutch stuff , if I can do it you can do it!
Big love from over here in the UK
Thanks Andy, makes me feel almost capable of taking on these jobs... if only DAVE was available 😬. PS. Hair looked fine 👍
Hahaha. Thanks mate 👍🏻 I dunno I looked like a windswept chinchilla. Dave I'm trying to get him to do his own channel
Great video!
Cheers! Good old dave helping out again
Great video Andy👍🏼. Just a question, is it possible to alter whereabouts the clutch biting point is? Or as I suspect it’s just a little bit random?
Thanks
My understanding is if you change the length of the push rod you might be able to change the bite. I plan on doing this
Fab upload 👍 bleeding brakes next ?
Service next I reckon!!!
@@AndysMGAdventures yep, Gotta keep Margo lubricated😀
Hahaha. Ooo errr she loves it
Me again, I am really surprised that the Gunson did not get the air out, it was the life saver on my 1500 Midget.
I think the tyre pressure was too low!
@@AndysMGAdventures that’s a good shout, as your trying to push the oil up the extension as well.
Yeah exactly. Tonnes came out when dave pushed the pedal. But I think another proper crack at it. It'll be good. No need to jack the car up!
Great video as always 👍🏻. My Midget drivers door doesn’t shut just like yours doesn’t - perhaps you could fix it on a video and I’ll watch 😉.
Doors scare me 🤣
Andy, did you ever manage to resolve the problem with the clutch only just disengaging and at the bottom of its travel? I have a similar issue with a Mk4 Spite (1968) where I've already replaced both master and slave cylinders, which has been suitably bled. Perhaps a full change of clutch and thrust bearings may be needed.
Hi Mate, i take it you just simply leave the remote bleed kit in place ? do you then close the bleed nipple at the Cylinder or just leave it open and rely on the closed remote nipple?
Hey Carl. Nope remote stays there. And you rely on the closed nipple at the remote end !
Hey Andy, will you be attending the NEC show in March?
Word James. Probably not. I'm heading to goodwood revival this year though!
Nice
Is that your ZS on the drive? I have a 74 midget and a 72 ZS
Haha yeah it sure is. Went for the EV
Makes me wonder whether you could pump the clutch while using the ez bleed
I did in the end!
@@AndysMGAdventures did it do better than pumping the pedal with a check valve?
What's a check valve?
@@AndysMGAdventures 7:37 I guess we call them a check-valve in the states and you call them a one-way valve across the pond.
Ok, did a bunch of pumping while using the eezibleed. I've got a pedal now but like you it only disengages at the very end. Wondering if the motion of the pedal is knocking some of the air bubbles loose.