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Old July 25th 05, 05:46 AM
Pars
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> >
> >
> >>BTW, there's brake fluid in the clutch hydraulics, oil in your tranny.
> >>Better hope there's no oil in your clutch... ;-)

> >
> >
> > Yep, they charged me about $6 for the brake oil.

>
> technically, it's not an oil for a honda, it's a glycol-ether. oils are
> used in a lot of hydraulic systems, but generally not for car
> braking/clutch systems & definitely not here. sorry, pedant city.
>


Ok, Fluid not oil. Once upon a time I used to know what all that meant...All
the Si-Fi Novels, bad action flicks and adrenalin pumping Xbox games has
rotten my brain. There very little stuff left over from my old chemistry
classes.

Pars

> > The tranny oil was more
> > expensive at $21 for 3 Litres.
> >
> >
> >>>would it be wise to also get a new clutch while their working on the

> >
> > clutch
> >
> >>>master cylinder?
> >>
> >>If whatever they're wanting to do the overhaul on involves removing the
> >>tranny, have them inspect the clutch for wear and decide then. Tegger's
> >>still on his original clutch at 400,000 km...

> >
> >
> > If I wasn't aggressive with the tranny, I'm sure the thing would

probably
> > would last forever. Considering that the engagement point for my clutch

has
> > gone all the way down to the floor and switching into first or reverse

is a
> > little tricky, something is not right. Also, the low engagement point

isn't
> > doing my tranny any good, since it's more difficult to go all the way

down
> > on the clutch when executing some fast shifting (which is a common
> > occurrence in my case).
> >
> > Pars
> >
> >

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