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Clutch problems

noquarternoquarterMember
Help me out, I've driven automatic trans cars all my life. The clutch on my Pantera (red housing, 1 year old) has worked well until today. After a long trip, I found it was not easy to get into Reverse without grinding teeth, and when accelerating hard, it was difficult to get out of 2nd. I helped if I pressed the clutch pedal through the carpet... So I imagined the clutch was not fully disengaging. When I got home I looked in the back. The cylinder was leaking slightly, the rubber boot has a hole on the lower part. But I tested how much it was leaking by keeping the clutch pressed down for an hour, the clutch arm didn't move so I could measure a change, so the leak is insignificant? I've bleeded the system some months ago.

Questions:
1. Is my cylinder broken so I need a new or is it OK if it can keep pressure for hours?
2. If broken, can I get a repair kit, or do I need a new cylinder? Where can I purchase?
3. On the original issue, how do I adjust the clutch. I have all the technical books, and they seem to say different things. Is there adjustment to be done at the pedal or only in the back and how?

As you can see clutch work is new to me, please help.
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noquarternoquarterMember
While waiting for your advice, I read up on past input. Two things:
1. If I can get 0.040" freeplay, then I don't need a long throw slave, right? I'd really hate if the clutch got any harder, my left leg is not 100% good.
2. I've read the manuals and the postings and http://www.panteraplace.com/page124.htm, but I still don't understand how I adjust it. Is there adjustment at the pedal? The thing with the eye in the slave, should I take that out of the slave and adjust to what, 3"? And finally what do I adjust with the thin bolt on the slave. Mine doesn't touch anything when pedal is released.

By the way my slave bracket looks welded together by someone not very professional, is that original? Or has someone just done their best instead of using the right bracket?
A Astephens (Guest)
Mikael,
It sounds to me like you need a new slave cylinder. All the vendors should have them. In the Pantera, you should be pushing the clutch pedal all the way to the floor when shifting. You should be able to find more information in the Detomaso mailing list archives at [URL=http://realbig.com/detomaso]

Art
noquarternoquarterMember
Just found out I have liquids under my carpet on drivers side. I've seen a little before, thought it was coolant, tightened some hoses. But I guess it could also be brake fluid, perhaps from clutch master?
How do I proceed? In the front compartment, I see no leaks, I see a "brake"line going into the floor. But looking from the pedal compartment, I don't see any lines entering, where does it go? And if the master was leaking, where would I see that?
This is getting more and more complicated Red Face

Maybe I should just buy a complete master/slave/lines set and get it updated once and for all? I just don't want the clutch pedal to be harder to press...
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