Interesting. You got yours to work with the long rod though? Mine works its
just that the clutch pedal is obnoxiously high.
I do remember that the short rod which got thrown away didn't snap and at first
I thought that was part of my problem.
Do you still have your short rod? Could I borrow it? It'd be MUCH easier to
make a short rod correctly the first time (its a PITA getting it in there) if I
had one to match it up to.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 16:55:00 -0600
From: Fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] '78 240D clutch rod
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> > Curt Raymond wrote:
> >
> > So my clutch rod plea just took a new turn. Rusty reports
> > 123 290 07 39 which is the '78 clutch rod is $215
> Mitch Haley wrote:
>
> The one you have is identical but longer?
> With a big ball on the cylinder end?
> What's on the pedal end?
I just did a clutch master cylinder swap... I'm not remembering
clearly which way mine ended up wrong. The pedal end of the
rods are identical - or at least interchangeable.
I just checked the removed one. It has a plain round end - no
ball. It does not attach to the piston - the rod just rests in
a depression. It came out of a late '80.
The replacement was from a late '81. Initially I left the rod on
the pedal arm - but the circuit would not bleed 'cause the long
rod prevented the piston from reaching the top if it's travel.
This replacement has a ball that "snaps" into the top of the
piston.
-- Philip
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