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Author: Subject: Did anyone get a Clutch m/c from Luego
Irony

posted on 18/11/11 at 02:12 PM Reply With Quote
Did anyone get a Clutch m/c from Luego

As some of you know I have a old luego viento V8 that I bought as a part build. I believe the original builder bought a 'comprehensive kit' from Luego maybe 5-6 years ago. I am struggling to identify the Clutch M/C. It's a Girling but I don't seem to be able to find out if the threads are M10 x 1 or 3/8 unf. I of course could go out and buy bolts and screw them in but I have been reliably informed that they will more or less screw into each other anyway but can fail under stress.

Did anyone buy a comprehensive kit form Luego around this time and have any info on this? I am leaning towards the imperial fittings myself.

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designer

posted on 18/11/11 at 02:42 PM Reply With Quote
Surely the master cylinder is an 'off the shelf' item, available from any factors, and I should doubt whether the thread is anything else but metric.

If they are imperial, it must be a very old piece of kit.

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Irony

posted on 18/11/11 at 03:01 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by designer
Surely the master cylinder is an 'off the shelf' item, available from any factors, and I should doubt whether the thread is anything else but metric.

If they are imperial, it must be a very old piece of kit.



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jollygreengiant

posted on 18/11/11 at 03:40 PM Reply With Quote
IF you are unsure, then my personal thoughts on it would be to go down to your local nut and bolt specialist and get them to assess it/them. Yes you are right about either going in, BUT, there will be a perceptable difference in the 'feel', 'tightness' and 'security' of the correct thread as it goes in, IF you can't feel the difference then your local quality bolt specialist will be able to feel the difference.





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Irony

posted on 18/11/11 at 03:50 PM Reply With Quote
I might do a bolt order from namrick or somewhere and get one of both and see which fits the best. Phoned the only local nut and bolt place and they don't stock M10x 1mm. We don't really have any 'local' specialist nut and bolts around here.
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Davg

posted on 18/11/11 at 03:55 PM Reply With Quote
Any local autoshop worth their salt should have pipe ends which I assume is what you are after. pennies for 1 for you to confirm thread size & go from there.





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daviep

posted on 18/11/11 at 04:12 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Irony
As some of you know I have a old luego viento V8 that I bought as a part build. I believe the original builder bought a 'comprehensive kit' from Luego maybe 5-6 years ago. I am struggling to identify the Clutch M/C. It's a Girling but I don't seem to be able to find out if the threads are M10 x 1 or 3/8 unf. I of course could go out and buy bolts and screw them in but I have been reliably informed that they will more or less screw into each other anyway but can fail under stress.

Did anyone buy a comprehensive kit form Luego around this time and have any info on this? I am leaning towards the imperial fittings myself.


How reliable is your source? 3/8" (9.4mm) is a good bit smaller than 10mm. Don't think you'll screw a 10mm male into a 3/8" female port.

Davie





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Irony

posted on 18/11/11 at 04:20 PM Reply With Quote
I would say that Russbost on here is 100% reliable.
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Cubby

posted on 18/11/11 at 05:00 PM Reply With Quote
Ok I dragged out the build manual given to me when I purchased my kit and it shows the m/c as having the feed in 7/16 UNF and the pressure side being 3/8 UNF
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daviep

posted on 18/11/11 at 05:04 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Irony
I would say that Russbost on here is 100% reliable.


Yep me too

However I still don't believe that a 10mm x1mm male will screw into a 3/8" unf female.

Davie





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Irony

posted on 18/11/11 at 05:05 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Cubby
Ok I dragged out the build manual given to me when I purchased my kit and it shows the m/c as having the feed in 7/16 UNF and the pressure side being 3/8 UNF


How interesting, the manual I have doesn't have this info! Cheers

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Paul (Notts)

posted on 18/11/11 at 07:09 PM Reply With Quote
Has the master cylinder still got plasict stoppers in the thread holes. IF so what colour as they are colour coded for the correct thread!!!!!!!!!!!!


Paul


YES they are....

Paul






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rusty nuts

posted on 18/11/11 at 08:37 PM Reply With Quote
No way will a 10mm pipe nut screw into a 3/8" UNF female thread, The only 3/8" pipe nuts on my car are the ones in the master cylinders
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daviep

posted on 18/11/11 at 08:49 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by rusty nuts
No way will a 10mm pipe nut screw into a 3/8" UNF female thread, The only 3/8" pipe nuts on my car are the ones in the master cylinders


Thank you rusty





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Irony

posted on 20/11/11 at 06:18 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Paul (Notts)
Has the master cylinder still got plasict stoppers in the thread holes. IF so what colour as they are colour coded for the correct thread!!!!!!!!!!!!


Paul


YES they are....

Paul



Oh I do have the plastic stoppers. They are yellow! What does this mean then?

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