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Old 08-28-2007, 11:12 AM
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Default oh dear Mcleaky

I laughed out (mc)loud when I read this thread, yep Ive had McLeods finest(sic), resealed it, switched from DOT4 to DOT 3, resealed again, emailed McLeod numerous times, no answer, wrote a proper paper letter with a nice sticky stamp, even used american english (just in case) its clear by McLeods (total and utter lack of) response that they know the 'product' is not suited to purpose; that is unless your purpose is on a race or strip car that will have the engine gearbox pulled frequently and a reseal then is no real chore.
I gave up and put my Mcjunk in the bin marked 'dont ever use again', I was going to throw it in the river but felt sorry for the fish!!

Whatever you plan to do, build an external slave system; I was hindered by the spaceframe chassis on the car I had then (a RAM cobra replica), but got around it by using an external Wilwood pull cylinder slave; presto a leak free result (this was on an ED kitted 302 SBF with Tremec TR3550TKO and steel scattershield).

My opinion? The McLeod hydraulic bearing is expensive junk, I cant speak for other manufacturers throw out bearings, but the very fact that theyre installed inside the bell housing makes a reseal a gearbox out job, whereas an external slave cylinder reseal is a casual saturday morning walk in the park:-)

My experience from this side of the pond!!
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