Zero f.. alfa

Repair kits suck, if cylinder is worn out it's done, no simple rubber rings repair will help.. This is what I experienced and had to throw repair cylinders away and buy new ones, both slave and master and it starter to work like charm! Car runs fine, no leaks or similar, happy there. My zero fucks alfa (under 500 euros car) project is basically over. I am not expecting this car to drive or look like new, my expectations are just have running car I could have fun with time to time. Maybe burn some tires while standing still, which appears to be not that easy from what I experienced last few days with it. Maybe I will throw this car back into scrap yard after some time I get bored - where this car belongs to be honest. Or invest few bucks over 500 and make it more like daily, cause engine looks happy one. To make it daily I need to fix wearied out spots of drive train, like few con rods and bushings and respray both bumpers, but really last thing to do if do.

Problem I bought car with was no clutch and later found out myself, broken gearbox by previous owner happily switching gears without clutch, strange people there are! First fixed the gearbox, by swapping with another used one. Working on things noticed leaky slave cylinder, installed repair kit seals. But that didn't fix clutch issue, which was that clutch was engaging at very bottom. And pedal feels was like there were some air in the lines. After several attempts to bleed the lines and several methods: pump air pressure through brake fluid reservoir sucking fluid out with special pump through slave bleed bolt pressing pedal, opening slave bleed blot, letting fluid out, closing bolt, repeating Decided to inspect master cylinder, also because fresh fluid got dirty almost instantly, which is a sign of wear out seals. After installing repair kit on master cylinder and cleaning cylinder itself and bleeding in several ways, got no positive change in clutch wo...

Because of target budget of 500 euros to make the car running on road, main parts I need to replace had to be bought from scrap yard. Found few cheap spots, got gearbox for 50euros, half done pressure plate for 10euros, and pretty good condition clutch disk for 15euros. Pretty good deal I would call. Inspected new/old gearbox, meaning opened the case, apart one strange thing it is in good condition, no metal shavings, no clear visual wear on gears or syncros. Strange thing was oil, in particular some of it was nasty gel, like slime kinds like playing with nowadays. Probably oil had never been changed, like 17 years, haha. Anyhow, good to go. Started assembly, which is 5 mins work, apart hour or so cleaning the case from outside. And believe me this is one of suckiest things. Cause you get dirty by oil and solvent you use, floor gets dirty, you have to breath smelly air front solvent evaporating. Anyhow, work done. Put the clutch on, put the gearbox on. Noticed that clutch slave c...