clutch to the floor - 1970 tuscan

[obiwonkeyblokey]

Jumped inthe tuscan last night to take it for a spin to find the clutch going straight to the floor. I assumed a broken clutch cable however i now understand this model to have a hydraulic clutch. Any ideas on initial places to look or should I get someone out to have a butchers.

thanks

>> Edited by obiwonkeyblokey on Friday 5th May 11:30

[stigproducts]

Is there a pool of clutch fluid under the car?


If it's like M series models with Overdrive then the pipe is likely to be a plastic tube type thing. I might have "popped" off one of the cylinders. Have a look. If it's broke then go for a s/s braided replacement, someone like AV can custom make them for you if you send him the bits for a pattern.

Otherwise likely to be failed cylinder at one end. That shouldn't be too hard to sort out.

Only other reason thing I think of is something nasty inside the bellhousing........

[ATE399J]

V6 Tuscan has a hydraulically actuated clutch. The master cylinder is (funnily enough) next to the brake master. First thing is to see if there's any fluid in the reservoir - from what you say it may well be empty. The master is connected to the slave (on mine anyway) by a solid pipe that is of the same type as the brake lines. The slave cylinder is on the driver's side (UK car) mounted on the front face of the bell housing with the baulk of it next to the engine block. Both the feed and bleed are at the "radiator end" of the unit (rather than the "gearbox end" ). The unit is held in place by a large circlip under the rubber boot ("gearbox end" ) and is a Ford Zodiac Mk IV part. If it's suddenly started to leak (when did you last check it?) then I would suggest that seals at one end or the other have failed. I've never been able to get the slave unit out of mine so good luck!

>> Edited by ATE399J on Friday 5th May 13:30

>> Edited by ATE399J on Friday 5th May 13:30

[obiwonkeyblokey]

sure enough it was the master cylinder. all fixed now though.

thanks

[Nick_F]

It's worth giving the slave cylinder a squirt of WD40 or somesuch where it fits through the ring in the bellhousing whenever you have to open the bonnet. That way it won't corrode itself solid in the mounting.

Sooner or later you'll need to rebuild it, and if you can't get it out you'll need to pull the engine & box...

[TimmyArt]

obiwonkeyblokey - Your in my area! Never seen your Tuscan though - sadly. Would love one myself but finding one is not the easiest task lucky you..!