2.8 CONVERTABLE COMES HOME
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Hi all .Its home B989DOL .Is home after being trailered home from cornwall.Does any body know this car not been on the road for four years.I will get the car up on ramps tommorow.Ihave a friend who is very good with cars coming over to take a look.Clutch is as heavy as hell.i cant seem to find the gears do you think it is cable related,Needs a new cable any way .Is the cable a tvr part.Car was built in 85 is this a late car.Thanks for all your help .I welcome your thoughts......Cheers Mike from Exeter...... just rembered i think there is a panel missing from under the rear bumper where the exhauts exit.
on the early wedges the inner (steel) cable is fixed to the chassis in the footwhell and the pedal operates (pushs) on the outer sleeve!!!
very unusual construction, heavy in operation, unreliable as clutch cables often snap.
if its an 85 it wont be an early car mines an 83 and has notmal type clutch cable operation i think its actually mk4/5 cortina item as are most bits in and around wedges lol
very unusual construction, heavy in operation, unreliable as clutch cables often snap.
if its an 85 it wont be an early car mines an 83 and has notmal type clutch cable operation i think its actually mk4/5 cortina item as are most bits in and around wedges lol
On the VERY early wedges 
the clutch release was a coaxial hydraulic design that was bolted to the front wall of the gearbox and required the engine out of the way to access it!
In actual fact they last extremely well; my Tasmin had 90000+ miles on when I bought it and the clutch release was fine. I stripped it for the hell of it when I had the engine out and fitted a new O-ring, but there was no measurable wear on the moving parts (basically a piston that slid on the outside of the cylinder, if that makes sense!).
Similar systems were used by SAAB, amongst others, though I think the TVR one was made specially for the Tasmin.
the clutch release was a coaxial hydraulic design that was bolted to the front wall of the gearbox and required the engine out of the way to access it!In actual fact they last extremely well; my Tasmin had 90000+ miles on when I bought it and the clutch release was fine. I stripped it for the hell of it when I had the engine out and fitted a new O-ring, but there was no measurable wear on the moving parts (basically a piston that slid on the outside of the cylinder, if that makes sense!).
Similar systems were used by SAAB, amongst others, though I think the TVR one was made specially for the Tasmin.
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