US 280 Clutch slave

[jeff m2]

Apart from finding a repair kit, which I may need to get from UK.

Any opinions on difficulty would be appreciated.
So if changing the rear calipers is a 10 and changing the battery is a 1

How do you rate it.

Any dos and don'ts would be helpful.

[phillpot]

jeff m2 said:

Apart from finding a repair kit

If it is anything like the set up on the later (V6 engined) S Series it's about a 2.5 but I wouldn't bother with seals, complete slave cylinder and be done with.

[jforrester42]

Jeff,
I ordered a repair kit from Bill at Dominion spares yesterday, expected delivery is Monday. From peaking under the car it looks like remove and replace is going to be fun! The comment about replacing the entire slave may be a good one.
John

[jeff m2]

Oh it's fun alright
If your exhaust is in the same place as mine, get your impact gun out, you are gonna need it.

I got a replacement slave for 60 Bucks from my local British car guy. He doesn't do TVRs, but at least he knows they exist
(OEM was 140, repair kit $11.)

[tvrmk363]

Hi guys,
The 280i clutch slave cyl is a TR7 unit. Available anywhere or like you found out from Dominion Spares in VA

Charlie

[RCK974X]

I seem to remember that the same clutch slave was used across quite a few Triumph and Leyland cars, and that it's also used in things like Triumph Saloons, TR5, TR6, TR7, Rover 3.5,

Could be wrong though, not sure.....

[adam quantrill]

I thought the 280 clutch was wire actuated? As it sounds like you have a hydraulic one you might like to look at my "thread" thread, where I am trying to fit a landrover one, and the missing link is that I need a matching union nut. Or adapter.

[RCK974X]

Adam, ... as far as I know ....

Some early 2.8 were hydraulic clutch activated, and then TVR went to the cable clutch. There was a reference somewhere (the TVR books ?) that some/many of the US export cars went back to hydraulic clutch. The odd pics I've seen of the slave cyl look just like the Triumph 6 cylinder one (as above) - I had a few of those cars.

Cable clutch - Mine is a cable clutch.

As in a few threads here the design mod that TVR did for the cable is truly AWFUL, they modded the clutch pedal so it pushes the outer sheath, and has a fixed inner, which is the opposite of the intended use (as in Cortina/Granny etc).

Because of the way TVR did this mod, the cable inner tends to wear/break quite quickly.

It's weird actually, because the mod they did on the Vixen S3 for cable clutch works beautifully, is amazingly simple, and should work for the wedge.... I'm thinking of doing my wedge this way

[jforrester42]

I will take a look at my TR6 to see if the slave is the same as the 280i. My understanding was TVR had to go to hydraulic on left side drive cars because the pedal pressure was to high with a cable. My Vixen S2 had a hydraulic system, worked great and made it simple when I did the 3.5 conversion. My wedge cylinder is indeed just above the exhaust pipe. The two bracket bolts look more accessible than the cylinder mount bolts, any chance the bracket and cylinder can be slipped out without removing the exhaust?
Just a thought,
John