Tuscan Clutch Problems
Discussion
I had the same problem and it was the slave cylinder, on the Tuscan they have to take the gearbox out to get to it so unfortunately not a small job! I was relieved of 2k when I did mine but I also replaced the clutch and flywheel when it was done as they were on their last legs anyway.
probably not what you wanted to hear...........sorry.
probably not what you wanted to hear...........sorry.
My clutch lost it's fluid at BNG in Sept. Luckilliy Track V Road were there. Diagnosis was slave cylinder seals gone, fluid all over floor under car. Result, new slave cylinder, and complete clutch as gear box has to be removed to fix slave cylinder. Clutch probably had enough for 5000mls+ but after 30000 mls it was due anyway.
Oil on the floor coming from the bell housing
cant remember who but there are modified slave cylinders out there,
not a hard DIY job about on par with a sierra. 3 hrs?
Any backstreet garage should be able to remove box and change slave cyl, Simples
shouldn't be more than £100 labour
Worth checking clutch plate while box is off and changing box oil
Doubt you'll get away with topping up, the tolerance between the slave cyl and piston is bad and it courses the piston to twist and take the edge off the square section o ring seals,
When its gone its gone !!
cant remember who but there are modified slave cylinders out there,
not a hard DIY job about on par with a sierra. 3 hrs?
Any backstreet garage should be able to remove box and change slave cyl, Simples
shouldn't be more than £100 labour
Worth checking clutch plate while box is off and changing box oil
Doubt you'll get away with topping up, the tolerance between the slave cyl and piston is bad and it courses the piston to twist and take the edge off the square section o ring seals,
When its gone its gone !!
colinrob said:
bloody hell brought the car in March already have had an engine rebuild now seems like gearbox out job starting to lose all faith in TVR 's most expensive 3500 miles I have done never had these probs with the Chim
Why are you suprised? These are well known, well documented and common problems with early Tuscans.you just got to look at the pages of posts, vast majority are negative. verry verry few posative posts on this and other TVR forums.
However TVRs do make a nice garden orneyment.
A warm garage and a tinkering intrest are an advantage,and a few bob for a rainy day.
On the pluss side they can be sorted cheap and do give miles of smiles for your dosh.
Cheap.
performance.
reliability.
You can only have a combination of any 2
However TVRs do make a nice garden orneyment.
A warm garage and a tinkering intrest are an advantage,and a few bob for a rainy day.
On the pluss side they can be sorted cheap and do give miles of smiles for your dosh.
Cheap.
performance.
reliability.
You can only have a combination of any 2
You can buy uprated slave cylinders which should give trouble free running for a long time. You could rebuild the slave with new seals but won't last that long as where the seals have gone there will be scoring.
The engine rebuild issue is well known and well documented as is the slave cylinder and limited lifespan of original clutch due to weak finger design. You take all this into account when buying a car hence why you check service history and see if things like these have been done yet and take into consideration with the mileage whether you will need to do it in the next year or two.
I recently had my clutch replaced with an uprated unit and RaceProved slave cylinder and it was a little under £1200.
Sounds like you've had a bad year with mechanical issues but once they're all done it should be as trouble free as possible.
The engine rebuild issue is well known and well documented as is the slave cylinder and limited lifespan of original clutch due to weak finger design. You take all this into account when buying a car hence why you check service history and see if things like these have been done yet and take into consideration with the mileage whether you will need to do it in the next year or two.
I recently had my clutch replaced with an uprated unit and RaceProved slave cylinder and it was a little under £1200.
Sounds like you've had a bad year with mechanical issues but once they're all done it should be as trouble free as possible.
Yes before I purchased found the car had an engine rebuild in 2006 and a very good service history about a month after purchase had a bad rattling from the engine turned out to be a sheared head bolt, bolt still in the head, head of bolt in sump so not the usual documented problem just bloody unlucky
dvs_dave said:
colinrob said:
bloody hell brought the car in March already have had an engine rebuild now seems like gearbox out job starting to lose all faith in TVR 's most expensive 3500 miles I have done never had these probs with the Chim
Why are you suprised? These are well known, well documented and common problems with early Tuscans.magpie21 said:
I was relieved of 2k when I did mine....
How much? 
I've just removed a perfectly good clutch from mine (upgrade) and replaced the master cylinder for a lot less than that.
Which reminds me, must pop an ad for them in Classifieds.
Edited by Flintstone on Tuesday 28th September 21:03
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