Gear selection Issues

[Criterion9]

i have a Tamora which recently had gear selection issues- (couldn't find any gears after a few miles from cold).I had the Master Cylinder replaced and now its fine selecting 1-5th (1st is a little stiff), but it won't select Reverse (i get that horrible graunching of teeth sound).

I know from ownership that you should select 5th before reverse but this doesn't work.

What i'm doing now is selecting 1/2/3/4/5 and then again1/2/3/4/5 and then selecting reverse and it goes in with it's normal clunk

Any ideas of the problem?

Edited by Criterion9 on Wednesday 9th April 08:58

[s6boy]

Can't help with the cause of your selection problems, but I always go from third to reverse.

[Criterion9]

thanks

[Basil Brush]

How many miles on it and how old is your clutch?

Where is the clutch biting point from full travel? It could just need a small adjustment on the push rod or stop bolt if it's been set very close (as it should be) when the master was replaced.

Edited by Basil Brush on Wednesday 9th April 11:28

[Criterion9]

Tam has done 48000- No evidence of clutch change

Bite point seems normal, but ive only driven it 3 times since purchase!... perhaps i'll discuss with my mechanic to see if he's set the linkage correctly

[Basil Brush]

Not trying to be a doom monger but you may want to mentally prepare yourself just in case!
Hopefully it's something simple but if it is on it's original clutch at 48k miles then it's done very well. Lots don't get much past 25k with either fingers snapping or slave seals leaking. Mine was on it's third by 48k and selection problems in 1st and reverse getting worse as it warms up can be tell tale signs.

It should be set so it bites just off full travel, otherwise the extra travel stresses the release fingers and they snap.

[s6boy]

Reply shared this morning and the slave cylinder gives up on me this afternoon
Only my 2nd in 99500 miles so I suppose I can't complain.

[OchAye74]

Sorry if this is a rude question but how much is a new clutch (ballpark)? I’m not an owner yet but am trying to be eyes wide open about running a TVR. Is a clutch for a Chim roughly the same for a Tam?

[sixor8]

Much cheaper. With the slave cylinder being external to the bellhousing on the Rover V8 derived cars, it's a sub £200 fix including labour if you can't do it yourself. A full clutch kit varies depending on manufacturer but it is hundreds, not the £1k plus on others.

Not sure about a Tamora but a Cerbera clutch change with flywheel skim and new slave was almost £2k for me in 2019. It's nearly £3k now I'm told, the clutch kit being £1200 alone.

[OchAye74]

Cheers. So if I was to get a Tam or a Tuscan, averaging out costs, I’d need c. £1k a year for 6k & 12k servicing plus maybe 2-3k a year for other maintenance (to spread out the lumpy costs) and another 1k for tax & insurance? 😳