Tamora awkward gear change

[leonstvr]

Hi, I wondered if I could prise some information from any Tamora owners or otherwise knowledgeable person..

Just recently my 9,000 miles (2005) Tamora is difficult to get gear selection in, through the gear knob... it seems to be getting ever so slightly more difficult to get in and out of gear, or down/up through the gears. The car only goes out once a month and is stored in a heated warehouse environment, could it just be lack of use, could it be low clutch fluid ? There is no evidence whatsoever the car leaks any fluids onto the floor.


regards
Leon

[shep1001]

leonstvr said:

Hi, I wondered if I could prise some information from any Tamora owners or otherwise knowledgeable person..

Just recently my 9,000 miles (2005) Tamora is difficult to get gear selection in, through the gear knob... it seems to be getting ever so slightly more difficult to get in and out of gear, or down/up through the gears. The car only goes out once a month and is stored in a heated warehouse environment, could it just be lack of use, could it be low clutch fluid ? There is no evidence whatsoever the car leaks any fluids onto the floor.


regards
Leon

Clutch and/or slave cylinder might be on its way out. The clutch shares its fluid with the brakes, look in the footwell behinf the pedals, you can see if it needs filling up.

Shep

[LaserTam]

Yep, clutch, I had the exact same symptoms...

[Barry Ashcroft]

Same here suspect some of the fingers have bent/snapped

[glow worm]

Clutch for me aswell...reverse became increasingly difficult, finally could get into 5th at all... mine at 15k miles

[madbadger]

Sounds like the clutch, but 9000 miles is very low?

I'm only on my 3rd. Would be number 8 ish if they only lasted that long.

[Diablos-666]

Getting mine into reverse canbe quite difficult when 1st starting up. Sonetimes taking a couple of attempts from 5th to get in.

Is this normal as the gearbox oil is still cold? All the other gears are fine.

[LeeT350c]

Might need bleading.

Also wind the stop in 5mm or so and see if that helps.

Cheers.

Lee

[L33]

Agree with Lee - it might need bleeding - a little bit of air in the system which compresses instead of the clutch fluid doing its stuff really makes the world of difference.

As Lee said above, there should be a bump stop on the back of your clutch pedal towards the top. if you wind it in a little to get more travel on the clutch does this make a difference?

9k miles does appear to be a very short life for a clutch. Has the car been driven hard with lots of spirited starts? If not, I'd doubt the clutch.

Master or slave cylinder could be a possibility - had mine replaced recently due to bore wear along with the clutch at 19k miles. Its not something I know a great deal about but no doubt someone else better informed will be along soon.

Good luck

Edited by L33 on Sunday 13th February 19:40

[Barry Ashcroft]

Mine's on it's 3rd the second one lasted 8k it's the luck of the draw, When removed the springs were collapsing and the plate was contaminated with copper slip from the previous garage who worked on it

[L33]

8k miles? Thats bad - surely down to poor workmanship thts caused premature failure?

[leonstvr]

Wow, thank you for those comprehensive list of possibilities. I would say reading the responses, that perhaps air or clutch / slave cylinder seals.... Regards L

[Zippee]

When you say it's difficult to get into gear, in what way do you mean? Just hard to push in or a feeling like its just not slotting in correctly (best description I can think of)? If the latter it may be worn synchros on the gearbox itself - something I currently have on mine and will soon be rectified with a gearbox rebuild.

[leonstvr]

Hard to push into and out of gear... rather than not slotting in ( i think)

[madbadger]

leonstvr said:

Hard to push into and out of gear... rather than not slotting in ( i think)

On all the gears equally, or mostly reverse / 5th?