Floppy pedal

[MethylatedSpirit]

Clutch pedal floppy... Bite right at floor... making strange clicking noises

Looked round the master cylinder and pedal box and no traces of oil to be found.



Looks like i'm replacing the slave cylinder. I'm too busy with exams right now so will probuably have to put it into a garage.

[KKson]

To change the slave cylinder shouldn't take more than 40 minutes including bleeding. Plastic bag under the master cylinder cap, one connection on the pipe, two holding it in, pull it out, change over the push rod on to the new one (if it doesn't come with it), bolt it in, connect the pipe and bleed it through. Simples.

[adam quantrill]

I would hope the push rod stays with the clutch arm or there will be trouble!

Agreed it's a half-hour to 40 minute job. I took a bit longer because I made a pipe adapter from the TVR thread to the bog standard but strange LR one so I can use the cheap Britpart slave cylinders.

[MethylatedSpirit]

It's an easy enough job. Done it before on other cars.

By the time I wait for delivery, complete 1 hour round trip to get brake fluid (Live on loch lomond), get changed into old clothes, change the part over, bleed the brakes and get cleaned up afterwords... takes more than 40 minutes. And then the (albeit small) risk of something going wrong and having an immobile car. The time spent could be the difference between a first class degree and a 2nd class.

My trusted garage is next to the university, so I'll just dump it there while I'm at Tuesday lecture and pick it up once I'm done.

[KKson]

How times change. When I was at Poly my mean motor was a Morris 1000, it did have a Mini Cooper head, cam and massive 1 1/4" twin SU carbs. Pass the Zimmer frame love.

[MethylatedSpirit]

Most of my friends study motor-sport engineering and have equally "exotic" cars. My maths lecturer calls us the "v8 appreciation society"

Our ID cards are inspected every day at the car park. Everyone else gets waved in!

[Wedg1e]

MethylatedSpirit said:

It's an easy enough job. Done it before on other cars.

By the time I wait for delivery, complete 1 hour round trip to get brake fluid (Live on loch lomond), get changed into old clothes, change the part over, bleed the brakes and get cleaned up afterwords... takes more than 40 minutes.

If you're replacing the clutch slave cylinder I wouldn't bother bleeding the brakes

[MethylatedSpirit]

Wedg1e said:

MethylatedSpirit said:

It's an easy enough job. Done it before on other cars.

By the time I wait for delivery, complete 1 hour round trip to get brake fluid (Live on loch lomond), get changed into old clothes, change the part over, bleed the brakes and get cleaned up afterwords... takes more than 40 minutes.

If you're replacing the clutch slave cylinder I wouldn't bother bleeding the brakes

CLUTCH. See what all this studying does to you. Makes you go bloody bonkers

[adam quantrill]

Hmm - I think you've been drinking it.... ;^)