280i cable clutc to hydraulic conversion

[mrzigazaga]

Hi

Fed up with snapping clutch cables so have managed to locate a drawing for the clutch slave bracket fitted to the S series cars with the type 9 gearbox, there is a conversion kit available with the MC and SC and a mounting bulkhead bracket for £150, the master has a rose joint fitting that goes to the hole where the metal tube for the cable goes and the slave via the bracket pushes the fork..i was going to remove the pedal box while the dash is out but just sick of the cable crap design that snaps when you least need it to.

I will post up more details once fitted

Cheers

[Adrian@]

Mark, I have sent you a mail about the pedal box...before you modify it away from OE TVR. A@

[mrzigazaga]

Adrian@ said:

Mark, I have sent you a mail about the pedal box...before you modify it away from OE TVR. A@

Thanks..though having terouble accessing my email at present...

Cheers

[Adrian@]

I was asking IF you purchased a TR7 pedal box to modify (there is one on Ebay at 26.00 inc shipping ATM) and I would cover that cost and shipping of the OE TVR item to me (I have two other TR7 modified TVR pedal boxes as they used them from 79 to 85). I was curious to why your pedal box was an issue and what TVR did to modify it (there is an earlier Tasmin box too). A@

[mrzigazaga]

Adrian@ said:

I was asking IF you purchased a TR7 pedal box to modify (there is one on Ebay at 26.00 inc shipping ATM) and I would cover that cost and shipping of the OE TVR item to me (I have two other TR7 modified TVR pedal boxes as they used them from 79 to 85). I was curious to why your pedal box was an issue and what TVR did to modify it (there is an earlier Tasmin box too). A@

Hi Adrian

I would prefer not to remove the existing pedal box as the hydraulic conversion has a rose joint that fits into the hole where the metal tube fits so coupled with the easy installation of the slave cylinder bracket to the bell-housing it is a lot less hassle than removing the existing box to modify the radius of the cable anchor point, which i agree would be cheaper but has to be done correctly or not at all in reality...it is very kind of you to offer the covering of cost and spare boxes and i always appreciate your help my friend but i think i shall go the route in plan A, albeit at a cost ...I hope you can get to this years Wedgefest so i can buy you a pint or two...

Cheers

Mark

[Adrian@]

Mark, That is cool...I will try my best to get to the Fest.
A@

[mrzigazaga]

Adrian@ said:

Mark, That is cool...I will try my best to get to the Fest.
A@

Cool...that would be great

Here is a picture of the radius, as you can see it has a wear mark in it that effects where the cable lies, i did clean up the edges that were fairly rough and the cable sits better as in 2nd pic, still...there is no telling when the cable will eventually snap again...

Old cable, already damaged:


New cable: fully depressed pedal.

[De Tomaso]

Adrian,

I've sent you a pm e-mail to pick your brains.

Tnx

Phil
420 SEAC

[madformotors]

Hi Mark, I did this conversion years ago, the gearbox bracket came with the car when I bought it (the vendor did say that this was like hens teeth) . I used a Land Rover MC and Sc (really cheap) and a clevis type rod to go from the pedal to the Mc - no rose joint needed. The reason I mention this is that I'm thinking of getting a tasmin again but I hate the cable clutch and would change it. So...have you details of this £150 conversion kit? Also, is the gearbox/slave cylinder bracket the same as a S series tvr with T9 gearbox?
Regards, Ian

[mrzigazaga]

madformotors said:

Hi Mark, I did this conversion years ago, the gearbox bracket came with the car when I bought it (the vendor did say that this was like hens teeth) . I used a Land Rover MC and Sc (really cheap) and a clevis type rod to go from the pedal to the Mc - no rose joint needed. The reason I mention this is that I'm thinking of getting a tasmin again but I hate the cable clutch and would change it. So...have you details of this £150 conversion kit? Also, is the gearbox/slave cylinder bracket the same as a S series tvr with T9 gearbox?
Regards, Ian

Hi Ian

Yeah the bracket is the same as the S series and i have a type 9 gear box fitted..I thought £150 was expensive but it is the master cylinder, slave cylinder and bulkhead bracket..it comes with a rose joint on the MC end which i guess will make it slightly easier to install, I am lucky to have friends who can make the bracket from a pdf to scale drawing and the acorn on the end of the slave rod that goes to the fork, there is a mod to the radius that stops cables from snapping but i decided to not remove the pedal box, although £150 sounds expensive 2 x snapped cables is around £130, no brainer for me... i shall be ordering the kit once the bracket has been made and i will post up the results...

Cheers

[madformotors]

Hi Mark, many thanks for the info, hope the install goes smoothly, look forward to hearing how it all goes. Cheers, Ian