Clutch master cylinder

[wongthecorrupter]

Has anybody changed there own,how difficult a job and wheres the best place to get one from.
Cheers

[darkcat]

Yes did mine in december... its not "hard" but it put up a fight. got one off of ebay...

the main problems are getting the bolts out, as the bottom one is nearly impossible to access, and i also couldnt get the locking pin out of the fork that connects the rod end to the peddle.

put aside a DAY.



and "i feel your pain, bro"

[wongthecorrupter]

Did you have much trouble getting the correct master cylinder.Do you know if theres more than one fitment

[SantaPod]

Did mine last year, took the seat out to get better access to the bolts but its not that difficult a job.

[lestershaw]

Hi i had mine done 6 weeks ago, bought it from ebay from "Triumph-Recycler" £25 works perfectly. He has more and might give you £5 off if you send him a picture with it situ
Lester

[lestershaw]

Hi i had mine done 6 weeks ago, bought it from ebay from "Triumph-Recycler" £25 works perfectly. He has more and might give you £5 off if you send him a picture with it situ
Lester

[John042]

Hi, replaced mine a few weeks ago. Tried to use a Landrover one, same bore but different size pipe union. In the end bought a cylinder and pipe assembly from Racing Green at their price!! Bottom bolt is quite interesting, fitted a 'star washer and a jamed a screw driver under the head whilst tightening the stiff nut. Have fun John042.

[Monkey Boy]

Bought mine using the casting part number, discovered the pipe connection had been upsized and the push rod was a different length. Got a toolmaker to alter the thread and swapped the push rod with the old one. I think they reworked the component at TVR.

[constablergt]

Hi I just changed the seals using a new seal kit worked a treat (Girling 64066117 (seal kit SP2102) from merlin auto sports. Cheers, Rick.

[V8TVR1978]

I think Fubar has some experience in this department.
Will try to catch up with him and point him towards this thread.

[wongthecorrupter]

thanks for all your comments

[nawarne]

Simon,
As mentioned in thread, the union is peculiar to TVR - so if you go down the new master cylinder route, best get one from Clevor Trevor/TVR car parts....saves a lot of messing about!

When I had my Chim, I ensured the new flange was clean, then superglued the bolt heads onto the mounting flange. This enables you to locate the new cylinder through the bulkhead and pedal plate, and then screw the nuts & washers onto the protruding bolt threads in the footwell.

The final tighten is just about do-able with a ring spanner on the bottom bolt wedged into the glass fibre.

Nick

[wongthecorrupter]

nawarne said:

Simon,
As mentioned in thread, the union is peculiar to TVR - so if you go down the new master cylinder route, best get one from Clevor Trevor/TVR car parts....saves a lot of messing about!

When I had my Chim, I ensured the new flange was clean, then superglued the bolt heads onto the mounting flange. This enables you to locate the new cylinder through the bulkhead and pedal plate, and then screw the nuts & washers onto the protruding bolt threads in the footwell.

The final tighten is just about do-able with a ring spanner on the bottom bolt wedged into the glass fibre.

Nick

Thanks for the info

[Colin RedGriff]

I found it was possible to use a 1/4" socket and wrench on the bottom bolt then tie wrap it to the body of the cylinder to hold the bolt in place while I scrabbled around in the footwell.