Clutch master cylinder
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2020 6:51 pm
At the beginning of last week - I noticed it was becoming increasingly strange trying to get into reverse gear. It would go in, but felt strange and generally not solid as before.
A few more days of my commute passed and I noticed a few more times not being able to get into reverse, and once at a set of lights, being stuck in 5th with the clutch hard down. It was very strange, shifting through the gears was fine , it was obviously dragging very lightly, but enough to prevent smooth reverse selection.
With the help of an assistant (mrs scott560), I bled the clutch system to buy me some more time - worked a treat. The fluid was very black, despite having been changed not even 2 years ago id say. A few days later I'm back to the symptoms again. Stole the wifes car for a few days.
Since I used the car to commute - I went straight onto the ebay and interwebs to confirms the part numbers for slave and master, then find a seller with both in stock and get it ordered. I ordered both because rubber seals of this vintage, if 1 is going (master or slave), then the other generally isn't far behind. Makes sense to replace them both as a pair, then your only bleeding it through and testing it once, safe in the knowledge the other isn't going to give out soon. Work smarter not harder - especially when its dark/cold/rainy out!
In my case its the master cylinder, there is tell tale weeping coming out of the seal into the footwell.
Both items arrived today (from the same seller), lo and behold, the slave cylinder box is a bit grubby and opened , along with the plastic bag. It's the wrong slave cylinder in the correct box. FFS.
Luckily the master cylinder is correct, but I don't fancy doing the job twice, so have to wait and source another one now before I'll get started.
Not a terribly exciting story - but there are few posts these days so we need all we can get!
Cheers,
Scott
A few more days of my commute passed and I noticed a few more times not being able to get into reverse, and once at a set of lights, being stuck in 5th with the clutch hard down. It was very strange, shifting through the gears was fine , it was obviously dragging very lightly, but enough to prevent smooth reverse selection.
With the help of an assistant (mrs scott560), I bled the clutch system to buy me some more time - worked a treat. The fluid was very black, despite having been changed not even 2 years ago id say. A few days later I'm back to the symptoms again. Stole the wifes car for a few days.
Since I used the car to commute - I went straight onto the ebay and interwebs to confirms the part numbers for slave and master, then find a seller with both in stock and get it ordered. I ordered both because rubber seals of this vintage, if 1 is going (master or slave), then the other generally isn't far behind. Makes sense to replace them both as a pair, then your only bleeding it through and testing it once, safe in the knowledge the other isn't going to give out soon. Work smarter not harder - especially when its dark/cold/rainy out!
In my case its the master cylinder, there is tell tale weeping coming out of the seal into the footwell.
Both items arrived today (from the same seller), lo and behold, the slave cylinder box is a bit grubby and opened , along with the plastic bag. It's the wrong slave cylinder in the correct box. FFS.
Luckily the master cylinder is correct, but I don't fancy doing the job twice, so have to wait and source another one now before I'll get started.
Not a terribly exciting story - but there are few posts these days so we need all we can get!
Cheers,
Scott