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Martin:
Hi,

The clutch on my TD5 90 is too heavy for me - I've had a knee injury that I'm having trouble recovering from and whenever I drive the 90 it just makes my knee worse. At the moment I'm using the wife's car (the clutch on her Audi is just so light), but really want to be able to use the 90 everyday (especially before Nicky gets too attached to it!).

I'm thinking about putting a remote servo in line between the master and slave cylinders. I've seen these advertised new for around £80 (Lockheed LE72696), so should be able to do the whole job for less that a hundred notes. Has anyone experience of doing this and what are the possible pitfalls? I read on an AC Cobra forum of somebody who did this and if they were repeatedly on and off the clutch then the bite point moved around (something to do with master to servo or servo to slave cylinders being different sizes?).

Cheers,
Martin

Range Rover Blues:
Probably got more to do with the hydraulics pumping up but there is a tiny amount of lag when the servo valve is opening.  I'd say give it a try, for £80 it's a no-brainer.

Martin:
Thanks for the reply. I'll give it a go. Have now ordered the servo, hopefully will have it by the weekend.

LeanneNCharlie:
Have you done it yet? Has it made it any lighter?
I have a 90 and struggle with the clutch, and would love to make it lighter so I can drive it every day. Where did you get the kit from?

Disco-Ron:
The Landcruisers have a servo on the clutch as standard, BUT it's a small servo, i suspect that a 'brake' sized servo may be too much for a clutch, i watch with interest.

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