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Gary:
Hi

I have a problem with my clutch..........loosing the pedal and not able to change gear until the clutch has been pumped up.............not funny when in traffic, I can tell you  :shock:

does this sound like the slave cylinder going down ?  :roll:

if so, how difficult is it to change, any pitfalls i should look out for ?

I did change the fluid tonight as I don't have a replacement part yet...................I found that the master cylinder had a black sludge in it once I had drained the original fluid.........I obviously thoroughly cleaned this out and drained through quite alot of new fluid to try and flush the system out as best as possible.

What causes the black sludge?  :roll:

Any info will be appreciated  :wink:

Regards, gary  :)

hobbit:
If like the disco it has a damper unit in line, sometimes that can cause problems, ask wanderer. Check around to see if there is any leakage, also if you have a wading plug in the bell housing, pop it and have a look there sometimes the slave can leak inwards

Bob696:
I had a similar problem. If the clutch was held down for a long time then the 'bite point' was creeping towards the floor. No signs of leakage anywhere.

Turns out the cllutch piston seal was leaking but other seals (dust cap?) was stopping any exterior leaking. Pump the peddle a few times and all the fluid went back to where it was supposed to be.

New master cylinder from Paddocks was £12.

davidlandy:
I had a similar problem and it turned out to be the slave cylinder

if you are loosing fluid from the master cylinder it tends to leak down the pedal so you can see it. if its the slave cylinder it leaks from the wading plug hole, but on mine it took a fair amount of time before you could see where the fluid was going.

Gary:
Hi Kev, Bob & David

Thankyou for your speedy replies  :wink:


this is a little [!Expletive Deleted!] of a problem because nothing is obvious......  :?

No obvious leaking that I can see

The Master Cylinder was not low when inspected

No fluid has crept down the foot pedal

I seem to have 2 wading plugs in my bell housing, they are similar to the drain plugs in the diff casings (ie. 1/2" square drive recessed plugs)
I have had both these plugs out and they were dry as a bone

I don't think there is an inline damper but I might be wrong, where abouts would that be situated and what would it look like?

Please excuse me if I ask what seems to be obvious questions, I'm not a natural mechanic but I want to learn as much as possible.

When you change the slave cylinder, is there an awkard clip assembly that I have to be carefull of. I'm sure I have read somewhere but can't remember exactly what it is. If you get something wrong it can be a git and could cause me to loose something in the bell housing?

This problem has been getting slowly worse over time but the pedal failure is intermittent. I changed the fluid because it has never been changed from new. The pedal seems a little more stiff like it use to be but I'm sure the bite point is lower than it use to be.......I'm sure one of the cylinders is going down.

I'm going to order both Master and Slave Cylinder replacements but not sure which one to change first  :roll:
Whatever I don't use will go into my spares package

Any info will gratefully received.

Kind Regards, gary

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