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[binge]

Ok, I drove my car to work today, left it all day. Came out after work and the clutch was completely shagged. :saywhat:

I managed to get it into first, but had to burry the pedal into the carpet. There is nothing in the clutch at all until its about 1cm from the floor. I can push the pedal down with very little force (Unlike it is normally).

Basically the bite is right at the floor now, At one point there was no bite, And I pumped the clutch, Got a bit out of it.

Any ideas?


<|Ben|>

[Guess-Works.com]

Bleed the clutch through, and look for leaks...

[Jammy]

Bleed the system through, sounds like you have a leak somewhere if you had a clutch this morning and haven't got one after work.

[AlexM]

the same thing happened to me today!!!

[binge]

where is the bleed nipple?

[Jammy]

On the slave end of the slave cylinder, the thing we told you about last week when you were having problems with your clutch! :tongue:

Will be clearly shown in your Haynes.

[1984mini25]

the same thing happened to me today!!!

Me too

Bleed the system through, sounds like you have a leak somewhere

I've tried this, Worked fine for a day
Now the pedal is the same as it was to start with, Fcuked

I can't find any leaks
the Slave cylinder was changed a few months back

What next?

[minidaves]

clutch master cylinder

dave

[minimole]

try another slave cylinder it is not uncommon to get new parts that are fualty.

[1984mini25]

try another slave cylinder it is not uncommon to get new parts that are fualty.

It was canged by last owner 9 months ago and done 3.5k since
By a rover dealer


Was replaced with a genuine rover short arm verto slave cylinder


Pedal feels fine but it grinds when u try to select gears especially reverse
didn't do this, this morning

Have tryed to re-blead 2night in the dark, still no joy

[binge]

I sorted mine the night it went shitty.
Was quite simple actually, And im proud of myself as Ive explored another part of my engine bay now!

Firstly I located the bleed nipple.
Then I filled the resivior up with Dot 4.

Then I got my lil sister to sit in the car, and push the pedal to the floor.
I then Undid the nipple and LOADS of fluld came pouring out.

She then pumped the pedal, And held it to the floor again. I undid the nipple again to release a load more fluid.


In the process of this, I also gave my master cylinder / slave cylinder a GOOD soaking in some "Handy Oil". And my clutch is really smooth now too. Feels like a new car...


So cheers for the help. Clutch is great noiw!

[Turbo Nick]

lil sisters make excellent helpers when it comes to brake and clutch bleeding

Just in the process of training mine to do ball joints for me, she can already strip down an engine aswell

[Sprocket]

clutch master cylinder

dave

:cheese: