Radders Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Hi, When my car (Mk2 2000 saloon) gets warm, it starts to get difficult to get in gear and the gearchange feels a bit 'notchy'. It's ok in the high gears, but seems to get worse when changing down, especially from 2nd to 1st when you are crawling. (Not kerb crawling I hasten to add! ;D )It had a new slave cylinder last year, so it shouldn't be that. I'll be taking it to the RBRR drivers meeting next week to see it performs on a long journey, but if it make driving too difficult, then I'll need to sort it before the round Britain. Any ideas anyone? Am I going to be pulling the gearbox out the week before the round Britain? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 What sort of pipe do you have connecting master and slave together. The plastic ones have been known to get a bit bulgy when hot so some of the displaced fluid from the master cylinder goes into making the hose fatter with less making it to the slave to operate your clutch.Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 Just a normal plastic one. I get what your saying, Rimmers do a braided one I think? :)Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky_spit Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 391 wrote:Just a normal plastic one. I get what your saying, Rimmers do a braided one I think? :)ThanksOr just use a solid one, but about foot longer so that you can form 2 coils in it at a convenient place to make it bendy-springy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Thanks. Braided one ordered now. What about the possibilites of it being a master cylinder or pressure issues? Any other ideas anyone? I dont still want to have the problem when I start the RBRR. :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I think the hose has a pretty good chance of solving it (obviously I'm biased :P). Master cyl would likely give the same effect all the time, but it's always possible you have a number of small factors adding up to one problem. Which hole is the slave pushrod hole in on the lever thingy? (btw, I'm now talking through my hat as the only thing with a vaguely saloonish clutch arrangement I ever owned was a Sprint - about 20 years ago!)Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted September 14, 2010 Author Share Posted September 14, 2010 well the braided hose is now fitted and I've moved the slave push rod to the middle hole. (It was in the bottom)All we need now is the test drive up to the drivers meeting on Sunday to see if it's made any difference! :-/ If not, the gearbox will be coming out Monday night! :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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