ZT-T diesel stiff gearchange

JohnnyBG · 3rd September 2021, 09:19

Hi all, I'm over in Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway and have the above problem. I've sent the message, below, to mininuts as he's relatively near me but wondered if anyone else had a suggestion of someone to go to to check it out:

The ZT-T gearchachange is playing up. Bite point on the clutch is quite reasonable but gearchange seems affected by heat. When it's cool, first thing all OK. Once the external air temp rises and the car's warmed up, engagement of reverse difficult and first too, others stiff but not consistently. There had been a problem with the heat shield, supposed to have been fixed but now that's vibrating at certain revs. Hoping it's not the slave cylinder and that the heat is affecting the cable linkage.

I've no significant tools with me and wondered where you would recommend to take it for a look over. Planning return to North Yorks next Tuesday and may look at a leaving at 03:00 am for a clear run unless I can get it working happier.

The 75 Tourer Connie clutch failed in the centre of Morecamobe years ago at rush hour pulling a caravan, not an experience to repeat.

I should add that after purchase of the ZT-T earlier this year I did replace the gearbox oil with the correct oil (thanks to advice on this forum and Smith & Allan at Darlington) as the car was at 102k.

Cheers

JohnnyBG

3rd September 2021, 09:19	#1
JohnnyBG Avid contributor ZT-T Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Teesside Posts: 236 Thanks: 176 Thanked 66 Times in 38 Posts	ZT-T diesel stiff gearchange Hi all, I'm over in Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway and have the above problem. I've sent the message, below, to mininuts as he's relatively near me but wondered if anyone else had a suggestion of someone to go to to check it out: The ZT-T gearchachange is playing up. Bite point on the clutch is quite reasonable but gearchange seems affected by heat. When it's cool, first thing all OK. Once the external air temp rises and the car's warmed up, engagement of reverse difficult and first too, others stiff but not consistently. There had been a problem with the heat shield, supposed to have been fixed but now that's vibrating at certain revs. Hoping it's not the slave cylinder and that the heat is affecting the cable linkage. I've no significant tools with me and wondered where you would recommend to take it for a look over. Planning return to North Yorks next Tuesday and may look at a leaving at 03:00 am for a clear run unless I can get it working happier. The 75 Tourer Connie clutch failed in the centre of Morecamobe years ago at rush hour pulling a caravan, not an experience to repeat. I should add that after purchase of the ZT-T earlier this year I did replace the gearbox oil with the correct oil (thanks to advice on this forum and Smith & Allan at Darlington) as the car was at 102k. Cheers JohnnyBG