The Chill Out Zone - Page 3343

stevestrat · 5th February 2014, 14:53

Scary when it's that close to home Jeff.

Well, that's my baby home again, with a perfect working clutch. Dunc finished fitting the new slave at 10pm last night(!) and I picked the car up earlier. My diagnosis of a failing slave cylinder was spot on, the old one disintegrated when Dunc removed it, lucky it lasted this long. No more bruised and scraped left hand topping the reservoir up

coolcat · 5th February 2014, 15:00

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Originally Posted by stevestrat

Scary when it's that close to home Jeff.

Well, that's my baby home again, with a perfect working clutch. Dunc finished fitting the new slave at 10pm last night(!) and I picked the car up earlier. My diagnosis of a failing slave cylinder was spot on, the old one disintegrated when Dunc removed it, lucky it lasted this long. No more bruised and scraped left hand topping the reservoir up

That's good Steve, just out of interest does it make the clutch any lighter in operation?

RPWC · 5th February 2014, 15:01

Could have been alot worse, especially judging from what Jeff has posted re times etc and school runs.

coolcat · 5th February 2014, 15:07

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Originally Posted by RPWC

Could have been alot worse, especially judging from what Jeff has posted re times etc and school runs.

Thank goodness it wasn't.
Usually all the parents park their cars down that road and outside those houses to drop their sprogs off at the Primary School.
The School was closed today for obvious reasons and the Helicopters landed on the school playing field.

stevestrat · 5th February 2014, 15:12

Hasn't made it any lighter, back to as it was before it started peeing fluid! Initially the pedal heading south towards the shagpile was so gradual it was barely noticeable until the biting point was just off the floor! Checked the reservoir . . . . empty! Topped it up and the biting point went back to where it had been but a few weeks later I noticed it was heading south again. Managed to get far enough under the car to see the fluid staining at the engine-gearbox join . . . . leaking slave! I ended up having to add fluid every couple of days to keep on top of it, back of my left hand was permanently bruised and scraped squeezing it up between the clutch pedal and tunnel to get at the reservoir.

At one point I was wondering about the master as the pedal started feeling notchy near the top of it's travel but that has disappeared with the new slave fitted.

coolcat · 5th February 2014, 15:32

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Originally Posted by stevestrat

Hasn't made it any lighter, back to as it was before it started peeing fluid! Initially the pedal heading south towards the shagpile was so gradual it was barely noticeable until the biting point was just off the floor! Checked the reservoir . . . . empty! Topped it up and the biting point went back to where it had been but a few weeks later I noticed it was heading south again. Managed to get far enough under the car to see the fluid staining at the engine-gearbox join . . . . leaking slave! I ended up having to add fluid every couple of days to keep on top of it, back of my left hand was permanently bruised and scraped squeezing it up between the clutch pedal and tunnel to get at the reservoir.

At one point I was wondering about the master as the pedal started feeling notchy near the top of it's travel but that has disappeared with the new slave fitted.

Good that it is sorted for you, I guess I won't buy one to lighten the feel then

coolcat · 5th February 2014, 15:37

To make up for the destruction that we have had in Clacton today I'll lighten the mood with some Moggy shots from this morning at the cat rescue

If you wondered why some of the cats ears are clipped on one side, this is for cats that are feral and have been neutered.
These cars however have become domesticated since then.

NigelOBB · 5th February 2014, 15:52

Very nice Jeff some very content looking moggy's, a bit different to mine who is not a happy chap at the moment due to the weather..

coolcat · 5th February 2014, 16:05

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Originally Posted by NigelOBB

Very nice Jeff some very content looking moggy's, a bit different to mine who is not a happy chap at the moment due to the weather..

You should have seen mine this morning when the explosion went off

stevestrat · 5th February 2014, 16:07

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Originally Posted by coolcat

Good that it is sorted for you, I guess I won't buy one to lighten the feel then

Don't replace a slave until you have to, the gearbox has to come off to get at it

5th February 2014, 14:53	#33421
stevestrat This is my second home ZT260 #243 (resting) Join Date: May 2010 Location: Prestonpans Posts: 22,487 Thanks: 650 Thanked 4,624 Times in 3,358 Posts	Scary when it's that close to home Jeff. Well, that's my baby home again, with a perfect working clutch. Dunc finished fitting the new slave at 10pm last night(!) and I picked the car up earlier. My diagnosis of a failing slave cylinder was spot on, the old one disintegrated when Dunc removed it, lucky it lasted this long. No more bruised and scraped left hand topping the reservoir up __________________ Steve T4 Location Map

5th February 2014, 15:01	#33423
RPWC This is my second home 75 model car Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Posts: 20,177 Thanks: 4,008 Thanked 5,083 Times in 3,114 Posts	Could have been alot worse, especially judging from what Jeff has posted re times etc and school runs. __________________ Cheers. Rich…

5th February 2014, 15:12	#33425
stevestrat This is my second home ZT260 #243 (resting) Join Date: May 2010 Location: Prestonpans Posts: 22,487 Thanks: 650 Thanked 4,624 Times in 3,358 Posts	Hasn't made it any lighter, back to as it was before it started peeing fluid! Initially the pedal heading south towards the shagpile was so gradual it was barely noticeable until the biting point was just off the floor! Checked the reservoir . . . . empty! Topped it up and the biting point went back to where it had been but a few weeks later I noticed it was heading south again. Managed to get far enough under the car to see the fluid staining at the engine-gearbox join . . . . leaking slave! I ended up having to add fluid every couple of days to keep on top of it, back of my left hand was permanently bruised and scraped squeezing it up between the clutch pedal and tunnel to get at the reservoir. At one point I was wondering about the master as the pedal started feeling notchy near the top of it's travel but that has disappeared with the new slave fitted. __________________ Steve T4 Location Map

5th February 2014, 15:37	#33427
coolcat This is my second home Audi Q3 TDI S-Line Quattro Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Clacton On Sea/On the boat somewhere Posts: 51,174 Thanks: 9,890 Thanked 12,235 Times in 8,232 Posts	Puddy Tat time To make up for the destruction that we have had in Clacton today I'll lighten the mood with some Moggy shots from this morning at the cat rescue If you wondered why some of the cats ears are clipped on one side, this is for cats that are feral and have been neutered. These cars however have become domesticated since then. __________________ Jeff. Last edited by coolcat; 5th February 2014 at 15:48..

5th February 2014, 15:52	#33428
NigelOBB This is my second home 04 Rover 75 Contemporary SE - 53 Rover 75 Connoisseur -94 Mercedes W140 - 72 VW Beetle 1300 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Sunderland Posts: 4,767 Thanks: 1,379 Thanked 493 Times in 429 Posts	Very nice Jeff some very content looking moggy's, a bit different to mine who is not a happy chap at the moment due to the weather.. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Keep smiling - it makes people wonder what you've been up to.