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13th February 2015, 15:53 | #11 | |
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13th February 2015, 19:00 | #12 |
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Andywilli, you might be right...went to try and limp to work this morning - no pedal pressure. Got the AA to follow me back to Bodgitt & Scarper, who diagnosed faulty master again (remember, this was changed less than two weeks ago). They replaced it again, but not before telling me the one they took off was empty of fluid...two thoughts? One, yes, the slave's on the way out; or two, inadequate bleeding the first time they fitted the master.
Perhaps I'm delaying the inevitable...picking it up tomorrow morning, with (so they say) a perfect pedal. I'll let you know how it goes... |
13th February 2015, 19:50 | #13 |
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I think Andy is right.
There's been a whole scenario with my clutch and so called mechanic. posted before... Has anyone checked to see if you have signs of fluid leaking from the engine/gearbox joint? |
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..and please, please, please - find a competent engineer to fit it. Any Willi has a rather special reputation for dealing with clutch issues and he is not that expensive.
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13th February 2015, 22:01 | #16 |
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Right, glad to get a friendly expert to do this. Andy Willi, do you ever get up to Liverpool, or would DMGRS over at Southport be an option? For holidays, it's sad to lose faith in a car you like but I'm going to borrow a... (gag)...Ford Focus off the mother in law...I'll forget about this nightmare for a week and go and get away from it all instead. Thanks to everyone for their input and support so far; you're all ace. ☺☺☺
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Get the car fixed whilst you're away, one less thing to worry about when you get back
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13th February 2015, 22:10 | #18 |
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Good plan. If I get chance over the next 36 hours to arrange this (as well as packing, looking after sick kid, returning complimentary hire car courtesy of the AA, and a full day at work), I shall try!!! I promise I'll stop moaning after a week away...☺
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Take the master cylinder cap off take the condom bit out and cut it down so you only have the seal bit for the cap, then get a large syringe around 60ml capacity and a 6 inch length of plastic pipe, a similar length piece of copper wire and insert this into the plastic pipe then fit the pipe to the syringe, draw up a full syringe of brake fluid and then bend the end of the plastic tube at 90 degreestop up the master cylinder , the bend will stay in shape due to the wire inside, then top up the master cylinder, it will take around 50 to 60 ml if empty. Then start to bleed the system I have my son in the car and get him to press down on the clutch pedal and hold it down whilst I undo the bleed nipple and allow the fluid out locking it again before he releases the clutch. You have to pull the pedal back up as there is no pressure to return it. I do this 4 times then top up the master cylinder again,usually taking 15 to 20 ml to top up, I repeat the process until the air is out of the system it takes about 20 to 30 minutes. You are best to remove the air box for access and the panel above the pedals and the trim panel above this, its a real faff to do but I have done it around once a week now for a month ( yes I know the slave cylinder needs replacing , cant do it at the moment ) good luck and hope this gets you buy for a short time. P.S. its a pain to get a tube UN the bleed nipple and getting it to stay there is nearly impossible so I use a panty liner to absorb the fluid and stop it making a mess:-) the ones with wings are best :-) :-)
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We've had a few members up here from all over the country, and would be glad to help out. Drop me a PM if needed.
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