Hydraulic clutch mystery (non Peugeot)
Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2021 1:41 pm
Scrtching my head over this one......
Daughter's other half has a Ford S MAx 1.8 diesel. Clutch packed in on his way home last Friday night - complete failure to disengage.
I went over & drove it home for him by starting it in gear & changing gear without the clutch.
He took it to one place, who diagnosed need for clutch kit+dmf, £1500
Tried alternate quotes - Mr Clutch said £600, but when I got him to make sure that incuded everything it became £1000 with dmf
I tried an indy I used for a few jobs on the Cistern, got it down to £950, booked it in for this morning.
Picked it up from first place on Tuesday, to my surprise the clutch was now partially disengaging
Couldn't get it into 1st but if you held the lever against the gate it started moving forward, then dropped into gear once it reached walking pace. Still wouldn't change gear easily and definitely wouldn't go into reverse with the engine running, (no snychro methinks).
Scoured the internet for clues, got nowhere but found tales of bleeding similar clutches, so had a look. Couldn't find anything. Common brake/clutch reservoir (transparent) looks full, couldn't budge the filler cap/didn't want to break it trying. Apparently it has a 'concentric' slave cylinder so no access to that end. Resolved to discuss with mechanic this morning.
Started it up today, same performance to get into first, but then it started working normally. Perfect gearchanges, goes into reverse easily, fully disengages before pedal reaches the floor. Go figure.
Pedal felt normal throughout whether it was disengaging or not, returned to rest position as it should, didin't stay pressed. I'm baffled.
Guy at the garg=age shrugged his shoulders, suggested running it for a few days and see what happens.
Anybody ever had anything similar?
Daughter's other half has a Ford S MAx 1.8 diesel. Clutch packed in on his way home last Friday night - complete failure to disengage.
I went over & drove it home for him by starting it in gear & changing gear without the clutch.
He took it to one place, who diagnosed need for clutch kit+dmf, £1500
Tried alternate quotes - Mr Clutch said £600, but when I got him to make sure that incuded everything it became £1000 with dmf
I tried an indy I used for a few jobs on the Cistern, got it down to £950, booked it in for this morning.
Picked it up from first place on Tuesday, to my surprise the clutch was now partially disengaging
Couldn't get it into 1st but if you held the lever against the gate it started moving forward, then dropped into gear once it reached walking pace. Still wouldn't change gear easily and definitely wouldn't go into reverse with the engine running, (no snychro methinks).
Scoured the internet for clues, got nowhere but found tales of bleeding similar clutches, so had a look. Couldn't find anything. Common brake/clutch reservoir (transparent) looks full, couldn't budge the filler cap/didn't want to break it trying. Apparently it has a 'concentric' slave cylinder so no access to that end. Resolved to discuss with mechanic this morning.
Started it up today, same performance to get into first, but then it started working normally. Perfect gearchanges, goes into reverse easily, fully disengages before pedal reaches the floor. Go figure.
Pedal felt normal throughout whether it was disengaging or not, returned to rest position as it should, didin't stay pressed. I'm baffled.
Guy at the garg=age shrugged his shoulders, suggested running it for a few days and see what happens.
Anybody ever had anything similar?