Odd clutch pedal

[robwright]

Yes mate of course I am. Feel free to call if you need. Don't worry about disturbing me I am omly in work anyway []

 

[DavidL]

Cheers Rob, much appreciated.
Any preference on fluid anyone. Just planned on a litre bottle of 4.5 or 5 dot fluid?

 

[robwright]

500ml would be more than enouigh mate and dot 4 would be fine. Doesn't have to be special really for the clutch.

 

[DavidL]

Just for the benefit of future searches it is definitely the slave. Interestingly although there is fluid all over the end of the bellhousing and the bottom of the starter the fluid level really hasn't dropped that much so watching your reservoir doesn't seem very reliable.
I suppose a very small amount of fluid goes a very long way in drip form.
Starter is off, new slave ordered along with a new bolt to hold the starter on as it only had one!
Hopefully it will be an easy job to whip it out, replace and bleed on Sunday.

 

[robwright]

One of the benefits of running your own locomotive maintenance depot mate. I have access to all the tools, nuts, bolts and everything else that I can shake a stick at!! Plus a large pit that can easily be straddled with aid of two planks of wood. Made changing my slave cylinder all the more easier. Well there has to be perks to every doesn't there? []

 

[DivineE]

These cars are nothing if not predictable. Another cylinder leaking. Although the second time this happened to me it was the floor mat getting stuck under the pedal

 

[DavidL]

All done and clutch feels much better now. Thanks everyone for their help - nothing like a job done yourself, not to mention the saving.
Heated seats fitted too - very warm for those cold mornings. I almost can't wait to go to work tomorrow morning!

 

[Asiangunner]

Sorry to bring up an old thread but it seems to be the exact same symtoms as what i've got at the mo moment. I've put some card down under my pedal so should be able to figure out if its the master leaking as from research i should get a dip off the clutch pedal.

If it is the slave as predicted, where is the cheapest place to get a replacement? i have a Euro car parts near me but they don't have the slave on their site...

 

[DavidL]

AG,
I paid around £76.00 for mine. It was on the website then and was actually a bit cheaper than just going in and buying it.
Otherwise usual suspects - Berlyn services, OEM maybe?

 

[Asiangunner]

Cheers mate, i'll give them a go.

I'm probably going to do both master and slave at the same time seeing as i'll be bleeding the system etc.

 

[robwright]

Wise idea. They are probably just as old as each other. My master went 1st then the slave within about a month.

 

[Asiangunner]

hmmm ECR seem pretty expensive compared to others on the master...

http://www.eurocarparts.com/search/cylinder/p/Car-Parts

think i'll be ordering from somewhere online and just not really use the car for a few days or accept i have to flick my clutch up with my foot if i do need to use the car.

 

[ashonen]

GSF have them for £69 + vat

 

[chrisg]

Apologies for the late posting on this. Your symptoms are classic slave and/or master cylinder failure. Often the failure is within the cylinder itself and all you end of doing is pushing fluid past the seal.

May I suggest that whilst you've got the system apart invest in a new flexi hydraulic hose from the master to the the hard pipe (they join just at the back of the cam cover). My started to fail after 20yrs worth of heat from the exhaust.

BTW, changing the clutch slave cylinder on a S2 will be much easier than a Turbo as there's significantly less pipework and heatshields down below.

As per previous post, Clarks is very useful but they often fail to mention the RHD vs LHD differences on the cars, this is one of the major ones where LHD 944's have a shared Brake and Clutch reservoir. If you look closely at your Brake reservoir from the front of the car on the RHS is 'branch' that has a sealed pipe on the end = feed for the clutch.

Good luck - it is despite all said actually very straight forward to do both cylinders. One tip is, if you're struggling for access to get at the pedal box (depends on your stature) whip out the drivers seat ( 6 x 6mm hex bolts) and this gives you a lot more space.

Yours

Chris

 

[DavidL]

Discovered a new (to me mainly) 944 US forum.
It has step by step details of the clutch hydraulic change
http://www.944online.com/cgi-bin/forum/forum.cgi?board=944tech;action=display;num=1182743064
A few differences - obviously its all on the wrong side and that their clutch and brakes share a reservoir but ours don't.