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rogern

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Hi
First post here, I am not a mechanic but fairly handy with a spanner.
I took the engine out of a 3.9 V8 and replaced it with a 300TDi engine.
The jobs gone really well until now, the problem is that I can not get the clutch to work properly.
I have put a new fork, bearing & plate an slave cylinder in and put it back together, TWICE now, there is something jumping out of kilter when I am putting it back together.

I have read loads on this brilliant site and done a load of searches but can not see anything obvious that I must be doing wrong.

Thanks in anticipation
 
Hi James, that was quick
Its a 300TDI gearbox & engine complete off a scrapper but runs like a dream.

I split it and fitted new clutch, complete with new fork, thrust bearing, slave cylinder etc. when I put it back together I could not get the clutch to "feel" right after bleeding, eventually it gave up the ghost.
I split it again and the bearing and its plastic housing was chewed to bits, I had not fitted the 2 little pear shaped metal bits that sit in either side of the fork!!!

So I got a new bearing, fitted it again last night rebled it and guess what, its just the bloody same, it seems like something is coming adrift when I am putting it back together, one thing I should add is that I have not got the slave cylider on when I am bolting the bell housing to the engine, is that my problem, just thought about that.
Regards
 
are you getting fork to seat right over pivot with the spring clip,normally slave is removed when doing clutch
 
got me on the "spring clip"
I wondered if I had the slave & rod in place whether it would hold it firm when wriggling the lot bag together.
 
I found it tough to get the ball end of the clutch rod into the seat on the lever. There is a plastic clip that you can use to keep it in place while the slave cylinder is slid over it. Make sure that gets assembled right. The clip isn't 100% necessary but it does make the job easier

I found it very hard to bleed also, with it operating right on the bottom of the pedal. It seems to right itself from that complaint though. I guess air makes its way to the top and out of the master cylinder.

Make sure the bleed port is on the top side of the slave cylinder too.

Its not the easiest clutch to bleed in my opinion.

Steve
 
I find eezi bleed good for this as it pushes fluid thro' under pressure-while you open and shut bleed nipple
 
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