Help with clutch in Dolomite 1500SE Please!

[jimini51]

I recently fitted a new clutch and overdrive box to my 1500SE but am having great problems to
get the clutch to operate for long after bleeding. It bleeds fine and I get a good pedal but then
disappears.

I have changed the master cylinder, slave cylinder, and hose between the two all with new
parts. I did get it ok for a while but had the car garaged for 2 month and it disappeared again.

If anyone could give me any ideas, I have bled it normally and and all other ways, easy bleed etc.

Thanks

Jimini51

[tony g]

Hi it may sound obvious but I would check all the pipe connections are properly tight and sealed. If theres a fraction of a chance that air can get in it will. Have you peeled back the rubbers on the master and slave and checked for any dampness there? Its not unheard of that a new remanufactured cylinder can leak a bit.

Tony

[soe8m]

Thrust bearings? When bleeding all seems ok but when running the cranck pushes the cilinder in again.

Jeroen

[Jon Tilson]

Therein lies the problem.
You changed the cylinders....no doubt for crap land rover derived but third world manufactured bits.

Do you still have the originals? What you need to do is get new OE quality seal kits and repair them.

The slaves are worst.

If you lost them and want to buy a reconditioned (girling OE rubber and piston design) slave cylinder PM me.

Ive swapped quiet a few of these now on various Spits and ohv dollies. The OE ones last years but still
succumb after a while of left standing for long periods, in which case I would recommend going to silicon fluid.

Jonners

[jimini51]

Thanks for the replies, all parts were purchased through Rimmer Bros, and thrust bearing replaced with clutch, I have checked all the
joints, and even replace the seals on the old units before buying the new ones.

I will have another check over everything this weekend and let you know how it goes

Thanks again for your info

Jimini

[Richard the old one]

A friend took his 1500se to a garage with clutch problems and the garage replaced everything clutch related and could not solve the problem.

When I help him out all it turned out to be the fact that the garage was not getting all the air out of the hydraulic system. A number of club members have found that the best way to get the air out of the system is to remove the slave cylinder from its clamp bracket and hold it up in the engine compartment with the bleed nipple at the highest point. You need to take care not to push the piston out of the slave cylinder during the operation. It should be retained by the circlip but some people I believe fit something to ensure it does not come out.

If you have not used this approach to bleed the system I certainly recommend you use this approach.

I have also found that some clutch slave cylinders can not be withdrawn from their clamp bracket because the latest design of end cover prevents this. If this is happens it is a matter of unbolting the clamp bracket with slave cylinder attached.

[jimini51]

Sorry didn't reply sooner - work gets in the way -thanks for your info I will give that a try - will let you know the outcome

Jim