Marcos Maniacs

Hi Mick,

I had a great deal of difficulty removing the slave cylinder, in fact I ended up ruining it and replacing it with a new one. I think the alloy reacts with the steel casting of the bell housing and fixes it self well and truly in place! you are right in that there is only a circlip holding it in place, however getting it out afterwards is still tricky!

good luck!
Ash

--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, ANDREA CATTON <smiglit1@...> wrote:

>
> Hi,
> Can anyone help me?
> I am trying to remove the clutch slave cylinder from its mounting on the engine as  need to strip it down or more than likely replace it.
> It's a job i should have done when the engine was not in the car but there you go.
>  
> I have removed the external cir clip from the groove nearest the clutch lever.
> The hose has also been removed.
>  
> I can't see any other fastening and have tried tapping the cylinder in the direction of the radiator but it feels very solid still.
>  
> Any tips or info would be much appreciated. 
>  
> Thanks, Mick
>

Yes - you are both right. It's only the circlip that holds the darn thing.  I didn't manage to remove it at all while in the car, but since I was going to take the engine and 'box out anyway I left it there. And when I got it out, I tried to use a press and i tried a big hammer. But I was also afraid of cracking the clutch housing.  In the end I had to drill it out and smash it...

You can be assured that I used a lot of copper paste when installing the new one that I had to buy.

But there is one thing I didn't try that you should: Heat. Using some sort of blow torch or similar may shift it in the end.

Good luck from Norway