One quick call to the garage. Yep, the master cylinder was sorted, but the clutch was still not working. They had noticed that the slave cylinder was leaking, and they also thought that the main problem was the clutch release bearing, which is either worn away, or has slipped. This extra ‘news’ has added a potential £500.00 extra on to the repair costs.
Fearing the worst, and my wallet dissolving, I have decided to do these repairs myself. I will collect the car tomorrow morning (Saturday), drive it back home very slowly, most likely in first gear the whole way, as I did when I dropped it off at the garage, and will work on it piece by piece to fix these issues.
Now, I’m not daft – although the previous post and the fact I bought this without seeing it may contradict that – and I’m sure that there will be plenty more issues that will need to be addressed. Slowly slowly catchy monkey. I’ll work on it one step at a time.
First things to do:
- Remove, clean and salvage the clutch slave cylinder, or purchase a new one
- new pipes for the slave cylinder
- remove the clutch itself, dismantle and check out the state of the release bearing.
I come armed with the help of the Haynes manual, and the desire and willingness to get my ‘B’ fixed and running. I’ll post more as soon as I have some progress to share.
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Hey Matt – I thought I’d be the first person to comment on your new blog
Welcome to the adventure of MGB restoration! All the best.