#1: clutch cable. Author: gizmothedog, Location: worksopPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:06 pm ---- just wondering how long a clutch cable would take roughly?
anyone done one on a 1.4 8v?
#2: Re: clutch cable. Author: kandlbarrett, Location: SwindonPosted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 5:25 am ---- Quite a few things to take off but 30 - 45 mins for a DIY and someone who has done it before maybe less if you want to see how quickly it can be done.
The b***h with the clutch cable id getting it on and off the pedal. It really is tricky and you must have long thin fingers. Short fat fingers won't do it. I have done it lots on my daughter's car and can get the cable on and off in seconds but the first time was over half an hour just to get it off the pedal.
im going to have a go on thurs but my fingers don't fit into the short and thin catergory
should be fun....
#4: Re: clutch cable. Author: kandlbarrett, Location: SwindonPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:33 pm ---- Any luck getting that cable changed?
#5: Re: clutch cable. Author: gizmothedog, Location: worksopPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:35 pm ---- Not atempted it yet mate. Think ill do it next weekend.
#6: Re: clutch cable. Author: kandlbarrett, Location: SwindonPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:10 pm ---- By the way - long thin fingers not short thin as your penultimate post.
#7: Re: clutch cable. Author: gizmothedog, Location: worksopPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 1:37 pm ---- just before I do change the cable, any advice?
symptoms are struggles to go into 1st and reverse while parked. been advised that the clutch maybe on the way out and that changing the cable MIGHT make the clutch slip. any ideas or similar problems?
#8: Re: clutch cable. Author: RockRulz, Location: Harlow, EssexPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:03 pm ---- Mine was similar....changed the cable...no difference. Good luck with yours.
#9: Re: clutch cable. Author: kandlbarrett, Location: SwindonPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:08 am ---- Cable change is probably not the fix. Also if you fit the cable to a car with worn clutch it will adjust itself to that wear and can't be reset so when you then fit a new clutch it is another new cable.
#10: Re: clutch cable. Author: gizmothedog, Location: worksopPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 2:51 pm ---- just a little update....
I decided to check the oil level in the gearbox today,
when I removed the filler plug there was no evidence of oil.
I had bought a 1 litre bottle of oil to top it up if needed.
it took the whole 1 litre and still no signs of it overflowing through the hole, so I nipped out and bought another litre.
it took another 1/2 litre until it started overflowing.
needless to say the gearbox works much better, still not 100% but a hell of a lot better.
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