Moss Motors, Ltd

New guy here on this forum, but I have been a TR6 owner for over 25 years. Bought my first in 76', a 1974 with ovedrive, then got another one in 87', which I still have and it's a pimento 72'. I had a clutch put in this one last year and it's never been the same. This car had always been a dream to drive, no mechanical or electrical problems ever! But now this clutch is driving me nuts!!  It grabs really hard and it takes a great deal of leg strength and technique to release it without the grab. Even then, I can't make it smooth every time. I took it back to the mechanic a couple of times and they told me I needed to bleed the system or perhaps get a new slave cylinder. I did both, I put in the long throw slave and bled the system twice, even had another british car wrench do the same. The latest shop told me I have the wrong pressure plate and should change it out? Still driving it, but if anyone has any advice on my next step, I sure would appreciate hearing it.

 Thanks,

 Reese

Reese, Welcome to the forum.

I wonder what makes the mechanic conclude that you have "a wrong pressure plate"? It sounds like a guess rather than a diagnosis. Sometimes the throw-out fork can actually be bent. I'd examine that first.

When you write that it takes "a great deal of leg strength", are you saying that it's hard to press over the entire range or that it doesn't disengage until the pedal is at the floor? If the latter, then the bent fork diagnosis is looking better. Conversely, if its difficult to press over the whole range, then there could be a clog somewhere in the hydraulics. Something might have been dislodged during the clutch job, and it is now clogging a port somwhere....(THAT is just a guess!) 

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Reese,

Ah, TR6 clutches! I could tell some stories. Lucky for you, I don't have the time...

Do you know which brand of clutch you have in your car? In which position is the pushrod pinned to the cross shaft actuation lever?(there are three holes) There is a considerable variance in the pressure required to push the different clutch types, and there is a competition unit that some folks see fit to use in a non-competition application.

Let me know what you have ascertained concerning these questions and we'll go from there.

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Motorbill
From Lola to Land Rover, If it's British and has wheels, it's likely I've bloodied me knuckles thereupon