E30 Zone

Evening,

Really not used the car (1988 325i) much since the 2010 Santa pod meet, 435 miles in fact! The car sat for 9 months not being used and has been back out for a couple of months now (Big thanks to BBB) and I have noticed the clutch pedal is high.

Doing a bit of research it looks like it is the hydraulic side of things rather than friction, Driving home tonight (yes I actually used it!) I used full throttle in 4th at 30mph up hill and the revs went up as you would expect with the appropriate rate of acceleration.

I'm tempted to just do the cylinders and maybe a braided hose then see what it acts like.

Any mileage in doing the clutch as a precaution, it's a reasonable chunk of cash to spend for peace of mind.

Also does anyone have a recommended supplier for the braided hose?

Thanks

Nobody?

Dave I bought a goodridge one off Ebay recently

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-3-Series- ... 45fcc6c924

Do both cylinders at the same time - there was a thread on this in the last couple of days - apparently if you change one without changing the other the new cylinder will put pressure on the old one and cause the seals to fail shortly afterwards.

I got an as-new unused slave off here and a master off Ebay for £21.
New genuine ones are silly money.

Hi rob,

I actually ordered a hose Off them last night I've got a set of trw cylinders coming from my parts suppliers at work which are £90, they do a cheaper set made by lpr which are £45 the pair. I thought i would go for the better branded ones.

I knew about doing both cylinders, just wondered if I should get a clutch fitted at the same time?

No reason to change the clutch at the same time, unless you have good reason to believe it's about to fail.
Apart from undoing the two nuts that hold the slave cylinder to the bell housing, there's nothing common to the two jobs.

capri_rob wrote:Dave I bought a goodridge one off Ebay recently

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-3-Series- ... 45fcc6c924

I bought one of these but found that I couldn't get the top nut on the slave with the pipe fitted.

How did you route the pipe? Between the gearbox and the slave or outside the slave?

Thanks
Ben