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Old 19-12-2004, 06:43 PM
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ok took the westy out today and have snapped the clutch cable! again!
this is the 3rd one in 7 months now and im getting really pissed of!

so...... does anyone else get through clutch cables?
all 3 times it has gone just by the nipple on the pedel end. the angle that the cable goes in at all seems to be fine ect but they just keep snapping on me

so this time rather then fork out another £35 im tempted to just convert the bloody thing to hydraulic

so what i wana know is.........whos using these conversion kits, how do you find them. were did you get it and for how much ect (cheapest i found was £220 i think, from burton)

if anyone has a pic of the master cylinder or there instalation that would be great (need to see if it will fit my pedal box as its a bit tight

any help or coments greatly welcome
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opps, forgot to say, running a 4 paddle clutch, and also, is it posible to get thicker cables made up?
Old 19-12-2004, 06:48 PM
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Darren,

Does your clutch cable pass very close to the turbo???
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yea fairly close to the exhaust downpipe off the back of the turbo id say there was probably about a 2"gap, but i have 3 layers of heat protection type stuff.

the cables arnt snapping there anyway they are going at the end just were they clamp into the nipple
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tilton 600 series will do the job
Old 19-12-2004, 08:12 PM
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anyone know about the master cylinders?

the slave wont be a problem as its just a t5 box, the problem ive got is wether the master cylinder will fit on my peddal box cause its all very very tight
Old 19-12-2004, 08:22 PM
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Try trans autosport or ralley design, they used to sell pedal boxes 2run
hydrolic, and brake bias. since iv gone hyrolic on a t5 i would never go
back . I got my hydrolic center relese bearing from summit and used a
.75 wilwood ms from ralley design hope this helps.
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tiny, need to use my standard pedal box im afraid got no problem with a little modifacation though

what differance doe sthe hydraulic make to the feel of it?

oh, and can you remember how much your conversion cost you?
Old 19-12-2004, 08:42 PM
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I had a complete pedal box made up 4 me with phossy bronze bushins im
afraid also with a strengthend bulk head , so the cost wasnt cheap cos at
the same time i had all the brake ballance bar stuff done aswell. the guy
that did mine made it so that it bolted up 2 the standard top mountin tho
I think the one TAS do is a direct replacment,if not speak to rally design
they can get someone to modify your one 4 about 90 quid.
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tiny, remember mines in a westfield so its a totaly differend pedal box not afraid to do the mods myself....its just a case of finding out how big the ms is guna be so i know if its guna fit in the space i have availible
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What cable are you useing a cosworth cable or something of a cortina etc.. beening a kit car.
Not haveing a dig or anything get peeps comeing in work asking for stupid things for kit cars

Are you useing a gen cosworth cable?
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Darren, try dax. I just bought my clutch cable from them and its pretty thick and was less than £35 iirc. If you've got a photo of yours i could tell you if it looks any thicker (my digicam broke )

£7.50 in fact and i've not heard of a dax cable going - definately not the one for a pinto as thats more expensive i think
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What is the pedal box out ov, sorry ithrought it was a sierra pbox? in wich
case u could buy an HD off the shelf . trust me hydrolic is the way to go
i used 2 go trough cables every 3-4 weeks, so often i used to carry one in
the car. The WW master cilinders are only 115 mm long and u can
get them with remote resviours if space is tight.
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i got one that bolts strght into a t5
centre bearing push type
all ready to go
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Daz

what pressure plate you using ????
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McLeod make a release/slave for the T5 cheap, see http://www.pawengineparts.com/ as they were cheap. but you have to call them.

Reyland do a bolt in master for cossies for about £200 IIRC.

Unless someone knows where to get one that bolts into the cossie pedal assembly.???
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