CaptainHair
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Hello my clutch master cylinder died recently, managed to get a new one fitted along with the slave, but I can't seem to get a proper seal. When the pedal is depressed I get drips from the flexi pipe where it goes into the slave cylinder, or *maybe* the bleed nipple but its almost impossible to tell. Does anyone have any suggestions for getting a better seal or something i might be doing wrong?
I had the slave off today to compare it to the old one, seems identical, everything screws in the same amount of turns and feels correct. Put a tiny bit of red rubber grease in the threads to see if it would help seal, but no dice. I'm almost tempted to put the old slave back on, but I've been told it wont last long as usually one goes followed shortly by the other. I replaced them both about 6-7 years ago and don't remember having this kind of trouble then.
It hold well enough to get to the shops and back, but drips out quite readily when pedal fully depressed. It also drips enough overnight when just sat to half-empty the master cylinder.
1994 300tdi 110 defender
Cheers
EDIT: link to the new parts I purchased from ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204151813514
I had the slave off today to compare it to the old one, seems identical, everything screws in the same amount of turns and feels correct. Put a tiny bit of red rubber grease in the threads to see if it would help seal, but no dice. I'm almost tempted to put the old slave back on, but I've been told it wont last long as usually one goes followed shortly by the other. I replaced them both about 6-7 years ago and don't remember having this kind of trouble then.
It hold well enough to get to the shops and back, but drips out quite readily when pedal fully depressed. It also drips enough overnight when just sat to half-empty the master cylinder.
1994 300tdi 110 defender
Cheers
EDIT: link to the new parts I purchased from ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204151813514
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