Clutch pedal and starter motor

[Russ68]

Hi all,

I'm planning a mini restoration over the winter after not using my 3.0 Sport manual for a couple of years.

Having disconnected the battery, I gained access to the boot, reconnected battery, then opened the car on the key fob, so far so good!

Pushing the clutch in, the pedal offered little to no resistance, then stayed down. Not so good! I realise most of you drive autos, but I hope someone has some pointers, either from S-Type manuals or other hydraulic clutched cars 😉

Next issue was just a spinning from the starter without turning over the engine. Also not great, she always started well, but this is the price of not using a car, they really don't like it!

It doesn't look like clutch or starter access is great. So I thought I'd leave it there, investigate and get back to it another day. Thoughts welcome 🙂 

[JOE-DOT-COM]

hi

clutch will be either the master cylinder or slave cylinder or even the flexi host to the slave cylinder

if its slave cylinder on the gearbox, then they will leak all the Oil out, same with the flexi hose, if theres no leaks anywhere then its master cylinder seal failed, swap bleed and you good to go

starter motor will just be sticky on the bearing on the end of the starter, usually giving a good clean will cure it

if you want any manuals there all here http://www.jagrepair.com/

cheers

joe

[Russ68]

1 hour ago, JOE-DOT-COM said:

hi

clutch will be either the master cylinder or slave cylinder or even the flexi host to the slave cylinder

if its slave cylinder on the gearbox, then they will leak all the oil out, same with the flexi hose, if theres no leaks anywhere then its master cylinder seal failed, swap bleed and you good to go

starter motor will just be sticky on the bearing on the end of the starter, usually giving a good clean will cure it

if you want any manuals there all here http://www.jagrepair.com/

cheers

joe

Thanks Joe, nice to hear from you! I look forward to having a crack at those issues 👍