Help with clutch quick release!

-Joe · 11th December 2008, 18:20

quick release clutch pipe, more like chinese puzzle release.

The one on my car is made of brass and looks like a 20mm cartridge case with black plastic pipes at each end.

The Haynes manual says use a small screwdriver or v - shaped tool.. No pictures, where exactly would you apply such a screwdriver.

Needlees to say HELP..... how do you open the crazy thing?

:xmas-smiley-013:

T-Cut · 11th December 2008, 18:44

I believe it's one of those counter-intuitive systems. You push something in while pulling it apart. Same principle as those solderless, push-fit plumbing joints - if you know what I mean.

TC

Jamie · 11th December 2008, 19:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by T-Cut

I believe it's one of those counter-intuitive systems. You push something in while pulling it apart. Same principle as those solderless, push-fit plumbing joints - if you know what I mean.

TC

Spot on there tcut....push the two sides together at the same time squeeze the little ring thingy and bingo...it pops open...no spills either as it locks the fluid in.

Joe...I changed my own cluthc on the driveway at home...are you doing your own too?

-Joe · 11th December 2008, 21:00

Swapping the diesel engine.

Jamie · 11th December 2008, 21:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by -Joe

Swapping the diesel engine.

whats up with the old one?

-Joe · 14th December 2008, 00:20

I managed to get the thing open by pushing the ring towards the center.

Ho do you rejoin the connector?

Jamie · 14th December 2008, 19:19

They just snap together..

11th December 2008, 18:20	#1
-Joe Avid contributor Rover 75 Classic SE 1.8T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: wink Posts: 135 Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 15 Posts	Help with clutch quick release! quick release clutch pipe, more like chinese puzzle release. The one on my car is made of brass and looks like a 20mm cartridge case with black plastic pipes at each end. The Haynes manual says use a small screwdriver or v - shaped tool.. No pictures, where exactly would you apply such a screwdriver. Needlees to say HELP..... how do you open the crazy thing? :xmas-smiley-013:

14th December 2008, 00:20	#6
-Joe Avid contributor Rover 75 Classic SE 1.8T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: wink Posts: 135 Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 15 Posts	join it back up. I managed to get the thing open by pushing the ring towards the center. Ho do you rejoin the connector?

14th December 2008, 19:19	#7
Jamie Posted a thing or two In Limbo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 1,685 Thanks: 4 Thanked 12 Times in 6 Posts	They just snap together.. __________________ Finally given up trying to buy the last new rover V8 from Bristol, 2 years of haggling got me nowhere!

11th December 2008, 18:44	#2
T-Cut This is my second home Rover75 and Mreg Corsa. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sumweer onat mote o'dust (Sagin) Posts: 21,752 Thanks: 341 Thanked 3,660 Times in 2,924 Posts	I believe it's one of those counter-intuitive systems. You push something in while pulling it apart. Same principle as those solderless, push-fit plumbing joints - if you know what I mean. TC

11th December 2008, 21:00	#4
-Joe Avid contributor Rover 75 Classic SE 1.8T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: wink Posts: 135 Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 15 Posts	Swapping the diesel engine.