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Old 20th October 2016, 23:30   #21
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IMHO THE BEST combination of all available parts to date would be...

Mk1 Metal Master cylinder,
Borg n Beck sprung clutch and plate,
Metal Slave cylinder, (Tazu/MG Rover).

Don't even bother considering anything else, you will just waste time and more importantly, money. Trust me, I did exactly that.
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Old 21st October 2016, 05:58   #22
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IMHO THE BEST combination of all available parts to date would be...

Mk1 Metal Master cylinder,
Borg n Beck sprung clutch and plate,
Metal Slave cylinder, (Tazu/MG Rover).

Don't even bother considering anything else, you will just waste time and more importantly, money. Trust me, I did exactly that.
As a personal recommendation your statement would be fine.

As a statement of fact, it is highly inaccurate. Pease see the statements from someone who is recognised as the clutch expert on our cars and fits them as a trader.

My experience of Luk is all positive to the extent that I see no reason for using anything else on the 75s.
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Old 21st October 2016, 06:27   #23
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The Genuine MGR item from Rimmers is allready ordered... I guess this one should be sufficient and probably a LUK item....
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Old 23rd October 2016, 00:26   #24
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As a personal recommendation your statement would be fine.

As a statement of fact, it is highly inaccurate. Pease see the statements from someone who is recognised as the clutch expert on our cars and fits them as a trader.

My experience of Luk is all positive to the extent that I see no reason for using anything else on the 75s.
I did exactly that when my slave failed. At the time I contacted Andy Willi, who recommended the LUK slave (Whilst he was testing the Tazu metal variant on his own car) and advised me only to buy from a reputable seller. So I did, Mat @ DMGRS. Some 5-6K later it failed! To be fair to Mat, he replaced the slave (With the metal one) at very little cost to me and did a deal on the Borg n Beck clutch also. Outstanding service too, I might add.

My comment wasn't just one of personal preference. Having had 3 slave cylinders of various brands fail prematurely, on the same car, including a genuine LUK, I made my comment more as advice to others, given my personal experience.
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The new slave was received yesterday. It came in a plastic bag without any label on it. There is no stamps/markings to find on its body either so I don`t know which make it is. Strange as Rimmers has sold it as a genuine MGR item.
It has metal pipes fitted.
Anyway, I will put the thing in place soon and it will hopefully do its job.....
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Old 29th October 2016, 08:18   #26
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Einar, if you are planning on removing the quick coupling to fit a brake pipe union, have a look at Freelander TD4 LUK slave cylinders.

In my experience the slave cylinders generally fail as a result of poor installation techniques, including stressing the pipework during fitting, or cross contamination from old fluid.

The last CDTi clutch I fitted was lighter than a 1.8 and smooth as silk, and I used LUK throughout.

The original slave were AP Lockheed, but as mentioned before the thing not to do is fit a "Brand X"

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Old 29th October 2016, 08:19   #27
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The new slave was received yesterday. It came in a plastic bag without any label on it. There is no stamps/markings to find on its body either so I don`t know which make it is. Strange as Rimmers has sold it as a genuine MGR item.
It has metal pipes fitted.
Anyway, I will put the thing in place soon and it will hopefully do its job.....
Hmm, what colour are the pipes, green or gold/silver zinc passivated?
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Old 30th October 2016, 23:37   #28
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What a terrible analogy.

The Taziu slave cylinder wasn't designed as a cheap copy of a quality product, but to improve on a cheaply manufactured OEM part that generally doesn't last anywhere near as long as it should.
Hope I am not tempting fate, but, mine is still working, 14 years old!!!!
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Hmm, what colour are the pipes, green or gold/silver zinc passivated?
Hi Brian,

The pipes is green IIRC... I can take some piccies later today and post them here....
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Old 31st October 2016, 08:18   #30
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Hope I am not tempting fate, but, mine is still working, 14 years old!!!!
Good on you - hope you get many more years out of it.
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