A couple of nights ago we visited our daughter who lives in the centre of Brisbane and drove our Pagoda.. We stayed for dinner. When we came to leave I noticed the clutch was a little "odd" and by the time I moved off and after a couple of gear changes, the clutch "disappeared" - foot to the floor, no disconnection at all. The clutch pedal wouldn`t come up off the floor unless I hooked my foot under it but this made no difference - it was still AWOL. As you can imagine it made driving cross town a "challenge".
Anyway, to shorten the story, after investigating ( safely at home in the garage) I find that the slave cylinder rod moves the end of the release forks about 15mm or just over half an inch. If the pedal is held down, the rod stays out. With the clutch pedal "up" there is about 1mm of play between the slave cylinder shaft and the end of the release fork.
Before I saw this I assumed either the master clinder or slave would be kaput but now I`m not so sure - even starting to catastrophise and think that the fork might be bent. No odd noises though.
So, is the amount of movement of the slave cylinder shaft about right?. If so what else should I be looking at? If its too little travel, which is the likely suspect - slave or master. There is plenty of fluid in the container.
Any suggestions would be appreciated
cheers