Can anyone help?

[robert-ridley]

elp! My lovely new Maserati Merak SS has developed a leak from its clutch slave cylinder
I have spoken to Bill McGrath Maserati who tell me that these are no longer available – I will have to remove the existing unit and send it off to them to be rebuilt which I may have to do.
I just wondered if there was anybody on here who may know of a place I could obtain such a cylinder from? I am not a mechanic, and don’t have the expertise to remove it myself – and it is difficult getting it to garage as I would have to leave it there which I don’t want to do. Any help would be appreciated.

[mark-green]

Hi, have you tried eurospares (01787-477169). Or maseratinet.com ( who seem to have the rebuild kit in stock)

refsrds

mark

07769656811

[mark-green]

The ability to rebuild is very straight forward and could be handled by any mobile mechanic .
regards

mark

[robert-ridley]

Thanks Mark. I am looking to order a rebuild kit, but McGrath Maserati tell me that it is often more than just the seals which needs sorting, the pistons often wear inside the cylinder too and they say it is a specialist job which they send off to get done?

[mark-green]

I am new to the Maserati club and Maseratis too but have learnt very quickly that lots of parts are readily  available and I would check first as I am surprised how easy it is to work on these ( or get others to). Just trying to save you a bill with lots of 0000 on it!
regards

mark

[Tony Jaskeran]

You might have already contacted David but just in case

http://www.davidaskew.co.uk

[robert-ridley]

Not tried David Askew – will give him a go.  Thanks.

[profchristopher-green]

I dont believe what i saw -but on the autodoc.co.uk website which is the same company  i would imagine as some of the others you see out of interest I put in clutch slave cylinder for a Merak and was offered a big choice. Cheap as well .

I have done this before with an old BMW and found the same and ended up with a new clutch slave for under £30 and it works and it wasn’t available from BMW.

You will have to be very careful i would think as it was too easy and you could end up wasting money or having to send it back.

Too good to be true?

[robert-ridley]

Thanks so much for that. I will certainly try them and make sure they are certain it is the correct part for a Merak. Like you, I would be amazed if it was!

[robert-ridley]

<p style=”text-align: center;”>Prof Green:  not sure where you were looking but when I did a search on Autodoc  I got a message saying ‘no results found’</p>

[profchristopher-green]

i did it again and it was my mistake there were none. BUT there is a Merak clutch cylinder repair kit made by AUTOFREN SEINSA if you didn’t need anything more.

[robert-ridley]

Thanks. I am looking into that but would probably get it professionally refurbished.
For the time being, it is not leaking anymore! No firm idea why not – I suspect maybe the car had been used very little before I got it and maybe the seals got a little bit dry and now they’ve been lubricated again through me using it they have fattened up and are now working?
Or maybe one of the seals also got a little bit stuck and has now freed it self?
I just don’t know – going to see how I get on with it and if it starts leaking again I will have to take some action. Thanks for your advice.

[mark-green]

Any decent mechanic could rebuild it and bleed the system within an hour at most. It’s a pretty simple job.

[robert-ridley]

Mark-green: I am really getting conflicting advice. One or two people on here have said that is a simple job, but McGrath Maserati and another place nearer to me that specialises in looking after Maserati cars (not a main dealer) tell me it is not simple and could take an experienced mechanic anything up to 3 hours as there are various little seals and other things in there and you have to know what you’re doing.
And bleeding the system, because it also feeds the steering and the brakes,  is also not a straight forward matter either they tell me.
I am not someone with any mechanical knowledge whatsoever, so it’s hard to know what to believe.

 

 

 

 

[mark-green]

Ring me on 07769656811

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