[Seblis]

My niece has an 05 plate mini one which has developed a fault with the transmission/ clutch. Its as if the clutch is permanently disengaged. You can select the gears without the clutch pressed and there is no drive at all to the wheels. Local garage has said it needs a new clutch master and slave cylinder and quoted 900 quid which i think is crazy. Ive had a look at both and neither cylinder is leaking obviously.
Anyone come across this before? I would have thought if these cylinders failed then the clutch wouldnt be disengaged or am i missing something ?
Thanks in advance

 

[Seblis]

Thanks. Is that a case of replacing with a recon box or can the selector fork be replaced itself by a home mechanic ?

 

[Seblis]

Thanks for your help. It sounds more likely to be something like that. The local garage said it was a hydraulic issue but as nothing appears to be leaking and it wont put drive into any gear at all seems strange. Will let you know the result

 

[Seblis]

Well think the problem has been found. Removed the transmission and found parts of the clutch plate fibre in the gearbox. Then after removing the clutch pressure plate found that the side in contact with the pressure plate had no material left at all. Fully down to the metal !
Another question though please. Luckily its not a dual mass flywheel but it does have some " blue " marks and tiny cracks. Think this is something that could be machined or will be ok ? Thanks again

 

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