FTO - Hydraulic or cable clutch?

spetz · Post by **spetz** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:09 pm

Someone told me ALL FTO's were hydraulic clutch?

Now, I drive a lancer with a FTO engine/gearbox and it is cable clutch.

Can people check their cars and let me know which one they are?

Thanks

RedlineGX · Post by **RedlineGX** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:19 pm

Mine's hydraulic.

devil2004 · Post by **devil2004** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:56 pm

spetz wrote:Someone told me ALL FTO's were hydraulic clutch?

Now, I drive a lancer with a FTO engine/gearbox and it is cable clutch.

Can people check their cars and let me know which one they are?

Thanks

I'll check for ya, but how you tell the difference?

spetz · Post by **spetz** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:05 pm

You look for a master cylinder on the firewall and a salve cylinder connected to the clutch fork.

I just double checked and mine is hydraulic too.
I have a lancer with the 6A12 and the master cylinder was behind and under the intake manifold

devil2004 · Post by **devil2004** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:32 pm

Mines hydraulic too

I wish it wasn't though. I've replaced both slave and master cylinders. Cost me over $1000

Post by **Bennoz** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:12 pm

All FTO's have hydraulic clutches (Factory anyway)

And good god! how did a master & slave cost you 1k???

devil2004 · Post by **devil2004** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:22 am

I got charged 600 to replace the master cylinder at a dealer and I got charged almost 300 to replace the slave at my local mechanic, 1K includes towing aswell (twice).

I don't understand, should they break this easy??? Maybe I clutch too much.

spetz · Post by **spetz** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:00 pm

I was under the impression these parts could be rebuilt?

Does this also mean that the engagement point of the clutch can't be adjusted??

Post by **Bennoz** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:19 pm

Yeah both master & slave can be reconditioned depending on how badly worn the are. You can run a small hone through the bores of the units & put a new seal kit in them. Sometimes, if they are too badly worn, you just have to swap them out.

Technically, being a hydraulic clutch - the engagement point of the clutch plate itself cannot be changed - however, you can adjust the pedal postion of engagement. Where the pedal assemble attaches to the master cyclinder - there is a threaded section on the bottom of the master. Just undo it & wind in or out, then re-assemble. There was another thread on this somewhere which had pics too....

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:09 pm

how much should it be for a oem master cylinder?

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:36 pm

anyone got a part number

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:09 pm

I just replaced mine, cost me $180 from Kempys. Just gotta tell 'em whether the car is post 95.

bobz · Post by **bobz** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:48 pm

Bennoz wrote:Yeah both master & slave can be reconditioned depending on how badly worn the are. You can run a small hone through the bores of the units & put a new seal kit in them. Sometimes, if they are too badly worn, you just have to swap them out.

Or you can get the workshop to put in a S/S sleeve.

BobZ

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:09 pm

Just found out Master Cylinder is like $300 + from Nth Shore Mitsu

Bennoz How did the ordering process go for Kempyz?

Post by **Bennoz** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:29 pm

Jeeze you musta got a good guy at Northshore Mitsi... they wanted to charge me over $400!

Just send an email to Mike Ashton at Kempys & he'll sort you out

mike@kempys.co.nz

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:31 pm

Yeah it was 300+ for Trade price.

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FTO - Hydraulic or cable clutch?

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