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Anybody had access challenges changing / repairing parts on their Marlin?
In the main my Marlin shares its donor Triumph’s maintenance accessibility but maybe the exception is access to the clutch slave cylinder. In my 2024 re-commissioning of the car this was one part that I had applied the rule of, “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it” and guess what, it recently broke.
At the point of building, taking the time to make the gearbox cover easily removable was a good decision but this is only of limited help when accessing the now well hidden slave cylinder due to the bulky overdrive unit. On reflection maybe I should have also added a slave cylinder inspection cover when the overdrive was fitted but with a combination of suitable spanners, sockets and flexible extensions anything is possible!
The internal condition of both the slave and master cylinders was remarkably good and with concerns regarding the quality of new parts I opted to rebuild these original units using new seal kits. It is disappointing that fitting new parts isn’t a guarantee that an issue will be resolved but hopefully this approach will be successful (not to mention a considerable cost saving). Looking back at the cars history the last seal kit lasted 41 years so here’s hoping…
In the main my Marlin shares its donor Triumph’s maintenance accessibility but maybe the exception is access to the clutch slave cylinder. In my 2024 re-commissioning of the car this was one part that I had applied the rule of, “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it” and guess what, it recently broke.
At the point of building, taking the time to make the gearbox cover easily removable was a good decision but this is only of limited help when accessing the now well hidden slave cylinder due to the bulky overdrive unit. On reflection maybe I should have also added a slave cylinder inspection cover when the overdrive was fitted but with a combination of suitable spanners, sockets and flexible extensions anything is possible!
The internal condition of both the slave and master cylinders was remarkably good and with concerns regarding the quality of new parts I opted to rebuild these original units using new seal kits. It is disappointing that fitting new parts isn’t a guarantee that an issue will be resolved but hopefully this approach will be successful (not to mention a considerable cost saving). Looking back at the cars history the last seal kit lasted 41 years so here’s hoping…