Member - Troll 81 (QLD) posted:

Hey Roachie

Hope you had a good Christmas and all that

Option 1) I don't see that happening :P
Option 2) The clutch is not even 6 months old and it's a heavy duty.
Option 3) Did the gearbox and diff oils around 2 months ago.

handy posted:

check the hose going down to the slave cyl, this happened to my 92 GQ , the hose had a crack in it but i couldnt see it because of the insulation covering it up and not showing any sign of fluid.
my master cly wasnt going down either.
it was cracked where it comes out of the block going down to the slave cyl. cheers

Member - Ed. C. (QLD) posted:

I'd say that Peter has hit the nail squarely on the head wrt moisture in the clutch fluid allowing it to vaporise when hot...
(Been there, Done that!!)...

Brake/clutch fluid is hygroscopic.. ie, it readily absorbs moisture from the atmosphere...

(the exhaust gets very, very hot when engine is working hard, and on Patrols, it runs very close to the fluid line and slave cylinder)..

Replacing the clutch fluid (new for old) should fix the problem, and indeed, should be done every year or so as a matter of course, though I suspect that not many of us do it as often as it should be done;-)

Regards, Ed C

Member - Troll 81 (QLD) posted:

Sounds like that is the go then....thanks guys will give it a crack one day after work

Member - Troll 81 (QLD) posted:

Just one more thing isn't the brake and clutch the same gear and goes into the same place? If so I had all that flushed out about 6 weeks ago

Peter 2 posted:

Normally the brake and clutch systems are totally seperate, some forward control vehicles share a master cylinder reservoir.
Never looked under a patrol bonnet but would imagine that they would be seperate systems.

Member - Matt (Perth-WA) posted:

nah they are separate and the clutch is OFTEN overlooked when the brakes are flushed!

Matt.