Your clutch hydraulics are shot - a common problem.

It'll most probably be the master cylinder.

 

I had this problem last week on my 45 diesel. Was stuck outside the house.

The rod that passes through the gearbox from the clutch slave cylinder to the release fork had siezed. had to remove it with the help of a soft face mallet and clean the corrosion on the shaft. put some grease on to try and prevent this from happening again.

Symptoms sound the same. when the clutch pedal was pushed down it stuck to the floor for a bit then popped up. I initially thought it was the clutch and bought a new one off ebay. Still put the new clutch in though as I had the box off anyway.

hope this helps.

 

thanx

am a lookin at big bucks??

 

I'm no mechanic but I would say the box needs to come off to check the problem. I couldn't afford to have a garage to check my problem for me as we had just come back from a long weekend away in wales with the kids. The other half wasn't happy when my diagnosis of the clutch being the problem was not the case and had spent £70 on parts not needed. I pulled the box off myself in front of the house if i knew it wasthe shaft needing cleaning up and greasing it would have only cost £10 - £20 on bits and bobs. As for a garage depends on where you go?

According to the haynes the ZS 180 has the PG1 box which is exactly the same gearbox that is on th 2.0 turbo diesels. May be the same problem..

 

thanx guys.

thanx very much al check that out the mora.

 

From your description, almost certain the clutch hydraulic system is at fault. Either Master or slave cylinder seals worn out.Clutch itself shoukld be OK unless it's been abused.
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rite had a look and noticed that when you apply pressure to the pedal and keep it down and watch the slave cylinder it creeps back slowly to the neutral position. a take it, it is either the slave or master cylinder is away????

 

shedist clutch kit should solve me thinks - rover clutch hydralics arnt up to much there a re better about mate

 

wat do u get with that? how much? and where from?

 

You get a better and more substantial assembly than with the OE on the ZS180. Like those fitted to the 620ti and 800s. These later ZS OE hydraulic clutches are IIRC, sealed units which cannot be repaired, only replaced.

When the one on my ZS starts to play up, I shall replace it with that kit offer as it's far superior. If, or when any individual parts wear out, they can be replaced or repaired separately.

When the clutch slave cylinder on my 620ti had worn seals and behaved as you describe, I renewed them with a seal kit ~ cost 6 quid from MG-Rover spares dept ~ now XPart. Good as new.

Search here on .org for more details of the kit..... much less than 200 quid IIRC.. which is not always the case as I can rarely line up my remaining two grey cells only occasionally...
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pm member 'SHEDDIST' he supplies the full kit

 

think the kit uses TR6 parts does it bot - it works anyway

 

No it doesn't - it uses Honda master and slave cylinders and ordinary copper tubing instead of the rubber tubing as OE fitment.

The Honda slave cylinder used has a bleed nipple on it, so the system is bleedable and re-fillable as it comes with a small hydraulic fluid tank which you mount near the header tank in the engine bay.