Hi All,
I know theres been loads of clutch threads, but heres another one..
First of all, anyone that has done a clutch on a Multipla DEFINITELY deserves a medal. I would have paid someone @£300 to do one if I knew someone local I could trust and would do it for the money, ( I already had a clutch kit)
I've done a few clutches on smaller fiats, so I know to dread clutch jobs.
but they were not too bad, as you can usually lie underneath the gearbox and manouvre the box around, as they are not too heavy, so I was dreading the multi.
As Multis are heavy old beasties and have cardboard clutches, I had a 25% uprated clutch from some motorsport outfit which I bought for my old, sold powerboxed multi but never fitted, this has been waiting 4 years to be fitted to a multi in need, so to 2014, my girlfriends 2005 multis clutch started slipping at 75k and the gears were hard to select, so time to fix, jibber, jibber, I was dreading it, rusty exhaust bolts, dreaded driveshafts and starter motors put in by child mechanics.
I also fitted a drop link, and a new alternator.
It took three whole days, outside, showers, and windy cold, by day three I had an aching back, a migraine, and a chill, I was suffering, but ecstatic that I'd completed such an ffing pita pig sh@t tw@t of a job.
So some tips for future heroes :
Alternator : Move driveshaft out of way, alternator drops down, spacer in top mount stayed put, great, usually drops down, sometimes a pain.
Alternator was cracked, common problem, and when I replaced it, the horrible chirrupping, judder noiser on startup disappeared, it wasnt a tensioner as I'd thought.
Clutch : Didnt drop subframe, but didnt drop gearbox out either, just moved it out of the way so I could get the clutch in and out. The gearbox is a heavy booger, and I couldnt move it properly underneath so give up, shattered.
Luckily all exhaust bolts came off, oiled and greased after.
Starter motor bolts, two of them hidden, but guessed where they were, ie 3 bolt triangle, 13mm, scratched arms.
N/S drive shaft, took clip off cv boot, moved boot back so I could get allen key tools on properly, didnt want to strip any by bad angles...experience...
Tools : From years of owning Fiats..I have a good tool kit, with lots of 3/8" extensions (you need), and a really usefull stubby 3/8" ratchet with a flexible handle, my best tool, which I use all the time, (you need).
I used 3 trolley jacks and two axle stands, I didnt want to be squished.
Gearbox mounts, I removed both mounts as complete units, didnt mess with central bolts.
Thats it for now, good luck to any future Fiat victims!
I know theres been loads of clutch threads, but heres another one..
First of all, anyone that has done a clutch on a Multipla DEFINITELY deserves a medal. I would have paid someone @£300 to do one if I knew someone local I could trust and would do it for the money, ( I already had a clutch kit)
I've done a few clutches on smaller fiats, so I know to dread clutch jobs.
but they were not too bad, as you can usually lie underneath the gearbox and manouvre the box around, as they are not too heavy, so I was dreading the multi.
As Multis are heavy old beasties and have cardboard clutches, I had a 25% uprated clutch from some motorsport outfit which I bought for my old, sold powerboxed multi but never fitted, this has been waiting 4 years to be fitted to a multi in need, so to 2014, my girlfriends 2005 multis clutch started slipping at 75k and the gears were hard to select, so time to fix, jibber, jibber, I was dreading it, rusty exhaust bolts, dreaded driveshafts and starter motors put in by child mechanics.
I also fitted a drop link, and a new alternator.
It took three whole days, outside, showers, and windy cold, by day three I had an aching back, a migraine, and a chill, I was suffering, but ecstatic that I'd completed such an ffing pita pig sh@t tw@t of a job.
So some tips for future heroes :
Alternator : Move driveshaft out of way, alternator drops down, spacer in top mount stayed put, great, usually drops down, sometimes a pain.
Alternator was cracked, common problem, and when I replaced it, the horrible chirrupping, judder noiser on startup disappeared, it wasnt a tensioner as I'd thought.
Clutch : Didnt drop subframe, but didnt drop gearbox out either, just moved it out of the way so I could get the clutch in and out. The gearbox is a heavy booger, and I couldnt move it properly underneath so give up, shattered.
Luckily all exhaust bolts came off, oiled and greased after.
Starter motor bolts, two of them hidden, but guessed where they were, ie 3 bolt triangle, 13mm, scratched arms.
N/S drive shaft, took clip off cv boot, moved boot back so I could get allen key tools on properly, didnt want to strip any by bad angles...experience...
Tools : From years of owning Fiats..I have a good tool kit, with lots of 3/8" extensions (you need), and a really usefull stubby 3/8" ratchet with a flexible handle, my best tool, which I use all the time, (you need).
I used 3 trolley jacks and two axle stands, I didnt want to be squished.
Gearbox mounts, I removed both mounts as complete units, didnt mess with central bolts.
Thats it for now, good luck to any future Fiat victims!
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