Actually I wrote that guide quite some time back, Bikedoc has simply brought it to the surface. You will definitely need to bleed it. Follow my guide to the letter and you should be OK. The systems are a right pain due to all the high spots. Whatever you do make sure the reservoir stays full

Righty-Ho...

Of to buy a bleed kit before the bleedin' shop closes then ;-)

Thanks glowplug!
Steve

Before you get into all of that, clamp a breaker bar or similar to the clutch release arm that sprouts out of the bell housing and check that you can actually disengage the clutch. It would be worth establishing exactly WHY the slave cylinder shot apart.

Agreed that is a very good point. The clucth fork actuating arm is known for seizing up. Spraying a good deal of WD40 under the actuating arm where the rod goes into the gearbox frees this up.

Ok that's a good shout chaps.

It seems to be moving ok. I had to bleed it three times to get the air out of the system. Just about to give it a run about for some diesel before the week starts.

Cheers
Steve

The piston coming out of the cylinder is not something I've heard of before. I thought there's a retaining circlip in the cylinder bore? Anyway, to come out it must have been allowed to over-travel. Was the slave cylinder correctly mounted on the gearbox? Has the clutch release bearing collapsed (very common)? Is the slave pushrod bent? If you've got a cylinder with a crappy plastic pushrod - and even genuine Fiat ones have that - and the clutch fork jammed solid I suppose it's possible the rod could bend