UNUSUAL CLUTCH FAILURE ON 4200 GT ............. SOLID BRAKE FLUID!

[DLax69]

Thread revival, part deux.
I'm back in the Maser club - post to follow with details. But on exiting the freeway from the 800 mile drive with my "new" 2003 Spyder GT, the clutch went to the floor and stayed there. I won't elaborate on the expletives uttered, or in the barbaric manner in which I made my way home, ignoring all traffic signals with my hazards on, idling along in second gear.
As I am of a vintage that I've only adjusted cable/linkage style clutches, never hydraulic, I was quite thankful to dive in to SM and immediately find this post. Going to try to do a brake/clutch bleed and see what happens.

**** yes!!! New avatar coming soon...?

 

[Church of Noise]

Thread revival, part deux.
I'm back in the Maser club - post to follow with details. But on exiting the freeway from the 800 mile drive with my "new" 2003 Spyder GT, the clutch went to the floor and stayed there. I won't elaborate on the expletives uttered, or in the barbaric manner in which I made my way home, ignoring all traffic signals with my hazards on, idling along in second gear.
As I am of a vintage that I've only adjusted cable/linkage style clutches, never hydraulic, I was quite thankful to dive in to SM and immediately find this post. Going to try to do a brake/clutch bleed and see what happens.

Exellent news!!!
And hope the car's fixed soon!

 

[todd.the.submariner]

Welcome back!

C

just noticed you are "no longer Maserless" as well, so while you never left... welcome back!

 

[Nibby]

Not sure how it can be loose on the rod?? Is the rod itself loose?

This is from my 3200, if it’s the same pedal box it could be the rubber bush.
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My clutch problem was the circlip holding the rod to the pedal (or wasn't in my case as it had come adrift), when the pedal was released it wasn't pulling the rod all the way back and I'm guessing letting air in when left for more than a day.
Thanks to Geo on here he gave me good advice to get the circlip back on, have to use right angled circlip pliers and is an absolute pain to get back into the slot in the pedal.

 

[todd.the.submariner]

Repair complete! Added some details to the post on ML here: (99) 4200 GT Clutch Master Cylinder Alternative | Page 2 | Maserati Forum (maseratilife.com)
Not a difficult repair, but one that a newbie like myself learned some lessons on.
That Seeger ring (Circlip), that little .... thing... inspired many rounds of expletives.