Maserati Merak clutch slave query

It is indeed the Massey Ferguson slave cylinder. It’s either been an incredibly well kept secret for many years or no one knew until very recently when I believe it was Claus in the Merak group made the discovery

 

Why don't you join the Merak Group and ask. The rubber utilized for brake fluid system will not survive usage by LHM. Do you know which system your car has?

https://www.eurospares.co.uk/Maserati/Merak/Merak_3.0/PartDiagrams/010/Clutch The clutch slave on the LHM system cars is not the same as the Massy Ferguson one. Wildly different.

 

I had mine rebuilt for something like £90 here in the UK.

 

Mine looked like this, which is different from the Massey F brake cylinder.
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The green color is curious. Is your's a LHM car or brake fluid?

 

Maserati, especially under DeTomaso, changed things on these cars quite often. The last series of Meraks the SS model got the 3.0L V6 and the LHM system was deleted entirely from the car.

That diagram from Eurospares doesn't show all the variations, just the LHM version and it has the LHM assisted clutch just like the Khamsin. Their website used to be much better in documenting the parts diagrams.

So ... there might have been a version with a brake fluid based clutch system like on the Bora that retained all the other LHM functions.

Which is why I kept asking everyone which style of hydraulic fluid was in their clutch circuit. If yours looks like the one in that diagram then it's definitely a LHM clutch circuit. The Eurospares diagram does not show the brake fluid circuit's parts which are possibly the ones that match the tractor's.

 

The LHM brakes were deleted on the USA SS version but was kept for the Euro version. I believe only the Euro A80 and the USA SS models did not have the LHM brakes. Walter should be able to verify this as I believe he has a A80 model.

Ivan

 

Then forget about the tractor substitute. Not only is the the rubber incompatible but so is the basic operation.

 

It’s LHM. The Citroen accumulators are also a similar green.

 

https://whitepost.com/brake-sleeving-rebuilding-services/

 

That was my guess but the one in the parts catalog drawing doesn't seem to look quite like yours? Ah the mysteries of Maserati production ...