Alfa Selespeed Hydraulics

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Alfa Selespeed Hydraulics

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We posted off the remains of my first donor car, to the breakers this morning. As a final dummy spit it started and idled with no glass, airbag module, lighting, seats or dash but the minute I engaged reverse and tried to move it, it shut down and refused to restart! Clutch was jammed open with a length of scrap bar and the car pushed outside.

Anyhow - having all the front exposed allowed good inspection of Selespeed hydraulics. Think C-Matic, but with AL4 quality decision making. :wink: I read this evening about Selespeed "issues", and it certainly sounds like accumulator function has an awful lot to do with adequacy of gearbox performance. Funny, that. :lol:

Wouldn't be surprised if there is a suitable Cit accumulator that may be spliced into the circuit as a cheaper and more accessible replacement for the £50 Alfa one. While my crashed car doesn't have Sillyspeed, it's been interesting to realise that a lot of the typical "Citrophobia" remarks are very similar to ones directed at the Selespeed box...

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Post by CitroJim »

That's one very INTERESTING gearbox Adam :)

I like my gearboxes...
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Post by addo »

It is interesting, because it's really old-tech with modern logic applied to it. Very different to a DSG type transmission. One wonders how hard it might be, to adapt paddle shift to a CX! :shock:

I give the Alfas a C- for ease of service/access, though - a Xantia is far easier to work on!
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Post by Sid_the_Squid »

How about this for an interesting gearbox.

http://www.zf.com/corporate/en/products ... lutch.html

One my neighbours has a either this system or one very simlar in his new SEAT LEON, aka VW Golf.
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