Thread: flatbed but lucky

Originally Posted by ted44

Hello all, well! I don't count myself as being lucky, but today the clutch went at (least that's the problem area) but things could have been a whole lot worse as we were going up the beach at Bribie Island and at the last minute changed our mind! Phew! I'm not sure what the problem is but I can't select a gear, diff lock in out low or high all I can do is grind them occasionally, We were coming up to a roundabout and I disengaged the clutch to select another gear and it came out ok but would not go back in! There's clutch fluid in the master and no sign of any coming out anywhere! Anyone got any clues? How hard by yourself to change a clutch if that's the case?
Thanks ted

Had the same issue in my TD5 , it was the slave cylinder, replace that and new clutch fluid, best clutch I have ever had.

I Thought it could be that, but would you not be able to pump the clutch to get some pressure to get it in gear?

Didnt it occur to you to turn the engine off, put it in gear and start it in gear then off you go - match speeds between gears by pausing in neutral, not hard to drive without a clutch pedal.

To replace the clutch it is just as easy to remove the engine rather than the box.
you could do it by yourself, but 2 helpers would be better.
A reconditioned exchange flywheel can be sourced from MR Auto
Throwout bearing, spigot bush and HD fork would also be on my list.


A large shed would also be handy, it is a little warm outside.

No didn't think of that although we were in a safe place as I'd managed to coast in to a service station forecourt! So I just tried that and it does engage so what would you think the problem is, Slave?

Sounds like the clutch fork if it still holds fluid.
My slave went and the bellhousing filled full of clutch fluid.
That was tricky driving home from Byron at 2am to avoid traffic.

For goodness sake don't go pulling engines out or anything before eliminating the easy stuff! My slave went recently didn't see a drop of fluid anywhere. Hydraulics can be funny.

That's the way I'm going to go, I've got a new Master & slave I the garage had them for a while, but didn't want to mess with things when they were ok! Thanks for the imput everyone fingers crossed that its one of these, but if not I had planned to change the clutch. So here goes