Thread: Booster to lighten Defender clutch

Some Nissan Patrols have a small booster on the clutch. I don't know how difficult it would be to adapt one of them, but food for thought.

Originally Posted by Babs

Lol lol lol you guys are killing me, I'm having a good laugh.

Squats! I full squat ass to ground 130/140kg I'm no pussy. Actually that's when I feel it most, a couple days after a leg work out.

It's definitely heavy, I had it in for service with DPL yesterday and he gave me a loan defender which had a heavy duty clutch and it was like butter, I didn't want to give it back, I actually enjoyed driving that old clunka instead of my fancy pancy Puma. The clutch was a breeze.
When I got back in my puma it was a momentary struggle to push down the clutch. So if you guys don't think they are heavy I have obviously got something wrong with mine.

Tues Mulgo is fitting my new ARB Bar I'm going to drive his defender to compare?????

That's why I was looking at an auto conversion or moving it on completely to go back to a Patrol auto. But if the clutch was anything like BD's old clunka then I would not have a problem with the manual.

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Say hello to Daniel for me. Fuel tanks are working great.

Sounds like you're a contender for the left footed arse kicking contest

Should have had a sit/drive in the other Landies earlier in the year!

I have seen Series Land Rovers with a booster from a Coaster. I had a 2A which nearly needed two feet to push it in and did consider it. The next 2A I had was as light as wifey's current Suzuki Swift.

Jeff

Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

Say hello to Daniel for me. Fuel tanks are working great.

My tanks are awesome but recently found if you drain the left completely by itself and leave the right full you cant refill the left until you empty the right. Confusing yrs so always empty both together as I have always done previously.
Mike

Originally Posted by Defender Mike

My tanks are awesome but recently found if you drain the left completely by itself and leave the right full you cant refill the left until you empty the right. Confusing yrs so always empty both together as I have always done previously.
Mike

I find they are very hard to fill with high flow pumps. It is much easier with the skinny nozzles. I need airbags in the rear springs to handle the extra weight of dual jerry carrier and an extra 80 litres of fuel.

About 35 years ago I saw an MGB owned by a one-legged man that was fitted with a cable operated brake booster to operate the clutch. The cable was operated by a lever on the gear lever.

Must confess I saw these in LRO and then thought that my 5 foot nothing wife has no problems with the clutch in the 300tdi 110 or 90 and she drives them most of the time. Well pretty much all the time.

So moved on and kept on reading the mag.