Thread: Clutch clutch clutch..... GRRRR

My fellow Disco Drivers... I need to pick your brains again. Having convinced myself that the clutch had gone U/S I tried to get the gear box out at home on the garage floor. I've changed a disco 1 clutch but in those days I was single, childless (i've got 4 now), had access to a car ramp and walked to work.

After 4 days of drilling out and grinding off the bolts holding the cross members on I ran up the white flag. Local transmission shop reckoned it was the master cylinder, they changed both it and the slave and it all seemed good (spigot bush still screeches but I am aware of that issue).

Until today. Having driven Canberra to Sydney without incident I now cannot engage 2nd gear if the car is moving; i.e. I can't do a 3-2 change. Also, if I park on the drive facing uphill, engage reverse. disengage the handbrake and then dip the clutch pedal, she doesn't roll back.

I am hoping that the system just needs bleeding but I have that chilly feeling.

Grateful, as ever, for the thoughts of the brain trust.

DD

One master cylinder, one slave cylinder, how could it get so complicated. I've now got 2nd gear from 3rd and the clutch disengages properly in reverse. I do now have a hint of a crunch when engaging 4th(!).

Unclipping the pipe from the bulkhead is new on me but I'll give it a look at the weekend.

Meanwhile I had an interesting conversation with a transmission shop. They have been having difficulties with TD5 clutches it is thought because later master cylinders had slightly narrower bores to make the clutch softer at the expense of slave cylinder piston travel. The solution being to get hold of 'new old' stock.

Finally (for now) there is also the school of thought that simply letting the car stand will allow the bubbles to float up and out of the system. Well I cycle to work in the week so Daisy is all tucked up until Friday!