Thread: Clutch Kits

Lionel,

Hello from Brisbane.

I guess if you want a tidy ordered life where everything appears to be consistent and reasonable you wouldn’t be tooling around with an old Land Rover.

To the common and tormented cry of “why” to these sorts of life’s posers there is usually no sensible answer. They are that way simply because they can be (and it’s a Land Rover)...,,,

Cheers,

Neil

Hello Neil,

Thanks for the sage's wisdom. With your having a similar vehicle - which clutch supplier and what type of kit did you go for? As in Heavy Duty or not? What brand and what sort of result did you get from them?

Could be a good question for the likes of Rover 123 and the Ho Hars too; or Tim J - fellow Queensland types. As we do things a wee bit different here, north of the border.

Kind Regards
Lionel

Lionel,

Hello again.

I forgot to add in my last post that you should take solace in the fact that in your search for enlightenment you are not likely to be alone.

Re clutches - the one in my truck is whatever was fitted by the PO.

Cheers,

Neil

I got my clutch kit from Repco.
will have a look at the Brand.

whitehillbilly

I think the 'heavy duty' refers to just the price !

I got a standard kit at trade price a few years ago for $175, not sure if I kept the packaging or noted the part numbers. I remember the plate & diaphragm were from different suppliers.


Colin

not land rover, but I had a similar experience shopping for a triumph spitfire clutch some years ago. Ended up just going to a brake & clutch joint and buying one over the counter, much cheaper than the online prices. Specialist parts suppliers tend to be more expensive for things that can be bought pretty much anywhere. Brakes have been another good example of this with my landies.

Cheers,

Adam

Lionel,

Hello again.

Following some of the earlier advice I would probably wait until someone like Repco is having a 30% off everything sale and see if they have the bits you need in stock. They may well have.

Like an earlier post I suspect that some of the heavy duty naming might be more hype than technical difference. I guess I would query the counter monkey a bit on the country of origin of the parts on offer and go from there.

One advantage of buying this sort of stuff locally is that if it trips and falls fairly quickly you can seek redress fairly economically.

Cheers,

Neil

Hello All,

I cleaned the pressure plate cover and it has "Borg and Beck, England" stamped on it. Borg and Beck may have become Borg Warner here in Australia. So I figure that the Borg and Beck stamp might mean it has been a fair while since the clutch got changed the last time.

Although, a search on the internet found that Borg and Beck are still around in the UK - accessed October 21, 2017 from, Borg & Beck – Clutch.

From talking with the previous owner the Holden 202 engine conversion was done professionally in Maryborough - Queensland. This is the city where they have been making locomotives and trains for over a hundred years. Therefore, the fabrication of a new flywheel would be well within a local trades-person's skill set. A close inspection of the flywheel suggest it has been machined to accept the Holden ring gear for a standard Bosch Holden starter motor. On the transmission side of the flywheel there are only threaded holes for the Borg and Beck clutch.

Since the same clutch kit also fits the 2.25 litre four cylinder diesel engine as the 2.6 litre six cylinder petrol and I need a clutch for each of these vehicles I will hedge my bet. I will initially buyi a Land Rover clutch kit instead of gambling on a Holden clutch kit. That way if the Land Rover is not the correct fit for the converted flywheel I can at least use it on the 100% Land Rover diesel Series III - named Baldrick. Or it could be used in my ex-Army FFR - Batty. If the Holden engine needs a Holden clutch kit it will only represent a slight delay and getting Rebuse back on the road. It would be nice to get it right the first time though.

Kind Regards
Lionel