Thread: clutch going? defender

Sounds like your master cylinder may be failing. I have the same thing on my car, albeit my car is a lot older than yours. I have changed the clutch, slave cylinder and Clutch dampner. Although the dampner made the biggest difference the problem is still noticeable. So the next thing I'm going to change is the master cylinder, I just took the longer road than most....

Hope this helps, maybe someone with the same model as yours can shed some light.

Bleed the clutch master & slave cylinders and see if that makes a difference. Benzini is probably right, but rule out the cheap options first. It could be air bubbles in the hydraulic fluid.

I replaced a clutch master cylider on a mates 200Tdi Defender last week. $36 for the master cylinder. It shouldn't be much different for the TD5 (same pedal, same cylinder I'm guessing). Don't get ripped off for parts.

I hope it's something cheap & easy to fix.

How long since the fuilds were changed? May also pay to check the Brake Vacuum Pump for leaks.

Dont replace the clutch master....

Get it resleeved by a brake specialist.

The OE ones are soft metal and will wear quickly again. Sleeving will give a much longer lasting cylinder.

Tombraider

you forgot to mention stainless steel sleeve....

its common for the clutch masters to go on the defenders for some reason....

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

you forgot to mention stainless steel sleeve....

its common for the clutch masters to go on the defenders for some reason....

This puzzles me - my 110 has only had two master cylinders in over 400,000km, and as far as I can tell the cylinders are very similar if not identical. I think I have fitted more slave cylinders.

As mentioned before... Check out the cheap things first:

1 - Change fluid & bleed the system.
2 - Change/test master & slave systems. 5 Yrs is when the seals on these things will start to give out.
3 - Drain the oil & see if there's any crud in it...

If those don't work, then it's either going to be the clutch release fork or the clutch. Either way, it's a 'box out task.

However... It does sound more as though it's a problem with the clutch releasing rather than the thing being worn out.

M

This makes interesting reading. My clutch is dodgy too. I posted something about it in another thread but didn't get much of a response.

Getting it outta reverse is a bitch. It almost feels like the box has a bit of hook in it. If you keep the shift right over to the right it comes out with no probs (no probs selecting reverse). If you simply try to push the shift straight up it just doesn't want to come out.

1st to 2nd shift cold is a not real flash either. It's going for some work tomorrow at the resident Landy expert so I'll mention it. All this with alledgedly only 35,000k too

WTF is a dampner?

Cheers,