The Land Rover Appreciation Group.

[mendiplogs]

Nah Jon, old wife's tale.

 

HI 18 ok mate thanks jon

[RobRainford]

I believe it can mess up ones that are auto and maybe ones left/stuck in diff lock. Lr probably would have made them in 2wd if it would break being towed

 

 

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[Matthew Arnold]

My fellow landy nuts. Dad went to take the landy out this morning and the pedal hit the floor. The spring is fine but i think the clutch cable has snapped where it joins the pedal between the spring clamps. Any ideas gents?

[mendiplogs]

My fellow landy nuts. Dad went to take the landy out this morning and the pedal hit the floor. The spring is fine but i think the clutch cable has snapped where it joins the pedal between the spring clamps. Any ideas gents?

 

HI MATT so what you after then matt thanks jon:thumbup:

[Matthew Arnold]

HI MATT so what you after then matt thanks jon:thumbup:

 

Was thinking the clutch cable has snapped as dad said the pedal was getting lower and lower before it disengaged then bit about 1/2 inch up off the bottom. today it went bang before he started it.

 

Master cylinder has gone by the sounds of it as no cable there.

Edited November 8, 2013 by Matthew Arnold

[mendiplogs]

Was thinking the clutch cable has snapped as dad said the pedal was getting lower and lower before it disengaged then bit about 1/2 inch up off the bottom. today it went bang before he started it.

 

HI MATT is it just the spring gone matt thanks jon

[Chris Sheppard]

Why not Jon, what happened?

 

Why should the AA not tow a landy?

 

I've found that it's not that they can't, more that they won't. When my injector pump started sucking in air I needed a tow from Driffield back to Malton (pretty much) and they said if it was a mile or two they'd reluctantly consider towing it but made me wait another hour or so for a flatbed.

 

We definitely had our moneys worth this year - had two recoveries within a couple of weeks, the first one only a week or so after paying the renewal:laugh1: (and no they weren't both for the Landy!)

 

Interestingly enough, when they towed our old Jimny (with selectable 4wd) they still whipped the rear prop off too, despite there being no drive to the front axle anyway.

 

Nah Jon, old wife's tale.

 

I'd agree with that - bit like when people panic if the MOT man puts it on the rollers for the brake test. How can it do any damage - there's three open diffs to lose any wind up!

[18 stoner]

Yeh, very true Chris, there's lots and lots of advice about what you should and shouldn't do when towing a landy!

 

In reality, considering the daily abuse some of them get just being put through their designed uses, I've never heard of anyone having a box, diff, or axle going pop whole being towed.

 

Last week however, I managed to pop a half shaft. This was pure abuse, being fully loaded, towing near 4tons and a slight wheel spin on Tarmac, it didn't like it. I'm sure it could of been towed for many, many miles with the same load without any damage! Lol!

[Chris Sheppard]

Yeh, very true Chris, there's lots and lots of advice about what you should and shouldn't do when towing a landy!

 

In reality, considering the daily abuse some of them get just being put through their designed uses, I've never heard of anyone having a box, diff, or axle going pop whole being towed.

 

Last week however, I managed to pop a half shaft. This was pure abuse, being fully loaded, towing near 4tons and a slight wheel spin on Tarmac, it didn't like it. I'm sure it could of been towed for many, many miles with the same load without any damage! Lol!

 

I forgot the best bit - got AA'd back to my house and then a few days later we towed the 90 the 10 miles or so to the garage (once I'd thought about it and decided that dipping into the top of an injector pump on a gravel drive wasn't a good idea) and it still works fine so far a few weeks later

 

Not done a half shaft on one yet but did a diff and a couple of drive flanges on the front of the old 130 - but that did work hard Always wondered why they never put the salisbury front axles on the 130 and hd 110?

[d-raittuk]

Landrover owners/nuts witch is the best land rover tipper single cab to get ideally needs to be a good tower need to pull a 2.8 mini digger among other things logs and chip in the back.

also is it worth buying a cheap rover and converting it or by one good to go ?

 

Thanks