Defender clutch problem.

[Woodworks]

Hope you chaps can help.

 

I have got my hands the farms 98 Defender 2.5 liter TDI. Went to move it and the clutch pedal went down with no resistance and stayed there. I checked the fluid reservoir and it was empty so topped up and pumped pedal but no joy. I am not usually hands on with repair but I need to learn to save a few quid so what would you recommend should be my next step?

[mendiplogs]

Hope you chaps can help.

 

I have got my hands the farms 98 Defender 2.5 liter TDI. Went to move it and the clutch pedal went down with no resistance and stayed there. I checked the fluid reservoir and it was empty so topped up and pumped pedal but no joy. I am not usually hands on with repair but I need to learn to save a few quid so what would you recommend should be my next step?

 

HI WOOD we had that on our parked up 110 it was the slave cylinder there cheap thanks jon

[elfinwood saws]

Maybe the clutch fork, sometimes they brake and pass over the trust bearing.

[detritus21]

You'll need to bleed the clutch not just top it up. You will probably find that it is the master cylinder that is at fault they tend to leak a little but not enough to require instant replacement as long as you look at the fluid levels on a weekly basis and top up when required.

[mendiplogs]

Maybe the clutch fork, sometimes they brake and pass over the trust bearing.

 

HI ELF we had that happen to ours mate a garage done it for us he told there nothing up with it :001_rolleyes:thanks jon

[geoff]

Sounds like the clutch fork let go, common thing to happen. Check hydraulics, & if they are all good then that's most likely the problem. Replace with a reinforced one, or weld a stock one up to strengten it, don't buy br&&tpart!

[Woodworks]

Well I don't know what I was doing wrong but went back and did some more pumps on the pedal and got some air bubbles come out and it now working again

 

Sounds like as said the master cylinder is leaking so I had better check it once a week. If I do need to bleed the system in the future what is involved?

[openspaceman]

Well I don't know what I was doing wrong but went back and did some more pumps on the pedal and got some air bubbles come out and it now working again

 

Sounds like as said the master cylinder is leaking so I had better check it once a week. If I do need to bleed the system in the future what is involved?

 

You fit a rubber tube (or one way bleeding device) to the nipple and dip the end into a jar with fluid in, slack off the nipple at the slave cylinder and pump a few times keeping and eye on level. then tighten the nipple.

 

In point of fact because the run from the slave to the master is always up on LRs air bubbles tend to rise by themselves (this is not true of brakes) so if fluid has leaked out of the system (slave seal gone) topping up and leaving over night is often enough.

[geoff]

Sounds like a hydraulic leak now, that is a result!