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110-Utility



Member Since: 30 Sep 2015
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United Kingdom 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Corris Grey
Clutch not engaging
Drove my defender this morning no problems, clutch not slipping in the slightest

Made the mistake of leaving it in gear and Just started the car up and with a bit of a shudder it stalled.

However then when I tried to re-start it the clutch is not engaging at all, it springs to the floor and has to be manually pulled back up by hand.

It's only operating on the spring and no hydrolics seem to be engaging at all.

Any ideas?

Only had it two weeks, the wife won't be impressed Laughing

Thanks
Post #464031 17th Oct 2015 12:25pm
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110-Utility



Member Since: 30 Sep 2015
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United Kingdom 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Corris Grey
The hydraulic clutch fluid reservoir is bone dry, so a chance the system ran dry and now isn't enough pressure to engage, or when the car stalled it split/popped something and it's drained

I've been underneath and can't see any fresh fluid however
Post #464035 17th Oct 2015 12:38pm
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England 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Orkney Grey
LR assist is your friend....master or slave cylinder or pipe in between.
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LR assist?

What's that and if you mean the Land Rover breakdown, it won't cover my 2008 defender will it?
Post #464071 17th Oct 2015 2:54pm
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Happyoldgit



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As has been said master or slave cylinder or the pipework has leaked somewhere, you may get a bit of pedal back by refilling with appropriate fluid and bleeding but it will only be a temporary fix until the fault is rectified.

If it's the slave it's a gearbox out job i'm afraid and best replace the master while you are at it too. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades.
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sorry thought you had a newer one.

crawl underneath and take a look.
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Best we can work out is the slave cylinder has gone.

Going to get it flat bedded somewhere to be fixed.

Any ideas what I can expect the bill to be?

Thanks
Post #464255 18th Oct 2015 9:11am
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K9F



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£700-£1000 plus going by the thread below! Big Cry

http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic30979.html?highlight=clutch If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!

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Post #464271 18th Oct 2015 10:27am
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SiWhite



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I paid £940 for a new slave and clutch kit using genuine LR parts. Deduct about £300 from that if you don't want to change the clutch. My blog - www.anacreinhampshire.blogspot.co.uk

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miket



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Interesting - was that at a main dealer or an independent?
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110-Utility



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To wrap this up, I took the car to Safari engineering (defender specialist) and collected it yesterday.

The previous owner replaced the clutch with a upgraded 2.2 clutch last year but installed a aftermarket slave cylinder that according to safari was a much weaker part. Because of this it was the weakest link and went.

Clutch was fine, so gearbox out to replace the slave with a genuine LR part and it was fixed.

Bill was £637, and was very impressed with safari.
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£700 equivalent (NZ dollars) to get slave replaced and clutch and bearing while we were at it (when in 'rome'!)

I opted for the OEM parts...

I did the master myself initially, parts cost only which was minimal - pity it didn't solve it.
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