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rangra



Member Since: 21 Mar 2009
Location: Wiltshire
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United Kingdom 2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Java Black
Gearbox and clutch
Can anyone explain (in simple terms!) how you know when your clutch needs replacing? Also, how do you know if your gearbox might need replacing-I notice that lots of people have had the clutch replaced but then needed the gearbox changing too?

Our gearbox makes a 'grating' noise when you change to second and third and is quite stiff. LAND ROVER DEFENDER 110 XS SW 2.4
Post #16814 17th Oct 2009 7:55pm
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fekete



Member Since: 24 Dec 2008
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United Kingdom 2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Bonatti Grey
Hi, with my clutch my height & low range gear stick started to rattle,
If you're finding it hard to get it in to second, you probably need a new selector Thumbs Up NEVER TAKE LIFE SERIOUSLY. NOBODY GETS OUT ALIVE ANYWAY
Post #16816 17th Oct 2009 8:10pm
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Higgers



Member Since: 08 Apr 2009
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United Kingdom 2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Firenze Red
Clutch - excessive drivechain shunt and also in low range on tick over sounds like the worlds ending.

Gearbox and ECU - See my post on warrenty work in this section. Just had the gear stick assembly replaced.

With both the above - drives like a new car.

If your dealers being a cock, Hunters at Guildford get my vote although it would be a bit of a drive. The whole dealer network seem very hit and miss. Its taken me a while to find one I trust, but I still ask for the technicians check sheet when i pick it up. If they flap when you ask for it, investigate more!!

Hope this helps.

Ian
Post #16824 17th Oct 2009 9:03pm
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Bosun



Member Since: 21 Jul 2008
Location: Great Berry
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2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Tonga Green
Keep onto the dealer, and if you know who to contact at Land Rover, them too!. The TDCi transiission (the whole of it) is, I'm sorry to say, pant, pants and more pants!!!!!! LR realy need to get their act together. In case you haven't gathered, I'm one very, very, unhappy LR customer. I realy would like to promote LR as the last bastion of the British motor industry, but I fear I,m losing the inevitable battle. Comments welcome.
Post #16857 18th Oct 2009 8:08pm
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chay



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Wholly agree with you, after many Land Rovers (over 30 years) and now LR's attitdute to problems regarding my new 90XS, let alone the build quality, I brought the wife a Volvo rather than a new Freelander. Very sadly LR and the dealers cannot be trusted to give even a token of the service that any other manufacturer deems normal.

Is any other manufacturers/dealers standard reply 'what do you expect' when you spend £26k on a vehicle?

Why, oh why, do we still love em?
Post #16859 18th Oct 2009 8:43pm
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rangra



Member Since: 21 Mar 2009
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United Kingdom 2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Java Black
chay wrote:
Wholly agree with you, after many Land Rovers (over 30 years) and now LR's attitdute to problems regarding my new 90XS, let alone the build quality, I brought the wife a Volvo rather than a new Freelander. Very sadly LR and the dealers cannot be trusted to give even a token of the service that any other manufacturer deems normal.

Is any other manufacturers/dealers standard reply 'what do you expect' when you spend £26k on a vehicle?

Why, oh why, do we still love em?


I know what you mean about the 'what do you expect'-we get told its a quirky vehicle or that its part of the character? Confused LAND ROVER DEFENDER 110 XS SW 2.4
Post #16863 18th Oct 2009 9:53pm
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Chui



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South Africa 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Stornoway Grey
In my instance the transfer case started to rattle when at idle. Stealers told me no problem, your clutch is fine. Yesterday, 750km from home, just outside the Central Kalahari desert, my clutch packs up entirely. I was towed all 750km by a mate in his Toyota Land Cruiser. Sad.
Post #17302 27th Oct 2009 2:14pm
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