high clutch pedal

Hi all i was sat in traffic today in my 1.8k freelander selected 1st gear when i released the clutch pedal it came back up very high as if a pedal stop has broken or something clutch works fine-as normal cant see anything wrong/out of place
Any ideas ?????????????????????

yur clutch wire has stretched

you have to reconnect it

No broken bits of crap or anything on the floor?

Do gaylanders have ratchet type clutch pedal adapters anyone?

Sorry chap I don't know owt about freelanders! But my first bet would be to look for broken bits of plastic and metal under the pedal, as a lot of cable clutches have adjusters built onto the pedal.

Is it a hydraulic clutch?
If so, then a circlip that holds the "guts" of the master cylinder may have popped out. It can be re-assembled and pedal height will return to where it was before. Usually the circlip stays on the pushrod.

Sheddist might well be right. A few things first, I believe all Freelanders are hydraulic clutches, none have a ratchet adjuster.
A few things check. The 1.8 has an external slave cylinder on the gearbox bell housing, these are prone to breaking the supporting bracket, then the clutch pedal tends to bite low.
The master cylinder is attached to the bulkhead via a quarter of a turn and a has a semi flexible pipe to the master cylinder.
So I would remove the slave cylinder rod from the clutch pedal. This just clips onto the pedal, you get your head under the dash and hold the pedal in one hand and unclip the rod with the other hand. You pull the rod towards the passenger side and it pops off, watch out for the pedal as when you unclip the rod the pedal springs up into your face!!!! Now under the bonet twist the clutch master cylinder through 90 degrees. It should pull out with the rod, now you can reattach the rod retaining clip that should pop inside the master cylinder. Then you can put it all back together. Hopefully that gives you some ideas to fix the problem. Good Luck.

It is better to try to get the circlip back witht he master cylinder in situ. If the circlip has come off, then removing the master cylinder can cause all its "guts" and fluid to leak out, giving you a big headache when you try to bleed air out of a sealed system.

Sheddist said:

It is better to try to get the circlip back witht he master cylinder in situ. If the circlip has come off, then removing the master cylinder can cause all its "guts" and fluid to leak out, giving you a big headache when you try to bleed air out of a sealed system.

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Very good point, I had forgotten that. It is a head under the dash job but as Sheddist said try just putting the circlip back from under the dash first.