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offroading today at muddy bottom,doing the good dead helping someone out stuck in the woods and then suddenly motor stalled and then clutch went rock hard,so i then had to be towed out.someones had a quick look at it and he reckons the most probable cause is the clutch fork?
its a 2.5 td and he reckons thats a quite easy fix but i might aswell replace the clutch while the gearbox is out,is this gonna cost me megabucks as i only had the lift kitted and it serviced on friday so the cash is slowly dissappearing
 
managed to drive 30 mile home with no clutch..
would start it in 1st gear and fire it over on the ignition till it ran then it was pot luck on wich gear we could select..interesting at roundabouts and junctions if nothing was coming it was good if there was knock it into neutral turn it off and then get it into 1st gear and repeat starting process on the ignition..it was an adventure to say the least but not one i wont to do again
 
If its the clutch fork you don't need to remove the gearbox to get at it. Well, it's down to you to decide which way to get at it. Either take the gnien out (probs easiest) so you can change the clutch and clutch fork both at the same time. Easier than laying underneath trying to shift the gearbox and transfer box to get at the clutch!
 
It's a simple process but time consuming and fiddly to get at. If you decide to take the engine out you'll need to disconnect the wiring loom and then disconnect all the pipes, undo each bolt around the bell housing and disconnect the exhaust and engine mounting points. It should then in theory (with a bit of jiggling) just pull straight forwards and out, leaving the clutch for clearly visible in the bell housing which can be replaced with relative ease. the clutch is covered with the pressure plate which just unbolts and then you slide the clutch disk out! Simple, nothing to it and nothing fiddly to fanny around with. Just time and making sure you undo all the bell housing bolts first! All you need to think of price wise is the cost of an engine hoist (to hire) and the clutch kit from paddocks (£60 odd)

-pos
 
Can do a clutch change on your driveway with 2 mates in 4 hours. Done it meself.

What can happen is where the clutch release fork runs on its wee swivel ball, the ball wears through the fork, so the fork pops back and then won't move.

Get a re-inforced fork, or weld a thick plate over the new one - look at my 300TDi upgrade thread, and you can see how I did it to mine.

Clutch kit is about £40, fork is about £10 i think, piece of **** to do if you are mechanically minded a wee bit.

Although... Personally... I wouldda fitted me own lift kit and serviced it too :D
 
trouble is i am quite handy with tools,but i prefer to leave the mechanical side of things to the pepes that have all the gear.landy garage only charge me £30 hr..which i can live with..he has rung me today and suggested i seriously think about the 200tdi conversion and not spend the dosh on the 2.5td..whats peoples thoughts?
 
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