Series 3 Can't engage gears whilst engine running

Stretch said:

Bleed the clutch first

Do these old buggers have a way of measuring clutch wear with a go no go gauge like other models? (I'll look in the big green book this evening if I remember)

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Clutch brake fluid change is always a good idea as well. Often comes out looking like used engine oil.

Bleed the clutch - and make sure someone hasn't put the slave cylinder upside down. Replacing all the fluid is a good idea, too. Is there any sign of hydraulic fluid dripping out of the bellhousing?

Sorry for the confusion, that was the foul contents of my box.

I looked through the manual and there doesn't seem to be a method of measuring the clutch wear from out side of the unit. Bit of a shame. On other vehicle types there is sometimes a differing thickness in the push rod that comes out of the slave cylinder which helps you ascertain the thickness of the clutch linings...

My mate had a look at the landy and we bled the clutch. Unfortunately this didn't work. He reckons something is preventing the clutch from fully disengaging. I'll trailer it to his workshop tomorrow and he'll be taking it off.

As promised, the problem: the teeth on the clutch pressure plate were dodgy on one sided and the clutch plate didn't disengage fully from the flywheel. Replaced pressure plate, clutch plate and bearing - parts 100 pounds with delivery to Slovakia + mates rate at 50EUR for the whole job. Gears now engage beautifully!

you want to get hypoid 90 gear oil, smells like cat ****