Cothy
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- Elgin, Moray
1997 300TDi Defender
Changed gearbox and put on new clutch and HD thrust bearing. HD lever arm came with 2nd hand gearbox.
Cleaned out clutch slave cylinder no leaks or scoring reassembled and bled system.
Put box in gear depressed clutch output not turning so clutch not releasing.
Removed slave cylinder from bell-housing, no leaks found.
Push rod from piston to lever arm when pushed into housing stuck out about an inch from the bell-housing mating surface, I assume this means the thrust bearing is correctly located? I did check this before finally joining box to engine but you know what Murphy's law is like and how Sod's law usually takes over afterwards.
The 2nd hand box's number is still below the cut off for the change over in slave cylinders so the old cylinder should still fit.
Tomorrow (or when it's dry) I'll lift the front of the landy up and bleed the system again or will it be off with the box again and check everything again for the umpteenth time.
Any suggestions on what to try or check next gratefully received as I'm getting near to breaking point.
Cheers
Cothy
Changed gearbox and put on new clutch and HD thrust bearing. HD lever arm came with 2nd hand gearbox.
Cleaned out clutch slave cylinder no leaks or scoring reassembled and bled system.
Put box in gear depressed clutch output not turning so clutch not releasing.
Removed slave cylinder from bell-housing, no leaks found.
Push rod from piston to lever arm when pushed into housing stuck out about an inch from the bell-housing mating surface, I assume this means the thrust bearing is correctly located? I did check this before finally joining box to engine but you know what Murphy's law is like and how Sod's law usually takes over afterwards.
The 2nd hand box's number is still below the cut off for the change over in slave cylinders so the old cylinder should still fit.
Tomorrow (or when it's dry) I'll lift the front of the landy up and bleed the system again or will it be off with the box again and check everything again for the umpteenth time.
Any suggestions on what to try or check next gratefully received as I'm getting near to breaking point.
Cheers
Cothy