Defender TD5 Clutch

My 2002 defender had been standing a while.
I got in to drive it and my clutch only got some bite right at the bottom
and I stalled it about 4 times.
I topped up the fluid and it got a bit better but only to a point where it
was drivable.

Any advice?


Regards John

Hi John

same thing happened to my 2002 defender - had to replace the clutch master
cylinder. Once I removed it you could see the fluid leaking out the back.
Replaced it and has not reoccurred.

Robert

"JJ" <jjmet1979@hot~~~~~~~mail.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My 2002 defender had been standing a while.
> I got in to drive it and my clutch only got some bite right at the bottom
> and I stalled it about 4 times.
> I topped up the fluid and it got a bit better but only to a point where it
> was drivable.
>
> Any advice?
>
>
> Regards John
>

In message <[email protected]>
"Robert White" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi John
>
> same thing happened to my 2002 defender - had to replace the clutch master
> cylinder. Once I removed it you could see the fluid leaking out the back.
> Replaced it and has not reoccurred.
>
> Robert
>
> "JJ" <jjmet1979@hot~~~~~~~mail.com> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > My 2002 defender had been standing a while.
> > I got in to drive it and my clutch only got some bite right at the bottom
> > and I stalled it about 4 times.
> > I topped up the fluid and it got a bit better but only to a point where it
> > was drivable.
> >
> > Any advice?
> >
> >
> > Regards John
> >
>
>

This seems to be happening quite a lot on 2002/2003 vehicles.
Replacement does appear to be a proper fix.

Richard

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Sounds familiar - Just had my 2003 TD5 cyclinder replaced for same reason
last month (failed on the way home). Seems there a real bugger to bleed
thouroughly too if the dealerships comments are anything to go by!

I did wonder if the failing cylinder was the reason for mine being a bit of
a **** to get into second first thing in the morning (dragging clutch).
Gear changes seemed a lot slicker after the master cylinder was replaced.
A few days of use though and its reverted back to being 'argumentative'when
cold. I'm guessing this is something of a trade of against the complexity
of the gearbox - or do I need to pursue this further ??

Dennis


On 1/11/06 08:23, in article c563dc7e4e%[email protected],
"beamendsltd" <[email protected]> wrote:

> In message <[email protected]>
> "Robert White" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi John
>>
>> same thing happened to my 2002 defender - had to replace the clutch master
>> cylinder. Once I removed it you could see the fluid leaking out the back.
>> Replaced it and has not reoccurred.
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> "JJ" <jjmet1979@hot~~~~~~~mail.com> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> My 2002 defender had been standing a while.
>>> I got in to drive it and my clutch only got some bite right at the bottom
>>> and I stalled it about 4 times.
>>> I topped up the fluid and it got a bit better but only to a point where it
>>> was drivable.
>>>
>>> Any advice?
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards John
>>>
>>
>>
>
> This seems to be happening quite a lot on 2002/2003 vehicles.
> Replacement does appear to be a proper fix.
>
> Richard