Freelander1 gearbox problem suggestions please.

Hi I'm Arron a few months ago my other half get her dad's freelander 1 1.8 petrol as he could no longer driver because of a stroke. When I got in put the clutch down I noticed the bite was on the floor and then when you came of the pedal it didn't come all the way up I spoke to my father inlaw and asked if he had the clutch done and if they had done anything else on that side as something didn't fill right he said he had the 3 piece clutch and slave bracket done about 6 months prior so I thought there might be air in the slave so spoke to landy garage and was told to back bleed the system which I did it made a slight improvement but nothing to write home about so I just brought and replaced with new old stock from landrover. As I'm here you guessed it it hasn't made the slightest bit of a difference. I havnt moved it in about 2 months i got in started on the first turn put the clutch down and no gears pump the pedal got gears for about 5 minutes then back to nothing i have to rev match as clutch does nothing

If anyone has any ideas please let me know as I'm stuck all out of ideas apart from change box

Thanks if you got this far.

If the release lever in the gearbox isn't lubricated, it goes stiff and causes the hydraulics to overload, resulting in eventual failure of the slave or slave bracket.

On the thematic forums about Freelander, there are often complaints about the clutch (replacement only in the complex, inability to pump) Followed by the installation of a clutch drive from Niva with the possibility of bleeding. However, I think that you have a beast like Niva quite exotic and this is not the best option

Nodge68 said:

If the release lever in the gearbox isn't lubricated, it goes stiff and causes the hydraulics to overload, resulting in eventual failure of the slave or slave bracket.

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Thanks for the reply is this a box out job to lube?

the coroner said:

Thanks for the reply is this a box out job to lube?

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No and yes. If the clutch was done by somebody who knows the PG1 box, then all sticking parts should have be freed off and lubricated. However this almost never happens, which means the owner/driver has to use loads of WD40 and engine oil on the release lever pivot to free it up.
A liberal spray with WD40 is needed to free up the lever, then an application of engine oil to help prevent it from sticking again.

Sorry for the late reply thank you looks like I'm getting wet then tomorrow