Reducing effort needed to depress clutch pedal

We have a Defender 110 CSW, 1988 model. It's a nice beast to own, but we are getting one problem.

My wife is having trouble coping with the clutch, due to arthritis in her knees. Is there any way of altering the clutch system to reduce the pressure required to depress the clutch pedal? Changing the master cylinder for a bigger one maybe?

I think you will need to get a master cylinder with a smaller diameter, but longer travel. or a larger diameter slave cylinder.

you can buy a system wot will operate your clutch for you. i can give yer more info if you PM me

slob said:

you can buy a system wot will operate your clutch for you. i can give yer more info if you PM me

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A chauffeur?

Seriously, has anyone tried replacing either slave or master cylinders to do this?

If I replaced the master with a smaller diameter/longer travel one, wouldn't I also need to replace or alter the clutch pedal/cylinder arm?

bargee said:

A chauffeur?

Seriously, has anyone tried replacing either slave or master cylinders to do this?

If I replaced the master with a smaller diameter/longer travel one, wouldn't I also need to replace or alter the clutch pedal/cylinder arm?

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look here then pm me

Haha you got told! Slob was ackshirly mekkin a sensible comment

all my comments are sensible.. just that some are dun in a abstract sense

slob said:

you can buy a system wot will operate your clutch for you. i can give yer more info if you PM me

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weren't there a thread on this a while back?

busses in mexico use them, they look quite good ackshirly

slob said:

look here then pm me

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Ah, thanks for that.

Bit out of our price range, methinks.

that does seem to be the rolls royce of them though, shirly there's a cheaper one. Failing that how much does an autobox set you back? Handy wi'a spanner?

bargee said:

Ah, thanks for that.

Bit out of our price range, methinks.

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oh ffs, pm me yer might get a surprise, i may just happen to have one sat here as I used to be the main agent for the south of england

Yer not very good at this hint dropping sir slobiness

TheVengefulElephant said:

Yer not very good at this hint dropping sir slobiness

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it's sledgehammer or nuffin with Slob. None of this namby pamby gentle tapping wiv the end of a screwdriver.

sometimes, just sometimes the sledge hammer is the only thing wot works

I've heard of something called an assister spring (or am I going mad). I tried loads of Landees before I got mine as I have dodgy knees, too much cycling or something like that. Anyway someone told me that some Landees have assister spring on the clutch pedal which helps a bit.

You get them assister springs on tractors so it only requires a bit pressure to put clutch down.

kennyb87 said:

You get them assister springs on tractors so it only requires a bit pressure to put clutch down.

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There ye go then good shout!

hi all read somewhere once about a servo kit from a rover car similar to brake servo, cant think where tho