TVG 2.8 Owners and Clutches

Anybody got experiences with TVG 2.8 and clutches?

I’ve just gone through my 7th clutch in 2.5 years and I’m sick of it. I can now change a clutch in 8 hours but that’s not the point!!!!

Clutch #1 - Existing britpart clutch 235mm land rover defender standard, slipping, removed, with minimal wear. Told they were like butter so binned. £155
Clutch #2 – AP clutch 243mm land rover heavy duty 110 clutch, self-destructs after chasing what was thought to be slave cylinder problems, 4 wks to initial failure, 8 wks until dust. £100
Clutch #3 – Aftermarket town and county 235mm clutch, installed and slipping straight away. Removed 6 months later to install clutch #4. £150
Clutch #4 – AP clutch 245mm landrover heavy duty 130 clutch, one rivet broken, leaving the car unable to change gear and showing the same symptoms as previous AP clutch. 6 wks old £45 as I only bought clutch plate.
Clutch #5 – Genuine land rover heavy duty 130 clutch, looking good with 4 rivet transfer as opposed to 3 rivet AP clutch. Installed and lasted 6 wks £160
Clutch #6 – ORCA paddle clutch (diameter much reduces from 243mm), solid centre, Rivets fine, clutch slipped after 5 days, no drive after 10 days, one side of paddles the material had worn away, pressure plate eaten. £216
Clutch #7 – Home made using solid centre from the ORCA paddle clutch and 130 clutch friction material. Lasted 9 months £0 but I’m getting tired of having an unreliable car and bench pressing gear box’s.

Any suggestion for Clutch # 8?

Land rover is tuned but to be honest I don’t think it kicks out much more that the engine specification of 280 lbf ft and 130 bhp. Muppet that sold the land rover to me said it had 350 lbf and 200 bhp.

I’ve looked at auto box and to be honest a conversion kit is too costly and I want a manual.

Anyone else experienced this or have advice?

Vehicle is for sale as is if right offer made.

maybe you need to look at your driving style?

Do you think the fly wheel could be fooked????????? Have it refaced/trued up or get a new one.

Fly wheel good, its the torque that is the issue. Shearing bolts or on the smaller clutch diameters it slips.

Drive another standard 110 without problems.

Kind to vehicle as never offroad.

Occationally tow but all within landrover capability.

Is there any scope in making something from an Iveco / Isuzu or a small truck work? 2.8 litres of diesel power is not tremendous by any means in the general scale of things. It's a fantastic engine for a Land Rover but there are 4x4's out there with much beefier engines that don't seem to suffer clutch problems. You could always create a conversion plate and then mate the engine to a box out of something completely different. The problems all come with splines, shaft lengths, gear ratios, cost time etc. A gentleman I know has a Cummins 6BT in his 110 high-cap pickup (there are a few videos of it on youtube). Thats a hell of an engine. It has had substantial mods, not sure which gearbox it is using though whether it is Land Rover or not. Don't sell it! You will regret it to no end. It would seem Land Rover specific clutch parts just aren't working though...

-Tom