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    Whats happend to my clutch? Had to abandon in a field!

    I dont know, the garage was broadlands 4 x 4 near southhampton but thas 400 miles away from me In yorkshire! The previous owner seems to have used them alot over the 20 years he had the vehicle and otherwise seems to have kept it in good nick tbh. The price paid was about £120 for the whole lot...
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    Whats happend to my clutch? Had to abandon in a field!

    Ive got the service record and the whole lot was replaced 14,000 miles ago and its had mostly light road use since then (10k with me). (Arm and clutch etc including push rod). Im working currently on the assumption that their is a) some air still in the system and leaving it to settle overnight...
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    Whats happend to my clutch? Had to abandon in a field!

    right im going to give it a run round the field for a few hundred meters and then if no better take a pic of the push rod? Doies anyone have any measurements of what lenght it should be? All the part numbers dont indicate this and I thus cant order one longer!?
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    Whats happend to my clutch? Had to abandon in a field!

    My hope is that as its always been a low bite this indicates the wrong rod was used when rebuilding in 2015? If the pivot punched through what other symptoms could I look for? Wouldnt it simply punch through and not push back anymore?
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    Whats happend to my clutch? Had to abandon in a field!

    Well I decided to replace the master as well as i figured they both need doing anyway. AFTER Much bleeding I was able to get into all gears when the pedal is 100% onb the floor but its very difficult to get into gear, with the exception of 3rd and 5th qhich feel normal. Ive adjusted the master...
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    Whats happend to my clutch? Had to abandon in a field!

    its not moving under hand pressure sorry, its going in and its (just measured) 4mm proud of the edge of the housing once centered
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    Whats happend to my clutch? Had to abandon in a field!

    Right Ill get back underneath in a min but I think I pushed it back abit the first time and it has stayed put? Hmm I was under the impression it was just the cylinder as I was able to dip the clutch and disengage the drive before I swapped the cylinders - hopefully its just the rod pushed in...
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    Whats happend to my clutch? Had to abandon in a field!

    Well in the pouring rain I have got to the point of everything in line but I still cant get the clip in- I was told by a former defender owner that the clip is only to aid asembly and I can do without it aslong as everything lines up, so With a dab of grease I got it to sit pretty and lined up...
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    Whats happend to my clutch? Had to abandon in a field!

    The landrover is a 1992 200tdi, with 170,000 on the clock. CLutch was replaced by previous owner at 140k. I nhave had problems with the clutch cylinders before but solved tha by replacing the fluid so my current theory is as its only 4 months on from that, (it was drinking fluid for a while...
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    Whats happend to my clutch? Had to abandon in a field!

    I was driving (fortunately past a field I rent and had a key for! miles from home). I stopped at a junction and when I stopped I was unable to change gears by depressing the clutch - I managed to turn the engine off and put her into 1st gear and drive to the field. When the engine is off I can...
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    Horn not working when main lights are on.

    And thanks to everyone on the reminder for earthing - found some badly coroded earths in engine compt on front of bulkhead and one near the wiper motor and cleaned them up, everything started working. Going to go through all the other earths I can find and give them the treatment.
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    Horn not working when main lights are on.

    I take the whole lot out and wire brush everything - bolt, body, and cable until its clean. The lights dont get brighter if I rev the engine and the engine starts fine, within a second - however if the lights are on it is sluggish and wont always catch.
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    Horn not working when main lights are on.

    And as you say it - the lights are a little bit dim for my liking, id say 70% of how bright they were originally - Im hoping this is a clue? If its an earthing issue, is their an area I need to start at and work back from - IE a main / most likely culprit? For earths, any I've come to so far...
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    Horn not working when main lights are on.

    sorry the they is the horn! I fixed it by cleaning terminals and snipping the end 3cm off the wire and putting a new end on it.
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    Horn not working when main lights are on.

    As the title says - I've got this problem, horn works when side lights are on, and all lights off, but put mains or full and its silent. Cant figure out how or why!
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    Defender horn voltage drop!

    Thanks for these - got the horn working, but Now I have a new problem! (Have created a new thread) bum!
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    Defender horn voltage drop!

    Ta - cut the wire and put new ends on and it has more oopmh and will try a whole new wire in the morning!
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    Defender horn voltage drop!

    Thanks - so your saying its likely to be the wire not up to the task? Id rather keep it simple and avoid a relay as electrics are far from my strong point. Could it be anything else?
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    Defender horn voltage drop!

    As it says - I can measure 12v at the earth and power wire to the horn, but when connected it produces a dull almost inaudiable noise and measures 6v, I've tried replacing the horn and have had no joy, What could be causing this? Their is power at the switch in the cab, and it reads 12v complete.
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    RH Tail light + Front light not working;

    Well I checked earths and couldnt find anything wrong but now all side lights dont work! So - im assuming it is an earth problem - I took it to garage but they want Hundreds to sort it, so, can anyone recomend a good guide or video etc as to how to take everything back? I assume it means Im...