shaunclark_sc
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Hoping for some advice, if possible.... got a problemed Discovery 2 TD5, manual.
Yesterday I was finding it hard to get into gears for a journey of around 10 miles, parked up, an hour later got back in and was still having problems... within a mile the feel of the clutch pedal changed and I wasn't able to move in to any of the gears....
Stopped for an hour whilst a mate came to tow me in a Freelander TD4 (surprisingly it did quite well) Got within a mile of home, someone pulled out on us and even with us both hitting the brakes hard the straight bar snapped! So as we were on a downhill and so close to home decided to get the discovery rolling, forced into gear without a clutch and limp her home.
On route home driving the discovery, decided to try pump the clutch to see if anything came back - this was the worst thing I could have done as the issue changed from no clutch to permanent clutch?! So lost all drive and had to use a tow rope to drag the disco to the house, again with the Freelander.
It seems to me that theres a fairly obvious clutch issue (I'm no mechanic) but what on earth has happened? Could it simply be the linkage or release bearing, pressure plate?
One Thing I've checked is that there is brake fluid in the reservoir - that's what powers the hydrolic part I'm lead to believe - correct me if that's wrong.
Help please?...
Yesterday I was finding it hard to get into gears for a journey of around 10 miles, parked up, an hour later got back in and was still having problems... within a mile the feel of the clutch pedal changed and I wasn't able to move in to any of the gears....
Stopped for an hour whilst a mate came to tow me in a Freelander TD4 (surprisingly it did quite well) Got within a mile of home, someone pulled out on us and even with us both hitting the brakes hard the straight bar snapped! So as we were on a downhill and so close to home decided to get the discovery rolling, forced into gear without a clutch and limp her home.
On route home driving the discovery, decided to try pump the clutch to see if anything came back - this was the worst thing I could have done as the issue changed from no clutch to permanent clutch?! So lost all drive and had to use a tow rope to drag the disco to the house, again with the Freelander.
It seems to me that theres a fairly obvious clutch issue (I'm no mechanic) but what on earth has happened? Could it simply be the linkage or release bearing, pressure plate?
One Thing I've checked is that there is brake fluid in the reservoir - that's what powers the hydrolic part I'm lead to believe - correct me if that's wrong.
Help please?...
