Shanec
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Defender 200tdi 110
First off, I'm one of those noobs who inevitably is probably asking stupid questions. I don't really know anything so nothing to offer in return either. So i suppose I'm hoping someone with too much spare time who wants to show off their knowledge just to please themselves reads the below.
The only excuse I've got is I'm trying to self teach myself maintenance, and only asking here about others experience out of interest, not demanding or expecting help.
This morning as I began to reverse up a hill I lost clutch pedal and engine stalled.
Had a discovery attached via a frame at the time.
Slight residue on clutch pedal. Slight residue on master cylinder threaded bit that attaches to pedal (I took top cover off), and reservoir was nearly empty. Yes I feel like a Wolly for not doing my fluid checks daily.
Anyway toddled off on foot to halfords for fluid and then realised once back at the defender an 11mm socket doesn't work for the bleed nipple as chassis rail in the way!
Still no pedal obviously as must be air. Will toddle back to halfords and get myself an 11mm ring spanner.
But here is where it gets interesting? Bear in mind I'm a noob Muppet trying to self teach. If the fluid in the master cylinder isn't going down, and there's no visible puddles under the vehicle, how come no clutch pedal doesn't work? Worked fine for the few weeks I've had vehicle, though second gear was getting crunchier coming down the box but that might be me rushing the machine.
I must mention that I couldn't force gear stick out of reverse, so I unhitched a frame , then with handbrake on, I used starter motor by turning key to wiggle the vehicle back and forth whilst pulling gear stick. That got me into neutral. With engine off I selected first gear and started vehicle moving using starter motor. Didn't rev match into other gears, just moved vehicle to side of tarmac in first, then pushed into neutral and parked vehicle and shut off ignition. Point being I'm sure clutch fine and clutch fork fine.
Interested to read from others experience.
All the best for now
Shane
First off, I'm one of those noobs who inevitably is probably asking stupid questions. I don't really know anything so nothing to offer in return either. So i suppose I'm hoping someone with too much spare time who wants to show off their knowledge just to please themselves reads the below.
The only excuse I've got is I'm trying to self teach myself maintenance, and only asking here about others experience out of interest, not demanding or expecting help.
This morning as I began to reverse up a hill I lost clutch pedal and engine stalled.
Had a discovery attached via a frame at the time.
Slight residue on clutch pedal. Slight residue on master cylinder threaded bit that attaches to pedal (I took top cover off), and reservoir was nearly empty. Yes I feel like a Wolly for not doing my fluid checks daily.
Anyway toddled off on foot to halfords for fluid and then realised once back at the defender an 11mm socket doesn't work for the bleed nipple as chassis rail in the way!
Still no pedal obviously as must be air. Will toddle back to halfords and get myself an 11mm ring spanner.
But here is where it gets interesting? Bear in mind I'm a noob Muppet trying to self teach. If the fluid in the master cylinder isn't going down, and there's no visible puddles under the vehicle, how come no clutch pedal doesn't work? Worked fine for the few weeks I've had vehicle, though second gear was getting crunchier coming down the box but that might be me rushing the machine.
I must mention that I couldn't force gear stick out of reverse, so I unhitched a frame , then with handbrake on, I used starter motor by turning key to wiggle the vehicle back and forth whilst pulling gear stick. That got me into neutral. With engine off I selected first gear and started vehicle moving using starter motor. Didn't rev match into other gears, just moved vehicle to side of tarmac in first, then pushed into neutral and parked vehicle and shut off ignition. Point being I'm sure clutch fine and clutch fork fine.
Interested to read from others experience.
All the best for now
Shane