Ok, all you techies out there, has any one come across this before. Clutch pedal has free play for nearlly one third to half the pedal. You can then feel the hydraulic pressure do something and all gears engage with out fault except reverse, which most of the time crunches unless you are really carefull.
As soon as you twitch your toes, the clutch bites and you are off.
I bought this vehicle ( a Discovery TD5 ES 2001) way under book price as the last owner, apparently was fed up with the car and changing to a disco3. On checking the service history it had a new flywheel and clutch kit (OEM) fitted about 500 miles ago. It has only covered about 2000 miles all year and around 1500 since its last service in March.
My mechanic checked the vehicle over prior to purchase, and the only fault we could come up with was the clutch being slack. As it had all this work done not long back, we assumed it would be hydraulic. I have owned it for one week and had the master and slave cylinder replaced but the pedal is still the same.
Has any one else come across this, its driving me mad, as my only chance now is to try and get the garage who fitted the clutch for the previous owner to take the box off and have a look, but they have pre warned me that if nothing is wrong with the parts they fitted then i am going to be landed with a hefty bill!
All thoughts would be appreciated.
Martin
As soon as you twitch your toes, the clutch bites and you are off.
I bought this vehicle ( a Discovery TD5 ES 2001) way under book price as the last owner, apparently was fed up with the car and changing to a disco3. On checking the service history it had a new flywheel and clutch kit (OEM) fitted about 500 miles ago. It has only covered about 2000 miles all year and around 1500 since its last service in March.
My mechanic checked the vehicle over prior to purchase, and the only fault we could come up with was the clutch being slack. As it had all this work done not long back, we assumed it would be hydraulic. I have owned it for one week and had the master and slave cylinder replaced but the pedal is still the same.
Has any one else come across this, its driving me mad, as my only chance now is to try and get the garage who fitted the clutch for the previous owner to take the box off and have a look, but they have pre warned me that if nothing is wrong with the parts they fitted then i am going to be landed with a hefty bill!
All thoughts would be appreciated.
Martin
