Thanks John,slave cylinder probably needs changing
On my 2001 TD4 the slave cylinder is inside the gearbox housing.
I had a new one fitted last week, but I am still waiting for the bill.
The labour will probable be similar to having a new clutch.
Dave.
Dave, did you get your bill for changing the slave cylinder? Were your symptoms the same as mine, i.e. difficult to engage gears, in particular first, and a little play on the clutch pedal?
Thanks,
Jon.
Thanks Dave,Hi Jon,
I'm still waiting for the bill. If it doesn't arrive by Saturday, I'll pop into the garage and sort it.
On mine the clutch pedal went to the floor and stayed there, but the clutch didn't disengage, a fairly good sign that the hydraulic fluid wasn't in the system any more. I replaced the master cylinder at Christmas, and checked the joint in the clutch line and couldn't find any sign of the missing hydraulic fluid.
Dave.
Thanks Dave,
What were the symptoms to make you change the master cylinder first, as opposed to the slave cylinder? This is something I don't understand?
I may go to somewhere like Mr. clutch today and get a second opinion & quotation.
Thanks again,
Jon.
These were two separate problems.
With the master cylinder, the clutch needed pumping to get it to work and it was only coming up a few cm. After reading the various posts around here, I took a bit of a flyer and changed the master cylinder which cured the problem. Then 6 weeks later, I pushed the clutch in and it didn't come back up.
Dave
Thank Dave,
FYI, I went back again today to the garage that fitted my new cluth, after struggling further to get into first gear this morning.
They said this problem is common with new hydraulic clutches, and I should pull the pedal up and pump it a bit until it goes into gear and it should resolve itself in a short time.
To be honest I tried this whenever it seemed to be sticking, and seems 80% better now. I drove it quite a lot today and maybe they are right, it does need 'wearing in'.Time will tell.
Anyway, please can you let me know how much you were charged for the master cylinder and slave, for future reference. Thanks.
Jon.
Take a look at;
Land Rover Parts Shop
Mine is the cheaper one. I paid about £120 from a main dealer.
(I don't have anything to do with Land-rover-parts-shop.com and I have never bought anything from them. They just have a convenient site for this thread.)
In future if I have the clutch changed, I'll get the slave cylinder and the master cylinder changed at the same time. Like wise if the slave cylinder needs doing again, I'll get the clutch changed.
Basically both clutch and slave cylinder have high labour costs and relatively low parts costs.
Dave
Update,Thanks again Dave,
I see the Master cylinder is the one that fits on the bulkhead at the back of the engine, think maybe I could DIY that one if need be.
I believe the slave cylinder is more difficult, fom what I can gather from the posts.
Cheers,
Jon.