That thread is like most I've found! It's even tricky to find VVC power/torque graphs which are correctly labelled. From what I've seen so far it's the flat torque curve of the VVC that appeals rather than the spike that a turbo will always give. The secret would be keeping that as smooth as...

I'd have thought though that you'd want a slow, steady boost build up for off road/4x4 as opposed to a more 'sporty' car turbo type delivery. Diesel/ V6 style torque delivery from low down the revs with as little lag as possible. I've been playing with Saab Turbos for the last wee while and to...

Has anybody actually completed a VVC conversion? Been Googling but haven't found any details or pictures of a VVC fitted and running in a Freelander. Very flat torque curve from way low down should make it a great candidate surely... I'm not up on the Rover ECU setups, but it would seem...

Freed the clutch actuator properly, fitted yet another hydraulic setup and drove her home!

I'm having trouble finding somewhere to get enough leverage on my pry-bar for more than a few centimetres. There is a bit of slack that you can feel literally by hand if shoogling the lever from underneath, then it gets stiff enough to need the bar on it - and at that point I can shift it maybe...

It's the 'collar' the C-clip butts up against that's gone. The shaped part that keeps it in rotational position.You could get the C-clip on but as soon as there was any pressure put on the slave it just popped out again. I was getting 'help' from the previous owner as I fitted the system - very...

Hi Nodge, thanks for the advice so far, but when you say it must move 'by hand' do you mean that by pressing the actuator lever you should be able to pretty much activate the clutch - or just that the rod should be clearly moving? I'm now getting a bit of movement if waggling the arm by hand -...

Went off to collect the car this morning. Had a good poke around, got the old setup off, discovered a new slave bracket already fitted! Sprayed the actuator with more WD40, wiggled it with a pry bar. Stuck on the new system - with a bit of fiddling. Tentatively tried the clutch and ping...

Well, I'm off to fit the new clutch hydraulics and hopefully bring the Freelander home tomorrow morning. :crazy_driver: Might even manage some pictures on the way! Only thing I'm not sure about at the moment is releasing the master cylinder from the pedal and what needs disassembled to get at...

Cheers Kizzeh, I reckon so at that price. Does seem to be genuinely just the clutch. All Mot's for the last 9yrs are there with very little fails/advisories and only 4/5k miles between them. Water and oil both seem fine, has been regularly serviced, had a new VCU two years ago... Did a bit of...

Too late now, but if you can point me towards an MoT'd Series for £250 I'd be interested.

Thanks for all your advice, had a look this morning and decided to go for it! Slave/master/bracket on their way from ebay...

Not at all, would rather spend my free time shagging the wife than welding a 'D-I-S-C-O'. (Those being the only other Land Rovers that seem to come with a price-tag that wouldn't leave me feeling that I'd just taken it right up the ****e-pipe...)

I've just bought one too! Whereabouts in Central Scotland are you? Any plans to venture off tarmac?

Well I've gone and done it now... £250 for a 1.8 K series Freelander 1 with knackered clutch hydraulics and eight weeks MOT. Gotta be a deal :eek:

I learned to weld on my 'Suds - all four of them! 156s are an absolute bargain gem of a car, unless post 2001 and in need of an exhaust...

S11s to be a reasonably cheap and cheerful 'proper' Land Rover play thing. Now got a Saab C900 Turbo to play with but still fancy some green lane type action... The Freelander can be passed off as the family car if it isn't too broken and potentially so cheap it'd be rude not to. Hopefully my...

I've driven Alfas, Saabs & real Minis almost exclusively since passing my test so am used to the doom and gloom crew and their predictions!

Cheers, that's what I was thinking along the lines of. Anything else to think about clutch-wise whilst I'm checking it over? Don't want to turn this into a 'buying guide' thread - I managed to find the search button! - but am slightly concerned that with no hydraulics at all by the sounds of...

OK, so it's been a while since I registered, but finally I'm ready to post - after soaking up as much of the great advice here that I could! Was thinking of a Series III, but now off to look at a Freelander. It's cheap enough to be worth a once-over and possible even selling on to raise a bit...