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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: tjsj on January 16, 2007, 18:39:06

Title: TD5 clutch slave cylinder?
Post by: tjsj on January 16, 2007, 18:39:06

Hi, my dad's disco had a service the other day and we were told by the garage that the clutch slave cylinder is going on it, saying this I did think the clutch felt miles too light for the first 1/3 of the way down, its on a W plate with only 64000 miles, is it usual for them to have problems this early?
Cheers T

Title: TD5 clutch slave cylinder?
Post by: tjsj on January 17, 2007, 14:28:10

anyone????????

Title: TD5 clutch slave cylinder?
Post by: thermidorthelobster on January 17, 2007, 17:47:31

It's not a particular weak point, but clutches are subject to wear and tear, so it doesn't really surprise me.  It should be fairly straightforward to change yourself if you feel like saving some money;  I think they're only a few quid.

Title: TD5 clutch slave cylinder?
Post by: tjsj on January 17, 2007, 17:55:38

Yeah, I'm willing to do it myself as it saves paying the labour and also it will stop me knackering up the gearbox as its going to start crunching soon i guess???

Title: TD5 clutch slave cylinder?
Post by: skip on January 17, 2007, 18:02:26

Hi. at work we run landrovers and two of them have had the slave cylinders replaced. one on a W plate with 60k and Mine on an 03 plate with 30k. apparently there are some with dodgy seals. On both occasions the fliud went almost black and the clutch slowly starts to engage with the pedal down, so a quick jump to neutral was neccasary at the lights.

I'm talking about Defenders so it might not apply to the disco, just don't be surprised if it is.

Title: TD5 clutch slave cylinder?
Post by: tjsj on January 17, 2007, 18:04:46

ok thanks for that, looks like I will ordering a slave cylinder then! Next Q, Anyone know a cheap place to get them from??! :o

Title: TD5 clutch slave cylinder?
Post by: thermidorthelobster on January 17, 2007, 18:05:13

There's a tendency for one cylinder to fail shortly after the other, so it might be worth replacing them both at the same time, to save bleeding it all again.

Title: TD5 clutch slave cylinder?
Post by: tjsj on January 17, 2007, 18:06:26

When you say the two cylinders do you mean master and slave?

Title: TD5 clutch slave cylinder?
Post by: thermidorthelobster on January 17, 2007, 18:54:43

Yup, sorry, I should have been clearer.

When the seals on the master fail, the gunk tends to sink down to the slave, and this gets caught in the slave seals and wrecks them too.  I believe it also happens to a lesser extent the other way.

Title: TD5 clutch slave cylinder?
Post by: tjsj on January 17, 2007, 18:56:20

So do you think its best to change them both then or just check the colour of the fluid and if its ok then just change the slave, does anyone know where to get these from?

Title: TD5 clutch slave cylinder?
Post by: thermidorthelobster on January 17, 2007, 19:01:42

Personally I'd go to Brookwells (http://www.brookwell.co.uk).  Looking around it seems the Slave is under 15 quid, but the Master is about 50 quid for a genuine part, about half that for a pattern part.  Hence you might as well stick to the slave.  IIRC on the 101 they were both quite cheap.

Title: TD5 clutch slave cylinder?
Post by: tjsj on January 17, 2007, 19:06:37

cheers, I thought it was going to be a lot more expensive than that. Cheers

Title: TD5 clutch slave cylinder?
Post by: snorkley on January 23, 2007, 23:07:13

sounds more like the master cylinder to me,mine done the same  and i replaced it and perfect now think it was 50 notes easy enough job