Old Leafsprung Land Rovers
General Category => Technical tips & Questions => Topic started by: Tight fart on 22 April 2013, 03:34:20 pm
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I did my brother's Series 3 diesel by:
1. Start engine and warm it up a bit.
2. Stop engine and engage low 2nd.
3. Start with handbrake off and drive onto the flat (he had left it pointing down hill with the bonnet up for 2 years!
4. Turn off and bleed clutch until it felt right.
5. Re-start in second high and drive round field with foot on clutch pedal and blipping foot on accelerator and brake until the clutch freed.
6. Drive back to house with smug look on face.
Sunny Jim
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It was more scary than interesting as this landy in 4th ticked over at 30mph and the only way to stop the engine was pulling the stop wire ( that hangs out of the front grill )
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I would not recomend as strains the gearbox doing this.
It does let go with a most satisfying crack however.
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Toby does speak the truth >Htlr<
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Not that I would recomend this:-
My dad freed off a stuck clutch by starting in 4th gear, driving down the road and whilst pushing the clutch in he stamped on the brakes repeatedly. The landy made it round the corner and onto the next road before it decided to free up.
I would not recomend as strains the gearbox doing this.
cheers
Ian
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Thanks, I'll have to wait till I get the brakes done then.
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The six pot station wagon has a tendency to do this, I free it off as follows.
1) Jack up the rear of the vehicle and put it on chassis stands so the wheels are off the ground
2) Start the engine with it in 4th gear high ratio (i.e. rear wheel drive only!)
3) Accelerate to 40mph
4) Fully depress the clutch pedal then stamp on the footbrake. The clutch frees off. I've tried 20 and 30mph and it doesn't seem to be enough.
It's never failed for me, however I do have a field with lots of space to do it in. Perhaps not ideal if the vehicle lurching forwards would impact something or someone. :smile1
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Just don't do it in reverse!
Thanks Lucy!
Easy (and safest way) to free clutch:
Main gear lever in 4th
Transfer in neutral
Fire up engine with left foot on clutch and right foot hard on brake.
Push transfer lever firmly forwards into high ratio (gear is designed to go low-high)
Engine will probably stall, but clutch should free.
Try clutch for operation and repeat until freed. Can take a couple of tries.
DO NOT try this is 1st or reverse. These are the weakest gears in the series box and are easily broken....
4th is direct through the box.
Hope this helps.
T
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ive just jacked it up started it in gear left it warm then jarred the clutch pedal on an off always worked for me
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Just don't do it in reverse!
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have a shufti on here and on the S2C - FenTiger has a virtually fool rpoof method which has been detailed on here (or there) a few times.
If I knew what it was, I would tell you, but I don't!!
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First thing is the slave cylinder ok i had a siezed one and it bled ok and i had a hard pedal but :smiley-furious: worth checking.
Go for a drive off road if possible, put it in gear then start it and off you go, keeping your foot pressed on the clutch pedal the whole time, up hill and down dale, might break free.
I wonder if you put the rear axle on axle stands and in 2H start in gear 3rd maybe, keep some rev's on and dab the foot brake quite hard. While pressing the clutch pedal the whole time.
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Any tips on freeing up the cutch?
I've bled it through and have pressure but the clutch
Won't free ( it has be standing for 15+ years)