Clutch Replacement

Thank you for all your comments. I have gone ahead and bought a replacement clutch and will have it fitted as and when. As an ex-Yorkshireman, I am cautious with money and don't like to spend it unnecessarily! However, my present thinking is I might as well get my money's worth from a new clutch because I am unlikely to need another one in the life of the van!

Happy Christmas to one and all.
 
On reflection and bearing in mind the age and mileage I think it's the right decision.The law of the sod says it will probably break down in some remote part of Europe with a long wait for spares to be ordered and delivered.
I wonder how many spare parts that motorhomers take with them,something like a clutch is fairly small item but where do you draw the line?I carry the obvious things like bulbs,fuses and also a spare habitation water pump but that's about it.I do have a decent size garage but that is taken up with a couple of bikes,spare wheel and mrs wakk's portable washing machine.
 
We have a spares box for the two V8 Discoveries, contains most things up to a front and rear wheel hub. Getting spares can be a nightmare in Europe, even if you can do the job yourselves.

Water pump
Aux/fan belt
Set of spark plugs
Rear hub
Front hub
Clutch slave cylinder
Clutch master cylinder
Spare clutch (at home in the workshop)
Ignition coil pack
Plug lead set
Bulb sets
Propshaft donut rubber coupling
Spare front propshaft
Propshaft U/J and centering bearing
Wheel nuts
Propshaft bolts and nylocs
Trailer wheel bearing kits
Half shaft nut

The front propshaft is a special bit of kit with three U/J's, one at the front and two at the back in a double cardan joint where it attaches to the transfer box.

If that sounds like a lot, we tow our 3.5 tonne show trailer in Europe and cover 2000 miles most years. What we don't carry we can get our son to ship out overnight by UPS from the factory where our other spares are kept. In 2014 we had a coil pack connector failure and our son had to drive nearly 300 miles on 7 cylinders.

The replacement was waiting at Villey le Sec next day when we arrived. If you have that kind of backup then life isn't too bad.

No problems on this year's trip!

We have started a box for the Mercedes.

Peter
 
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listerdiesel said:
We have a spares box for the two V8 Discoveries, contains most things up to a front and rear wheel hub. Getting spares can be a nightmare in Europe, even if you can do the job yourselves.

Water pump
Aux/fan belt
Set of spark plugs
Rear hub
Front hub
Clutch slave cylinder
Clutch master cylinder
Spare clutch (at home in the workshop)
Ignition coil pack
Plug lead set
Bulb sets
Propshaft donut rubber coupling
Spare front propshaft
Propshaft U/J and centering bearing
Wheel nuts
Propshaft bolts and nylocs
Trailer wheel bearing kits
Half shaft nut

If that sounds like a lot, we tow our 3.5 tonne show trailer in Europe and cover 2000 miles most years. What we don't carry we can get our son to ship out overnight by UPS from the factory where our other spares are kept. In 2014 we had a coil pack connector failure and our son had to drive nearly 300 miles on 7 cylinders.

The front propshaft is a special bit of kit with three U/J's, one at the front and two at the back in a double cardan joint where it attaches to the transfer box.

The replacement was waiting at Villey le Sec next day when we arrived. If you have that kind of backup then life isn't too bad.

No problems on this year's trip!





B****y hell Peter,you must have been in the boy scouts :)
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One of the delights of having two Land Rovers towing two heavy trailers!

It's like insurance, if you have it you rarely use it, just like the spares box.

Plus I've lost count of how many others we have helped out over the years using parts from our spares box.

Peter
 
walpeter said:
Thank you for all your comments. I have gone ahead and bought a replacement clutch and will have it fitted as and when. As an ex-Yorkshireman, I am cautious with money and don't like to spend it unnecessarily! However, my present thinking is I might as well get my money's worth from a new clutch because I am unlikely to need another one in the life of the van!

Happy Christmas to one and all.
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It might be a good idea. To change the clutch cable at the same time. Make sure you
Use a good quality clutch. Not a cheap recon.
 
I was camping in Dijon a few years ago and there were 3 lads there with a broken Land Rover 90. They had managed to break a rear drive shaft and were stuck. A friend at home had been to their local parts source and got the part on the understanding it would be paid for straight away on their return. He had then wrapped it and boxed it and sent it to the campsite via a carrier. Running out of food and drink and being thoroughly bored they had the chance of a lift by one of the other campers into the local town to do some much needed shopping. They asked the owner of the site if he would look out for the parcel arriving just in case it did so while they were away.

Sods law and it arrived while they were in town. The owner of the site didn't want the responsibility of signing for it so it was returned to the depot some 90 miles away.

The trio then had to ask round the camp site to find someone willing to give them a lift to chase the part before it was returned back to the Uk.

All ended happily with the new drive shaft fitted they were on there way.

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It is always a problem with spares when you are in Europe unless you have a motorhome based on a sevel or Mercedes vehicle, we don't need to carry spares because they are readily available and cheaper (usually) over there, I applaud the amount of spares carried though for English based vehicles, I hate being unprepared
 
eddyt said:
It might be a good idea. To change the clutch cable at the same time. Make sure you
Use a good quality clutch. Not a cheap recon.
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I ordered a LUK clutch.

Might be a good idea to get a clutch cable as well.

Thanks
 
walpeter said:
I ordered a LUK clutch.

Might be a good idea to get a clutch cable as well.

Thanks
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Don't forget spare brake pads,spare brake discs and callipers ,spare drive shafts,spare wheel bearings,spare steering rack,spare water pump, spare injectors, spare filters, spare wiper blades,spare handbrake cable,and don't forget you will need a 300 piece tool kit,and trolley jack and axel stands, where does it end?

I carry a Phillips and a flat screwdriver, and a breakdown card
Richard
 
helen262 said:
Don't forget spare brake pads,spare brake discs and callipers ,spare drive shafts,spare wheel bearings,spare steering rack,spare water pump, spare injectors, spare filters, spare wiper blades,spare handbrake cable,and don't forget you will need a 300 piece tool kit,and trolley jack and axel stands, where does it end?

I carry a Phillips and a flat screwdriver, and a breakdown card
Richard
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It isn't always an option to have a breakdown policy if you have something unusual like a 3500kg 7m 6-wheel trailer behind you. Most policies limit cover to smaller and lighter trailers, and you'll not find many Land Rover dealers in urban France.

In our experience, self-help is better than calling for a breakdown truck, unless you blow the engine as we did in Spain in 1999 with a nearly new Vauxhall Movano.

Peter
 
eddyt said:
Yes the Luk are a good make that's what I fitted in my hymer.
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a good make i have fitted many hundreds to more cars than i care to remember plus a new cable is a good idea many forget this important item .as without it nowt will work ,and lets face it the cable may never have been changed most arnt untill the break usualy at the most inconvenient time
 
mandrake said:
a good make i have fitted many hundreds to more cars than i care to remember plus a new cable is a good idea many forget this important item .as without it nowt will work ,and lets face it the cable may never have been changed most arnt untill the break usualy at the most inconvenient time
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I used to like Borg and beck as well but no one had it in stock.
 
mandrake said:
a good make i have fitted many hundreds to more cars than i care to remember plus a new cable is a good idea many forget this important item .as without it nowt will work ,and lets face it the cable may never have been changed most arnt untill the break usualy at the most inconvenient time
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I always carry a spare clutch and throttle cable with me,a head gasket may be a good thing to carry saving time waiting for one to be found .
 
trevskoda said:
I always carry a spare clutch and throttle cable with me,a head gasket may be a good thing to carry saving time waiting for one to be found .
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If you carry a head gasket you might as well carry a timing belt and water pump as well.
 
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