freelander td4 master cylinder

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Stephen Dobson - 31 Mar 2007 12:54 GMT

My td 4 now requires a 3rd clutch master cylinder in as many years.
I now strongly think that the slave cylinder may be the root cause of these
component failures.
Also i have been told that the gearbox would have to be removed for this
slave cylinder to be replaced, if that is correct why o why did landrover
fit it inside the gearbox.

any thoughts on this ?

regards Ste

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beamendsltd - 31 Mar 2007 13:48 GMT

> My td 4 now requires a 3rd clutch master cylinder in as many years.
> I now strongly think that the slave cylinder may be the root cause of these
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> any thoughts on this ?

Sadly it's true. It's not fair to blame LR though, as such. The
pressures on manufacturing costs (from the bean counters and from
buyers - would you pay an extra, say, 10% for a new car designed
with easy repair in mind if you'll have got rid of it by the time
such repairs are needed?) now far outweigh any desire to keep cost
of ownership under control.

Plus all the good bits on Td4's like that were were done by BMW
anayway ;-)

> regards Ste

Richard

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