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Clutch now working fine, I can only think it was air. I was working solo so couldn't see any bubbles while working the slave piston from underneath, the tea lady and chief clutch pedal depressor was off on another mission. Got a good pedal as soon as bolted up the slave. Took some care to adjust the master pushrod and pedal height to spec. Has anybody any tips on making this fiddly job any easier? Access to the locknuts is frustrating even with the pedal half depressed, I'm guessing a bit of spanner grinding is in order unless there is some magical technique I'm missing. Thanks again for help.

Thanks for response, clutch release fork is new but I will try and check, getting a sight line is hard, I'll break out my dental mirrors. Yes, LT 77, should have specified. I will clamp the hose/block the slave tomorrow to check. My question relates to exactly this possible problem, if the fork or thrust bearing is compromised, then the amount the pushrod protrudes will be less than standard, which is??? FWIW pushrod seems engaged in the 'dimple' and moves smoothly and freely. Thanks again for your interest.

How far should the clutch pushrod protrude from the bellhousing/ slave cylinder joint face if all is well with clutch plate, release bearing and fork is the question, here's the history... 1986 ex MOD 90 FFR (FFS!) 12Jnad, I recently (about 1000 km) replaced the clutch, release bearing, master and slave cylinders, mostly with the mid-price 'OE suppliers' parts from Rimmer bros. Clutch felt/worked fine on re-assembly, if with a little more freeplay than I expected. It failed today, freeplay progressivly increasing until it wouldn't dis-engage, pedal to the floor. I have found no leaks in either the master or slave or the line, clutch fluid at reasonable level although black, which leads me to suspect seals in the master. However, on taking off the slave and pumping the clutch the slave piston moves seemingly normally. The clutch pushrod seems to be still attached to the fork and protrudes from the slave mating surface by about 12mm (half an inch in LR speak!). I'd like to know if that is normal, so allowing me to concentrate on the hydraulics, rather than diving into the clutch, not my favourite way of spending a saturday night. This is my first post on here so big thanks in advance for any help you can give me, the Landie is my only form of transport up here in the Sabine hills north of Rome, I get to go 'off road' every day, just to get the milk, and beer, so this is urgent...!🍻