woody_2008
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My local garage sorted it. The linkage had been incorrectly adjusted, the bill came to about £100 and I have forwarded it on to the garage. There is a slight fishy smell coming from the car now when climbing a hill, I suspect this is due to incorrect adjustment. I'm honestly very very angry with the whole situation. All I can say is please, take my advice and do not ever use Mr Clutch. Sam
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Update: I have been looking on forums and seen that with difflock engaged the car will make a knocking sounds whilst turning. (note - the dash light is not on and the selector was in normal H). To test I jacked up one wheel of the car, put the lever into neutral and tried to spin the jacked wheel, it would turn slightly but then stop. Based on this it was clear the car was stuck in difflock. I called the original repair garage and told them the problem, they suggested I brought the car back in. I refused to do this as Durham is over 40 miles away. I suggested he picked it up with his lorry, however he decided (rather wisely) it would be best for me to take it to a local garage to fix the problem and sort the bill out for the work from there. Hopefully it will be sorted...
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Thank you for the responses. I have called the garage, which is in Durham, so quite far away. I'm going to take it to a local 4x4 specialist on Monday and get them to have a look, I'm then going to tell the garage what they say. The issue is I don't really want it to go back there, they clearly did a shocking job and don't know what they're doing. Am I entitled to a refund? Sam
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Cheers for all your help. The car now has a new clutch kit, arm and flywheel re-surface. We took it to the garage in the end as we just weren't confident with what we were doing. I took it to Mr Clutch who did it for a really reasonable price. However I am now more worried than before. The car is shaking under acceleration (above say 45mph) and the transfer box rattles like anything in reverse. Could this be as a result of the garage changing the clutch? I'm starting to give up on this one. Any advice/help much appreciated.
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I have a Defender 200tdi engine fitted to a Discovery gearbox, will this be a problem doing the gearbox back method? I have a workspace and clutch kit ready for the weekend, but I'm worried now!
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Thanks for all the replies from what I can see the engine out option looks best. I am in Middleham in the Dales, only moved up here a few months ago by myself so I still haven't met enough people with Defenders! Sam
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Hi, I wish my first post could be a good one but unfortunately not! The clutch in my 89' Defender needs replacing. The garage want lots of money to fix it about £500 I have seen on other forums and people have been saying to do them yourself, is this job possible, if I have a work space and an engine lift, can it be done!? Sam
