gadget Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 If it's not one thing it's another. Finished putting everything together after sorting out the turbo ready for test drive. Wiggle gear lever to make sure it's in neutral. Hand on key ready to start. Depress clutch pedal and there's a thump and the peddle hits the floor. Lift peddle up with foot and try to depress again and it's solid. Quick look under the bonnet and I see the push fit connection between the master and slave has popped out. Reconnect, depress peddle, thump, peddle to floor, lift and solid, check under bonnet.. Rinse and repeat. Both sides of the connector look fine and are clean. When I connect them they feel fully home and the plastic ring is out of the way and isn't disengaging the internal clip. Master and slave are LUK parts and new, so should work together. Annoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Got a picture of the problem? Does the RAVE manual say anything about locking it together or owt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadget Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 I'll grab a picture tomorrow and post. The master has a male fitting with a securing lip around it: The slave end has a barrel to accept the male. Inside the barrel is a ring of small tangs pointing inward that should grab the male lip when inserted. There is a plastic collar (not shown on the above picture) around the top of the male that is pressed down in to the connector to hold the tangs aside when disconnecting. It "should" just push in and lock until the plastic collar is used to disconnect it. This particular union takes but a small wiggle for the thing to unclip. Rave says only this: Refit 1. Fit clutch master cylinder to bulkhead and rotate anti-clockwise to secure. 2. Connect clutch master cylinder push rod to clutch pedal. 3. Clean fluid pipe connection. 4. Connect clutch fluid pipe. 5. Fit fluid pipe to clips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadget Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 Here is the offending connection 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Stupid question but photo #1 doesn't look anywhere near "seated" to me, I'd expect the white section to be buried up to the shoulder in the socket. Is it just a case of pushing it in harder than you'd expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadget Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 You're correct. Picture 1 is the resting state after it has just leapt out. When it is fully inserted there is probably a third of the white plastic collar showing. It matches our other freelander visually when it is engaged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadget Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 Took a chance that the fitting was compression and reusable, and removed it from the slave. The tangs are on a strip that is inserted into a groove in the barrel. A bit of fiddling with picks and it came out. The tangs didn't appear to be protruding enough, so adjusted them to what I think is a sensible angle and took a couple of pictures to help anyone else who comes across this problem. Going to refit now and see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadget Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 It drives. Success 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Well done you regards Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glue Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Hooray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadget Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 My sentiments entirely. Only brake lines and strut top bearings left to resolve Time for some celebratory beers I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthonyk_SA Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 On 9/28/2020 at 5:27 PM, gadget said: Here is the offending connection quick question gents... does this part actually have to be there? can it not be cut out and just joined? i am in South Africa and our Land Rover parts department says its discontinued. mine popped out and i only found half the spline inside it. so either i cut out from an old coffee tin or delete it completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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