Day 56 ( 6th November 2013) of my Budget Restoration of my Series 2 Land Rover

Day 56

Well the new clutch has arrived and it is ready to fit.

These are the photos of the new clutch. We were lucky enough to be able to go to a Land Rover Supplier and get the clutch. It was something that they have on stock. So Paul set about fitting the new clutch.

As you may have noticed during the restoration of my Series 2, nothing goes to plan. Well it was the same for the clutch. It was fitted and was working. Yes was working. Paul had engaged the clutch a couple of times to make sure everything was okay and then suddenly the pedal hit the floor and the clutch would not disengage. We had to phone the LR Supplier and tell them what had happened. They said they would get another one for us and it would be there the following afternoon. So yet again we have a set back.

We went to LR Supplier the following day and they guys in there, well how can I put this. One of them thought we were thick and that we didn't know how to fit a clutch. He then got a large screwdriver and started to depress each of the fingers on the clutch. Because each one would go down without sticking, he said the clutch was fine. What an idiot. The fingers don't go down one at a time, the 3 of them go down together. You could see on the housing that there was scoring where the fingers had jammed. He kept telling us the clutch was fine. I told him that it wasn't and that we had been told we could have a replacement and that was what I wanted. One of the other guys said that he was happy to replace the clutch. We were there for a good 45 minutes before we were given the replacement clutch. The bit that really worried me was that the first guy said he could sell on the clutch that we had returned. So some poor person is going to be sold a clutch that sticks and doesn't work. I do hope no-one goes in and buys it.

Anyway, we fitted the replacement clutch and it is working properly. Yippee

Now we have all the fiddly bits to do on the Series 2. Fitting the lights, doing all the wiring and getting the little things done. So I don't think it will be a day by day account on the restoration from now on. But I will tell you what we have done and show you any photos that we have taken.

That is it for day 56
Debbie