Recent content by steve2286w

Some further info and buying advice https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/series-buying-advice.384442/ https://www.pakwheels.com/used-cars/land-rover-defender-1972-for-sale-in-islamabad-8425631

That’s a shame was hoping it might have worn in by now Might be worth having a look through these https://www.landyzone.co.uk/search/2332359/?q=Crunching+gears&t=post&c%5Bchild_nodes%5D=1&c%5Bnodes%5D%5B0%5D=6&o=relevance Also seen in another forum the reverse fork could be not in best...

Have you checked with pipe disconnected to upper calipers that fluid comes out when you pump peddle , if no fluid then that would be same as Corsa with seized abs unit if yours has one Do they have a supply and bleed nipple for each piston in the caliper and have you done both

Not a clue with your model but on daughters Corsa a few years ago front brakes not working on one side at MOT time , mechanic was trying to bleed but no joy turned out it was the abs unit in engine compartment had seized a bit , I assume it’s what pulsed the brake pressure in the lines when abs...

Check the wheel cylinders on right have not seized up or leaking, shoes not oily, if you clean them up with bit sandpaper you can put some chalk marks every inch or so and test then see if shoes making contact across whole width if not there will be be an adjusting bolt to square them up. You...

11” twin leading shoes same as mine I think

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251640849016 Only cheap

Is there a good blast out from blower, have you tried reverse flushing the heater rad , I have a foam mat infront of rad during winter as my engine runs cool, it warms it up a bit.

I can’t see a circlip in the workshop manual nor in this video On my two old slave cylinder housings cant see any groove inside either so I would guess you don’t need it or if you can see where it goes a similar one that does same job would suffice I did same in back garden with one of those...

When I did mine when I had diesel knock when you slackened the faulty one it still ran whereas on the good ones. It stalled. I also disconnected suspect injector swung the pipe round so you could see spray pattern and it was more like a single jet than a spray

It would be better if the vid was under bonnet , what happened when you slacked off each injector nut in turn when it’s running

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/land-rover-series-3-knock.392128/ Did you check the heater plugs and test by slacking off injector nuts

@dag019 might have a few tips, Brake cleaner good but a fiver a tin and great for finishing off , if oil mixed with sand or hard crud then it won’t touch it then it’s scraping thick off with screwdriver , for that occasion I’ve used wire brush and paraffin , lot cheaper and as it gets looser a...

I’ve had a fail on leaking diesel pipe before , I thought that was a reasonable fail

Yes of course they are , wasn’t thinking apart from where’s the high pressure pipes