break pedal gone hard

[alex8882]

sorry in advance if i'm dragging up an old thread,but did a search but found not alot.we have a 300 tdi, manual on (m reg) 1994,non abs. The break pedal doesn't seem to travel very far and the breaks to seem to work. Its almost as if there is no power brakes. If you clutch in whilst breaking it gets worse and you lose what little breaks there are. the vac pump does seem to be working,however if i take the pipe of the servo whilst the engine is running i get a loud tapping from the engine. I am a newbie to disco's but don't mind having ago. Can anybody shed any light on this for me please.
many thanks in advance
alex

 

[ratty]

have you tried putting your finger over the pipe when you take it off the servo? If it aint sucking the vacuum pump is cream crackered.

 

[alex8882]

hi yes i have tried that and there is suction.

 

[alex8882]

just found that one of the brake pad pins are missing on the o/s. could this be causing the pad to somehow jam. Ok that wasn't it lol. Also forgot to add that when trying to slow down and clutching in its difficult to select a gear

 

[alex8882]

My disco still isn't fixed can anybody please shed any light on this, loads of people have looked at it but we are still stuck, please help!!!

 

[alex8882]

forgot to say lastnight many thanks to ratty for his reply cheers matey. Anybody know where i can get a vac pump in the lytham,st.annes/blackpool area today. I do have some vacum but it doesn't feel like alot.

 

[ratty]

forgot to say lastnight many thanks to ratty for his reply cheers matey. Anybody know where i can get a vac pump in the lytham,st.annes/blackpool area today. I do have some vacum but it doesn't feel like alot.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f16/4x4-outlets-lancashire-96257.html

 

[alex8882]

thank you!!

 

[alex8882]

thay haven't got one, any other ideas please

 

[David Pye]

Come on mate, you can either get it from a 4x4 parts place (check yellow pages), a land rover dealer, or a breakers' yard.

May well be nobody has one in today, so you have to wait.

 

[thebiglad]

thay haven't got one, any other ideas please

Do a Google/Yellow pages search.

 

[alex8882]

hi thanks to all that replyed managed to get one from all car spares in blackpool. Now fitted and normal service has been resumed lol. Well till the next brakedown thanks once again

 

[ratty]

hi thanks to all that replyed managed to get one from all car spares in blackpool. Now fitted and normal service has been resumed lol. Well till the next brakedown thanks once again

nice one. Glad yer got it sorted.