A little more than I wanted

Popped in for a quick sherbet on the way back from the Muppet Factory and
post drinkypoo found the brakes felt a little soft. So in a spirit of
investigation gave the pedal several pumps which resulted in a solid pedal a
little way down.
Drove home a little carefully and up the drive slid down-under for a squint.
Now last week I bled everything so I checked the rear nipples to make sure
all was tight and dry a big clue should have been a puddle of DOT 4
appearing at the n/s front an otherwise mint brake line had sprung a leak
above the union no doubt a closer inpection will reveal corrosion but I
missed it completely when I was bleeding the system - thank god for dual
circuit brakes!!
Derek
200TDi Disco

On or around Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:11:07 GMT, "Derek"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Drove home a little carefully and up the drive slid down-under for a squint.
>Now last week I bled everything so I checked the rear nipples to make sure
>all was tight and dry a big clue should have been a puddle of DOT 4
>appearing at the n/s front an otherwise mint brake line had sprung a leak
>above the union no doubt a closer inpection will reveal corrosion but I
>missed it completely when I was bleeding the system - thank god for dual
>circuit brakes!!

yeah, dual circuit brakes are a pretty nifty invention.

's amazing how hard the buggers are to stop with only half the brakes
working, though, or less in some cases - ISTR disco 1 has one circuit doing
half the front pistons and the other circuit doing the other half of the
front and the rear.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall."
Robert Frost (1874-1963)

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:11:07 GMT, "Derek"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >Drove home a little carefully and up the drive slid down-under for a
squint.
> >Now last week I bled everything so I checked the rear nipples to make
sure
> >all was tight and dry a big clue should have been a puddle of DOT 4
> >appearing at the n/s front an otherwise mint brake line had sprung a
leak
> >above the union no doubt a closer inpection will reveal corrosion but I
> >missed it completely when I was bleeding the system - thank god for dual
> >circuit brakes!!
>
> yeah, dual circuit brakes are a pretty nifty invention.
>
> 's amazing how hard the buggers are to stop with only half the brakes
> working, though, or less in some cases - ISTR disco 1 has one circuit
doing
> half the front pistons and the other circuit doing the other half of the
> front and the rear.
>
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> "Something there is that doesn't love a wall."
> Robert Frost (1874-1963)

Maybe I'm a little discohappy still Austin but the braking effort didn't
seem too bad
( then again I'm old enough to have driven all sorts of crap with unservo'd
drums - no offence series owners ) I took the day off and replaced the bad
line with kuniferand the road test was good until the other pipe to the n/s
caliper blew a pin hole I think I may have a guardian angel then! I'm off to
bag a load of unions and the o/s is getting replaced regardless of whether
they look ok or not well before we nip over to Wales to pickup a cruiser.
Derek

On or around Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:21:37 GMT, "Derek"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>> 's amazing how hard the buggers are to stop with only half the brakes
>> working, though, or less in some cases - ISTR disco 1 has one circuit
>doing
>> half the front pistons and the other circuit doing the other half of the
>> front and the rear.
>
>Maybe I'm a little discohappy still Austin but the braking effort didn't
>seem too bad
>( then again I'm old enough to have driven all sorts of crap with unservo'd
>drums - no offence series owners )

There's not a lot wrong with series rovers on nonservo drum brakes. The
main problem with drum brakes is less cooling.

When you fit discs, though, the brake pedal pressure is much higher unless
you have a servo.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; and
therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee"
John Donne (1571? - 1631) Devotions, XVII