Not long had my 86 defender 2.5 diesel, its drove and stopped fine, when i bought it there was some oil around the vacum pump, so today i decided to clean it off with brake cleaner on my lunch break, got in it to come home and the pedal seems alot harder and the brakes dont seem as sharp? Any ideas?
brake pedal hard
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jamesmartin
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no vac from pump reaching servo did you knock/disturb pipe ,probably pretty brittle by now ,other reasons could be hole in servo diaphragm or vanes in vac pump stuck ,dont run engine long with pipe off vac pump as it fills engine with air
jamesmartin
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its an oring ,3 x bolt or allen screw just pulls out ,but you can clean/check it by just removing top
jamesmartin
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no he was talking ****e ,it does sit and run from same place as injection pump on 2.25s did or dizzy on petrol ,but removal wont effect timing in any way ,vanes get stuck and possile it does leak around top plate
