D2 brake master cylinders
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sierrafery
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Steer clear of Britpart that's for sure cos it's about life, go for PMN222 from TRW
Got this TRW part yesterday from Autodoc and installed today. Tomorrow bleeding when I get my mate to help with the pedal.
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JUKE179r
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All I can say is have plenty of brake fluid and keep an eye on the fluid level after bleeding a couple of corners.
I did an all around manual bleed with mate in the driver's seat, then used the Nanocom to bleed, then did another manual bleed. My braking felt better but still not 'solid'.
Good Luck!
I did an all around manual bleed with mate in the driver's seat, then used the Nanocom to bleed, then did another manual bleed. My braking felt better but still not 'solid'.
Good Luck!
Yes, thanks for the good lucks! Bleeding seems to be a bigger task than I thought. Done both bleeding with Foxwell and manually and have air in the system.
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Be aware that the D2's pedal will never be rock solid as there are expansion chambers in the modulator, if you insist on the pedal even when it's well bled it will always go down slowly once the pads are locked, important is to have good braking distance
did you bleed them in the right order from shortest to longest line as in the book?
did you bleed them in the right order from shortest to longest line as in the book?
Really? So pedal can be slowly pushed to the floor even when it is properly bled?
Maybe I have to test it then on my yard and try the braking. It's now in my garage front on jack stands.
Still not done with bleeding. New master cylinder in place and done numerous rounds first bleeding the ABS modulator with Foxwell tool, keeping the pedal down and air screws shut. Then going through every corner in order both manually pressing the pedal and by using the Power Bleed in Foxwell. Sometimes the pedal starts to feel good but after awhile you can slowly push the pedal to the floor. And it's even worse with booster, car running.
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Seems that i explained in vain... AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A GOOD BRAKING DISTANCE THAT'S NORMAL !!!
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Read again post 6 and eventually study the workshop manual how the modulator is built, there are EXPANSION CHAMBERS in it....or keep bleeding it untill you get really old and fed up with it 
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I know nothing about freelanders but iknow well about the D2. Here's a video i made for other member who expected a rock solid pedal from a D2... mine is like that and the braking is perfect
https://youtube.com/shorts/zWHAAkwzrXY?feature=share
https://youtube.com/shorts/zWHAAkwzrXY?feature=share
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Did you add the o-ring to the lip of the brake booster? I'm not sure if that helps or not with retaining negative vacuum pressure
Yes, removed the old one and added a new one. The story is that I just replaced brake hoses and front calipers. Before the job I had nice braking and good pedal that didn't sunk to the floor. After replacing the hoses and calipers tried to bleed it, no luck. I don't ecen know how many liters of Dot4 I have used already Then I started to suspect that my master cylinder is faulty because of the pedal feel. Replaced that but it didn't change anything for better or worse.
