Defender td5 brake vaccum pipes

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Evan farmer

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I blanked the egr a while ago on my td5 and plugged the brake pipe all was well until just now the brakes went completely spongy and i noticed two other hoses hanging disconnected with the plastic bit snapped in one of them
I was wandering if i could remove the whole setup and replace the t piece where the pipe comes out of with a straight piece
 
So i cut the small vaccum pipe exiting the large pipe and stuffed a rivet to seal it is very tight fit and went on to remove the black box and rest of pipes to clear the mess and took for a test run and the brakes still went to the floor but not as often
 
The vacuum is for the servo assistance so if there is a vacuum leak the brake pedal would be stiffer not go down IMO, if the pedal goes down it means there is a problem on the hydraulic side(failed master cylinder or a brake fluid leak somewhere)
 
sierrafery said:
The vacuum is for the servo assistance so if there is a vacuum leak the brake pedal would be stiffer not go down IMO, if the pedal goes down it means there is a problem on the hydraulic side(failed master cylinder or a brake fluid leak somewhere)
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It doesn't feel like a leak as its perfectly normal then goes flop to the floor
 
IMO as long as it goes to the floor the issue is on the hydraulic side, maybe you need a new cylinder then or try to bleed it first... there are strange cases when the fluid doesnt drop in the reservoir while a pipe is leaking, happened to me.
 
sierrafery said:
IMO as long as it goes to the floor the issue is on the hydraulic side, maybe you need a new cylinder then or try to bleed it first... there are strange cases when the fluid doesnt drop in the reservoir while a pipe is leaking, happened to me.
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I ll have a look never bled the brakes on a td5 before
 
Evan farmer said:
I ll have a look never bled the brakes on a td5 before
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Same as bleeding the brakes on anything else bud, easy peasy! Especially so if you get an eazy bleed kit, you can inflate a spare tyre to a low psi, then attach that to your bottle of brake fluid, it pushes it through nicely, no fannying around pressing the brake pedal etc etc
 
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