New Here!, Hey everyone,

Hi LandyZone,

Just about to take ownership of a 300Tdi that has been in and around the family since brand new, it was my uncles workhorse (one of about 6 or 7 landys and rangies he's had over the years) in Wiltshire, and just been on snow duty in Glasgow over the winter (it pulled a 6 wheeled truck rescue vehicle out of a snowy ditch) and now I'm finally able to drive and look after her.

Been a bit tinkered with over the years, as far as I know it has:
Koni anti-roll bars,
BF Mudterrains and Insa Turbo Dakars,
K&N Filter
Samco Hoses
Uprated Intercooler
Remap
Optima Red Top Battery
EGR Blanked off

It is a bit tatty and few rust patches under the wheel arches and has has a new boot floor, it has also done 187,000 miles and could really do with a bit of inside knowledge on what I need to be looking out for, and any maintenance over and above what the manuals and common sense says.

Had a very very stiff brake pedal and no servo, which was traced to the cover of the vacuum pump having 4 out of the 6 rivets missing and the gasket hanging out, resealed it and secured the plate with 6 M6 bolts and Nylocks, brakes work well now but does pull a lot to the left, any ideas?, discs are clean, lots of pad left, callipers are new but still the left side doesn't seem to bite as hard as the right.

Cheers,

Will,

Willz85 said:

Hi LandyZone,
on snow duty in Glasgow over the winter (it pulled a 6 wheeled truck rescue vehicle out of a snowy ditch) and now I'm finally able to drive and look after her.

Been a bit tinkered with over the years, as far as I know it has:
Koni anti-roll bars,
BF Mudterrains and Insa Turbo Dakars,
K&N Filter
Samco Hoses
Uprated Intercooler
Remap
Optima Red Top Battery
EGR Blanked off

brakes work well now but does pull a lot to the left, any ideas?, discs are clean, lots of pad left, callipers are new but still the left side doesn't seem to bite as hard as the right.

Cheers,

Will,

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Hello Will.

:welcome2:

Firstly no pics? it didn't happen !

As for your brakes have you checked to see if they're binding. Do they need bleeding?

Only got my Dad's word that the Landy rescued it, but from now on, everything this thing does will be documented.
Bleed the brakes using a power bleeder and then redid the fronts again, been told the callipers are new, but fallen into the trap of assuming new stuff is always perfect before, so might give the callipers a bit of a service.

Willz85 said:

Only got my Dad's word that the Landy rescued it, but from now on, everything this thing does will be documented.
Bleed the brakes using a power bleeder and then redid the fronts again, been told the callipers are new, but fallen into the trap of assuming new stuff is always perfect before, so might give the callipers a bit of a service.

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If the pads have not long been replaced they may not have bedded in properly.

But as you say you cant always assume new stuff is perfect and it wont hurt to give the callipers a good look over.

Ok cool, seen calliper service kits, how much of job is it to fully strip down and service the callipers?, been told brake flexis can perish and 'balloon' under pressure, reducing braking effort, is this true?, or even accurate?

Willz85 said:

Ok cool, seen calliper service kits, how much of job is it to fully strip down and service the callipers?, been told brake flexis can perish and 'balloon' under pressure, reducing braking effort, is this true?, or even accurate?

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they can perish but ive never seen nor heared of one balooning

when they perish they usualy split almost to the core and burst the tinyest of pinholes and this reduces brake power significantly

and the weirder way of them going is when the insides corrode causeing a flap of rubber to act as a valve on the inside of the pipe causeing the fluid to stop flowing half way through the application of the brakes

get hold of the rubber hose and bend it if you see tiny cracks in the hose replace them immediately its not worth yours or anyone elses life if they burst i know from experience how hard it is to stop a 2 tonne vehicle without good brakes from when they went on me series years ago

thankfully the worst part of that was i needed new clean undies but it could have been a lot worse

nowadays i have the rule if in doubt change it for new
and welcome to the loonyzone :welcome2::welcome2::welcome2::welcome2:

Great stuff, will definitely have a good look when I get hold of it, seen some very nice braided hose kits, so might replace them anyway, and use it as an excuse to get under there with a wire brush and come cleaner, and give her some TLC and make sure that she stops in the same county as when I applied the brakes,

Willz85 said:

Ok cool, seen calliper service kits, how much of job is it to fully strip down and service the callipers?, been told brake flexis can perish and 'balloon' under pressure, reducing braking effort, is this true?, or even accurate?

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Check the simple/cheapest stuff first.

ie. Check for brakes binding and or seizing.
The flexi pipes can balloon under pressure and reduce braking effort.
Get someone to press the brake pedal whilst you look at and feel the pipe/turn the wheel etc.

You'll have a better idea then hopefully of what the problem is

johnny curt 1 said:

they can perish but ive never seen nor heared of one balooning

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Thinking about it Johnny's right I've actually only heard about them ballooning, I've never seen any doing it ................

Great stuff, I'll check all those, see what I can find out and get the bottom of the issue,
cheers guys,
this forum thing is great!
Will,

:welcome2:

Bromsgrove Defender said:

Thinking about it Johnny's right I've actually only heard about them ballooning, I've never seen any doing it ................

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aye ive seen silicone breather hoses do it when theyre blocked and under pressure but never brake hoses as theyre braded internaly arent they

Welcome, enjoy your Disco!