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David G. Bell

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MoT on the Lightweight this morning.

I have a niggling doubt about the brakes -- stops in a straight line but
they feel unduly heavy. Nothing obviously wrong with the servo, but I
wonder if a couple of cylinders are sticking -- one each side.

Wish me luck.

--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

"I am Number Two," said Penfold. "You are Number Six."
 

""David G. Bell"" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> MoT on the Lightweight this morning.
>
> I have a niggling doubt about the brakes -- stops in a straight line
but
> they feel unduly heavy. Nothing obviously wrong with the servo, but
I
> wonder if a couple of cylinders are sticking -- one each side.
>
> Wish me luck.
>
> --
> David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.
>
> "I am Number Two," said Penfold. "You are Number Six."

Good luck, but I'm a tad suprised. If it were me and I had any doubts
about my brakes I'd want to check that they were ok as it might be me
who got killed if they failed.

Even worse - it might be me in front of you when they fail :(

AWEM


 
On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 09:00:26 +0100 (BST), [email protected]
("David G. Bell") wrote:

>MoT on the Lightweight this morning.
>
>I have a niggling doubt about the brakes -- stops in a straight line but
>they feel unduly heavy. Nothing obviously wrong with the servo, but I
>wonder if a couple of cylinders are sticking -- one each side.
>
>Wish me luck.

fingers crossed for you!

--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'03 Volvo V70
'06 Nissan Navara aka "The Truck"
 
Tim Hobbs wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 09:00:26 +0100 (BST), [email protected]
> ("David G. Bell") wrote:
>
>> MoT on the Lightweight this morning.
>>
>> I have a niggling doubt about the brakes -- stops in a straight line but
>> they feel unduly heavy. Nothing obviously wrong with the servo, but I
>> wonder if a couple of cylinders are sticking -- one each side.
>>
>> Wish me luck.
>
> fingers crossed for you!

Like bollocks!! with funny brakes it's fingers crossed for us!!

Nige


--

Subaru WRX
Range Rover 4.6 HSE (The Tank!)
110 Hi Cap (Ben)

'"Opinions are like arseholes, everyones got one"


 
On Saturday, in article <[email protected]>
andrew@no_spam_please_mawson.org.uk "Andrew Mawson" wrote:

> ""David G. Bell"" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > MoT on the Lightweight this morning.
> >
> > I have a niggling doubt about the brakes -- stops in a straight line
> but
> > they feel unduly heavy. Nothing obviously wrong with the servo, but
> I
> > wonder if a couple of cylinders are sticking -- one each side.
> >
> > Wish me luck.
>
> Good luck, but I'm a tad suprised. If it were me and I had any doubts
> about my brakes I'd want to check that they were ok as it might be me
> who got killed if they failed.
>
> Even worse - it might be me in front of you when they fail :(

I know what you mean, but the checks that they do don't always match the
checks that you can do. Though under the new system it can't go on the
rollers -- the vehicle weight isn't in the computer -- and they had to
use the Tapley.

Anyway, it didn't fail on the brakes. Maybe it's just my right leg has
fewer muscles than it used to.

--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

"I am Number Two," said Penfold. "You are Number Six."
 

>> > MoT on the Lightweight this morning.
>> >
>> > I have a niggling doubt about the brakes -- stops in a straight line
>> but
>> > they feel unduly heavy. Nothing obviously wrong with the servo, but
>> I
>> > wonder if a couple of cylinders are sticking -- one each side.
>> >
>> > Wish me luck.
>>
>> Good luck, but I'm a tad suprised. If it were me and I had any doubts
>> about my brakes I'd want to check that they were ok as it might be me
>> who got killed if they failed.
>>
>> Even worse - it might be me in front of you when they fail :(
>
>I know what you mean, but the checks that they do don't always match the
>checks that you can do. Though under the new system it can't go on the
>rollers -- the vehicle weight isn't in the computer -- and they had to
>use the Tapley.
>
>Anyway, it didn't fail on the brakes. Maybe it's just my right leg has
>fewer muscles than it used to.

Um, it might be worth having the drums off and checking the brakes.
LR's with twin leading shoes can pass the MOT despite having one
cylinder on each side siezed. Particularly if it's got a servo as
well.

Alex
 
On Sunday, in article
<[email protected]>
[email protected] "Alex" wrote:

> >> > MoT on the Lightweight this morning.
> >> >
> >> > I have a niggling doubt about the brakes -- stops in a straight line
> >> but
> >> > they feel unduly heavy. Nothing obviously wrong with the servo, but
> >> I
> >> > wonder if a couple of cylinders are sticking -- one each side.
> >> >
> >> > Wish me luck.
> >>
> >> Good luck, but I'm a tad suprised. If it were me and I had any doubts
> >> about my brakes I'd want to check that they were ok as it might be me
> >> who got killed if they failed.
> >>
> >> Even worse - it might be me in front of you when they fail :(
> >
> >I know what you mean, but the checks that they do don't always match the
> >checks that you can do. Though under the new system it can't go on the
> >rollers -- the vehicle weight isn't in the computer -- and they had to
> >use the Tapley.
> >
> >Anyway, it didn't fail on the brakes. Maybe it's just my right leg has
> >fewer muscles than it used to.
>
> Um, it might be worth having the drums off and checking the brakes.
> LR's with twin leading shoes can pass the MOT despite having one
> cylinder on each side siezed. Particularly if it's got a servo as
> well.

I have spent the morning rummaging for tools with this in mind. Bank
Holiday weekend, so there's a limit to what I can do -- if I should need
parts, or twist something off, that's it until Tuesday. At least I don't
depend on the LR.

On the other hand, I can at least let the penetrating oil soak in. But I
haven't seen the big bloody screwdriver since we moved.

--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

A Series Land Rover doesn't have enough computers to allow a modern
mechanic not to think.
 
>> >>
>> >> Even worse - it might be me in front of you when they fail :(
>> >
>> >I know what you mean, but the checks that they do don't always match the
>> >checks that you can do. Though under the new system it can't go on the
>> >rollers -- the vehicle weight isn't in the computer -- and they had to
>> >use the Tapley.
>> >
>> >Anyway, it didn't fail on the brakes. Maybe it's just my right leg has
>> >fewer muscles than it used to.
>>
>> Um, it might be worth having the drums off and checking the brakes.
>> LR's with twin leading shoes can pass the MOT despite having one
>> cylinder on each side siezed. Particularly if it's got a servo as
>> well.
>
>I have spent the morning rummaging for tools with this in mind. Bank
>Holiday weekend, so there's a limit to what I can do -- if I should need
>parts, or twist something off, that's it until Tuesday. At least I don't
>depend on the LR.
>
>On the other hand, I can at least let the penetrating oil soak in. But I
>haven't seen the big bloody screwdriver since we moved.

Never do brake work on series vehicles on a b/h weekend unless you
already have a set of spare wheel cylinders, brake pipes, unions and
bleed nipples.

If the shops are shut, something is bound to strip or twist off.
Usually a bleed nipple....

Alex
 
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