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The garage did bleed the brakes and get some air out, annoyingly managed to do it the old fashioned way so don't know why I couldn't do it. Never seem to have much luck with brakes, it was the same on my classic mini

So update, took landrover into garage today who bled brakes and tested them. Reasonable braking force but long pedal travel. He said adjuster on rear not working and needed adjusting on front as well. Discovered rear did not have pin in shoe for...

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I don't really know how to gauge the clearance. It says 1.6mm but what do you measure? Also surely the pedal should never hit the floor no matter how hard you press it? Not touched the adjusters on the drum yet, too busy trying to get the air...

That’s a shame, sometimes you just need to have a cup of tea and cool down , that’s all part of the learning process, did you get the required clearance in the master cylinder pushrod and brake adjusters not binding can’t think what else would...

So update, pedal felt okay until I got it off the axle stands and then brakes were locked on. Fiddled about with the master cylinder and now have brakes locked on and pedal still able to go to floor with effort or no brakes at all. Giving up and...

I didn't try bleeding it yet, too hot today! I only have one wheel cylinder on the fronts

So clamped front hoses and got a solid pedal, so must be an issue with the front brakes. Clamped each side in turn and it appears to be front left. Tightened up connections and pedal now seems better??? Haven't tried driving yet though.

I didn't have the springs on properly but do now. Will try clamping the hoses as you suggest thanks

Help, I am having an absolute nightmare with the drum brakes on my series 3. I noticed the front left hand wheel cylinder was leaking badly so decided to replace both fronts and the flexis while I was at it. All done and then I couldn't get it to...