Recent content by Paxmanmerv

Badly made i guess.. Going to chop 6mm off the edge of them all. Hopefully its an isolated incedent but worth keeping the the back of the mind for future reference..

Sooo.... Kept digging & found the problem. The new shoes are 6mm wider than the old ones so the unmachined part of the Drum catches on the shoe & pulls it on as soon as it goes backwards. Front shoe not a problem because as you know theres a substantial spring holding in in place.. Not expecting...

Thats great! Thanks for that. All looks as it should. Will get measuring & re-bleed then see what happens.

Sounds like the springs are in the correct places so thats a good starting point. At 3 notches each of the brakes are still binding slightly. Is it simply the nature of the beast? With it parked on a flat hard surface it can be pushed forwards, but doesnt want to be pushed backwards as the...

Never come across this before, but theres a first time for everything! 1974 SER3 swb with some odd brake problems. Hopoefully someone has come across this before & can advise me. Brakes were pretty much shot so replaced the lot. Cylinders, drums, shoes & return springs. Bled them all through...

Puma wiper motor does look to be a bit of a chore.. Took the wiper blades & arms off & turned the wipers on. they were suggish to wake up tyhen went ok for a while. At the same time i was adding some thin oil to the spindles. Then they got progressively slower & once again, stopped. In the few...

Thanks Tottot, with both blades off the screen the play in the cable shows up & is easy to move. Will give the spindles some thin oil & see what happens.

So set off the other morning in torrential rain, never knew we had a Monsoon season in the UK... Anyway, wipers got slower & then stopped. Not good. Eventually got home & had a quick look. Pulled wipers off windscreen & motor ran. About 15Min later it stopped so think its a fair guess that the...

So got 2 Britpart hazard light switches from our local guy. Put one on, no good. Put the other on & things started to work. Gotta love a new part lucky dip game... :banana: Thanks all!

Thanks for that Tottot, will give that a bash.

Mornin all! Got an issue here driving me nuts. 1998 Defender & the indicators & Hazard lights are not working. Tried a spare indicator relay but still no joy. All the fuses are good & theres power to the relay. Would the next step be another Hazard light switch or maybe an indicator stalk? My...

Alrightee! Figured out how these damned leak off connectors come off, who ever dreams up these things?.. Found an o ring leaking on the leakoff, replaced it & all seems well. Swapped the fuel filter bwhile i was in the area & aint they a pain to bleed! Thanks for all your help one & all, much...

Just as a side note, how do you get these damned leak off pipes off?:confused:

Got an odd one on our FL2. Its a 2009 Manual Diesel, looks very much like a French PSA group engine. Noticing a smell of diesel thats been getting stronger over the weekend. Quick look around & nothing obvious until i took the top cover off. Diesel all round the injecteors..Get as much out as...

Not tried that yet but gotta be worth a shot. Be great if it was as simple as that. Thanks Galladog!