Recent content by Pete_01
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Haha. Good use of ":eek:" emoji!
I never looked at the possibility of being rear ended as being a luxury...
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Yeah I have a servo and the brakes are still very casual.
As this is my first old Land Rover it's difficult to know if there is an issue or if I am just being a bit precious.
When I first got it the brakes were scary and I spoke to other people and they said "yeah, that is just old land...
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Had a call back from Industrial Friction, a nice chap called Michael who seemed to know his stuff about brakes, and he said that a Kevlar comound wasn't the way to go as it is very expensive and way above what you would need. Apparently, kevlar is exceeds everything else at high temperature but...
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Thanks for those. I have dropped them both an email for now and will post the reply if I get one. Will ring next week if they haven't got back to me...
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Thanks Thor1950, that sounds perfect. Will search for brake specialists instead of the shoes as they come... I imagine if I speak to enough of them someone will be able to, or know someone who is.
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Cheers. I had a shot at sending Mike (off WD) a message through his website but I very much doubt he'll respond unless the people he used have paid to have their stuff featured in the show so he passes me on to them.
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Hmmm, interesting... That would make it a lot cheaper. The material is around as there are tons of sellers for brake pads, just none for shoes
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Yeah, I think you might be right. The best I could find was someone who custom makes brake shoes for classic racing cars. I didn't bother getting a quote from him because I imagine it is more than I want to spend.
Good point about stresses. Will investigate if I can find the shoes. I am not...
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Hi all,
I was watching Wheeler Dealers the other day (car restoration show for those who haven't seen it) and they put some kevlar compound brake shoes a classic car as an alternative to doing a disk brake conversion. Apparently the friction is much higher so you stop way better than tradional...
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Hi there,
Really hoping a resident landy expert might be able to help before i pull the rest of my hair out.
I have a 1984 Series 3 2.25 diesel. We were doing the servicing on it and everything was going well, the engine was running really well until we changed the fuel filter. This killed it...
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Thanks 300bhp/ton,
Sorry, that was pretty vague (and inaccurate).
- The car is a 1983 model
- The engine is a 2.25, you are right.
- The choke isn't actually a choke (not sure why I called it that). I meant to say hand throttle (for revs when using the PTO). I put that up 5 notches and the car...
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Hi there,
I was wondering if anyone could help. I have a couple issues with the engine on my 1983 diesel 88 and I was wondering if they are both seperate issues or could it just be one issue that is causing both the symptoms.
The symptoms are:
- Engine doesn't idle when started (or very...