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Aye Up All, Thanks for the further info and links. I’ve just read them. My truck is a ‘97 V8 and I was surprised that it doesn’t have either ABS, dual circuit or vented discs when I know of older V8 models which do. One of the linked articles infers that their original calipers might only be...

Aye Up Stan, I can’t fit vented discs unless I change the caliper (the solid disc versions aren’t wide enough) hence the enquiry about the Rimmer/EBC conversion. Surely when you fitted the solid discs into a vented disc caliper that meant that the pistons are operating further out of the pot...

Aye Up 300, +1 re the overhaul. Re the drilled (single/solid) discs I see the point. Drilled & vented (double disc) I assume less so as there is a potential escape route for debris including pad material? I was considering nipping down to my friendly MOT station and getting a before and after...

Lolol, Don’t think I’ll be doing track days! But I will be adding quite a bit of weight for off road duties - and if you saw the luggage my missus takes on holiday!!! At some point in the future I hope to build an overland trailer camper too and I have read that some people have found the...

Aye Up, It’s a D1 Stanley. It’s non ABS Discool (no airbags either!). Interesting as it’s a ‘97 and I know of a ‘96 with both. Lower spec’d model I assume. I’ve only looked in passing at the brake set up whilst carrying out other work on the truck, the rear calipers are in a poor state...

Aye Up, Has anyone fitted the EBC drilled/vented front brake caliper conversion kit to a previously solid disc set up? I appreciate that there is a need for additional pipework. If so how did the work go and is there any noticeable improvement? Ta.

I also found that the rubber gasket around the wiper motor housing showed signs of not completely sealing and whilst there was no evidence that water had passed through I went to town on it too. See image Finally, I found that water ran off the windscreen, over the scuttle/A pillar/inner wing...

Aye Up agin, Just a few additional notes to go with the phots. The windscreen is often one of the first suspects when h20 is found in the footwells. On D1s after 1994 (I believe) they are bonded. If the top bond and/or the side bonds are U/S you should see h20 running down the inside of the...

Aye Up OK here’s some more. The first is the heater/blower duct. I found water leaking around the (dried out) gasket and the bolts. I loosened the bolts, pushed duct back, spread sealant inside then redid the bolts. The second image is the seam that runs the full width of the...

Aye Up, Is anyone seeing the images? I’m seeing them in the posting box and the preview but not in the thread?

This image goes with the first one I posted showing how panel gap goes through into footwell

Aye Up D1 leak sources #2 images:

Aye Up, I’ve recently had this problem on my D1 and spent several weeks tracking down one, then several locations each of which provided a different access point for water. No sooner did I think that I’d sorted it than water reappeared. One of the things that I did was to ‘puff’ talcum powder...

Aye Up, Something that I forgot to add about our Loada Nivea - my other half managed to snap the piston in both of the rear shocks - on the ‘gentle, non-damaging’ circuit at Kielder Forest!! LOLOL

I used to own a Nivea (said in a whispered voice, lolol). It was a fairly capable vehicle off tarmac but when the gearbox was removed for a repair (under warranty), on replacement a heavy vibration appeared in the transmission. The vehicle went around various dealerships and eventually back to...

Is it being marketed in Eastern Europe as a Skoda or something?

Aye Up, Henry, Thanks very much for going to the trouble of posting that info AND with phots. I’ve just followed your procedure to the letter and now have the running level exactly at the high mark on the stick. It took a full litre added in 250ml increments. Not too low as a percentage of...

Aye Up, Thanks for the replies which only came through after I posted the addendum? I hear what you are saying diesel dog but £300 is insane, as Henry B says for an hours work Aaah, now that I have your second post Henry things make a bit more sense. I will go and carry out your procedure...

Addendum to the above - I am now totally confused! On at least half a dozen previous occasions that I have done a cold non-running check the level has shown at the top mark on the dipstick. Having posted the above this morning and having waited for a few hours for advice, I went back to the...

Aye Up, New to auto gearboxes I recently learned that checking the oil without the engine running isn’t the thing to do. I’d been checking mine in same way that I would check the engine oil (cold, engine off) and it had always been up to the top level on the dipstick. Reading both Haynes and...