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That is a fantastic post by the way - have just spent ages looking through it all.

That is a beauty! Most of the pics of mine I took because I was in such a state of shock about what the hell I was doing to my lovely old piece of junk I thought I had better have something to remind me never to do it again! Although I do have one of her when she was nearly "finished". I...

If it was me I would replace!!! I guess it depends on your abilities. I am rubbish with engines - it terrifies me to start taking heads off and all that stuff so I decided to get a 2.5 N/A from ebay (would have liked a 200tdi but there wasn't one around at the time for sensible money) remove...

I'm no bleeding gigolo myself!!! :-) (took me ages to think of that), and i certainly know nothing about braided flexible hoses - I'm not sure it would be an easy job to source the right length with the right connections?

That's interesting. I have to admit I prefer the thought of pulling the fluid through from the bleed nipple end rather than pressurising from the reservoir end but I hadn't thought of the possible damage it could do to the master cylinder by applying pressure to it (no servo on mine). I...

That's good advice, a couple of other people have suggested swapping around the pipes so that the bleed nipple is on the top rather than down on the bottom cylinder the theory being that the air is going to be trapped up on the top so thats where the bleed nipple should go. I was thinking that...

Paddocks do Lucas and Lockheed cylinders but you have to buy them individually (I have heard the Lockheed ones are good). Here 243296D Wheel cylinder LWB rear RH - Delphi Lockheed I tend to use LRSeries .com L. R. Series - specialists in land rover, land rover series and range rover -...

I found this site quite helpful Land Rover FAQ - 109 rear brakes Have you got the workshop manual? If not I would say its an essential buy. Also I find the parts catalogue really useful because the exploded diagrams say more to me than a thousand words. I have to admit that the Haynes...

Sounds good to me - the only Clarke gear I own is the mig welder -I got it from ebay for a bargain £70 - virtually brand new - certainly didn't look used anyway. I love it, and from the stories I hear from other people who got different brands I am glad I did some research and got the Clarke...

Now that looks nice and cheap! I do have a large syringe that I use to pump fish oil into dead bait when i'm pike fishing but its nowhere near as big as that. I think that looks like a great idea. Other people have mentioned the syringe idea and I have to admit I rather like the idea! :-)...

Hi there Thanks for the reply - I think I have seen the Sealey Kit and very nice it looks too but i wouldn't be allowed to spend £70 - I think the wife would probably chop her legs off and make me use them rather than let me spend that much! Although now I come to think of it..... :-)

I have a '72 Series 3 109 safari and when I bought her 3 years ago i knew nothing about mechanics, welding, engines, electrics or anything that may have been remotely useful. I bought her because I got fed up with paying £35 an hour plus VAT for a mechanic to fix my Toyota Hilux Surf every...

Well it feels like every few weeks but that may have been a bit of an exaggeration! It may have something to do with the fact I am always fiddling around or undoing mistakes I made (such as losing the screw cap off the old tin reservoir, spending hours online and in various shops trying to find...

Thanks for the reply - I have seen the one way valve kits in Halfords - basically its just a tube with a non return valve on the end isn't it? Nice and cheap but I'm not sure it will be up to the job with the double leading shoes that just seem designed to trap air! I was thinking that the...

Hi all My wife has decided she no longer wants to sit in my Series III 109 Safari 6 pot pumping my brake pedal every few weeks (oooer) so I have started looking for ways to do it by myself. I used to have one that worked by having brake fluid in a bottle with a hand pump on the top that fed...