Disco 2 Another ACE Question

OneTwo said:

Evening all,

Recently bought a D2 which had the rear ACE pipes replaced with hydraulic hoses for the MOT, with about a foot of the old pipe remaining at the valve block end. These remnants of old pipe are now leaking, so the plan is to switch to conventional ARBs. I saw a thread on here where a member spoke of blocking off the rear pipes at the valve block as a temporary measure, but didn't say how.

Would winding a couple of bolts into the seals work, the same way you do to remove the seals? Maybe with a bit of PTFE tape? The seals are new, replaced them today because we thought that was what was leaking, but typically, it wasn't.

If not, any suggestions as to what else I can use to tide me over until the weekend?

Thanks in advance!

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Hellastony said:

Not sure where Fery got his figure of £50 from, best to ask him, but to drill the valve block I believe is about £80, I am told by others, although this does seem a lot of money for a bit of milling and drilling....I will be finding out myself when I get it done.........

In the meantime you might be better, in view of where you say it is leaking, to get a spare length of hose and feed the outlet from the ACE pump back into the return port on the reservoir. This way although the pump is working, the pressure is going back to the reservoir not to the block which is leaking.

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MJI said:

I paid £10 per hole but was a pain as it was not their usual business.

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