wildey87

Member

• Aug 10, 2017

• #1

Hey lads,

Need some help as my 110's brakes have totally failed.

Noticed fluid was dropping quicker than normal over last few months but stupidly didnt get anything done as i was busy getting married.

Then took the old girl (landy, not the missus) out the other day and put foot on brakes at t-junction with absolutely no effect. Thankfully got it home using engine braking.

Assume it's corroded/broken lines but im not good enough to sort myself and don't want to mess with brakes too much.

Nearest decent landy friendly garage i know is AJS tyres near Kingston but i need to get the truck there. Anyone you can recommend? Ideally needs to be a Saturday as can't get the time off work to wait around for them to collect.

Cheers

 

ER1C

Well-Known Member

• Aug 10, 2017

• #2

Hmm you should have enough to brake on one side from the reservoir..... that's the design...

 

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chris-the-gerbil

Well-Known Member

• Aug 10, 2017

• #3

unless it's lost so much fluid the master cylinder pistons are uncovered...?
I mean I had thought if you filled the reserviour up and drove slow and gentle you would still brake but that's toying with it being an Unroadworthy Vehicle which if you crashed....

 

wildey87

Member

• Aug 10, 2017

• #4

All the fluid has gone. I them emptied the rest of the bottle in to no joy.

Can chuck another bottle in there to see if it allows them to work but if it then goes halfway to the garage i (and anyone driving near me) could be in trouble..,

Not overly keen on that

 

Kwakerman

Well-Known Member

• Aug 10, 2017

• #5

chris-the-gerbil said:

unless it's lost so much fluid the master cylinder pistons are uncovered...?
I mean I had thought if you filled the reserviour up and drove slow and gentle you would still brake but that's toying with it being an Unroadworthy Vehicle which if you crashed....

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The res should be divided by a separator so that when the leaks low on one circuit the other circuit still has enough to continue operating. That said as the rear axle has a single feed if you lost that you would probably lose one front caliper so you may only have one working caliper. Where is it leaking from?

 

ER1C

Well-Known Member

• Aug 10, 2017

• #6

best not to risk it if you don't know which is leaking but only 1 side of the reservoir should go down.

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wildey87

Member

• Aug 10, 2017

• #7

Ha - agree. Problem is i dont think they'll tow from outside my home for free. So actually better off just paying a recovery direct. I just need to find one that does 3.5T vehicles and works on Saturday....

 

wildey87

Member

• Aug 10, 2017

• #8

Got no idea where leak is coming from. But there's definitely zero braking at the moment. Not even a nudge

 

Dieselweasel0

Member

• Aug 10, 2017

• #9

I would have a look underneath to see where the leak is coming from first, top up the fluid, pump the pedal until you get a bit of pedal and use the good old fashioned handbrake, but then again I used to banger race!

 

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chris-the-gerbil

Well-Known Member

• Aug 10, 2017

• #10

Kwakerman said:

The res should be divided by a separator so that when the leaks low on one circuit the other circuit still has enough to continue operating. That said as the rear axle has a single feed if you lost that you would probably lose one front caliper so you may only have one working caliper. Where is it leaking from?

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I was thinking more of the inevitable leak past the pistons - he said it had been a while. Of course the master could have failed entirely that might do something similar to this but you'd expect to see a leak somewhere surely on all this that's what puzzles me.

 

wildey87

Member

• Aug 10, 2017

• #11

I probably would find a leak if i buy a bunch of fluid to pour in and flush through. Problem is the leak happened when parked up for a few days in the lovely August weather which has washed any evidence away.
There is clearly an issue to be dealt with and i'm not savvy enough to fix the brakes myself so rather than go through a few bottles of fluid looking for a leak i can't fix, i thought better to put that money to a tow.
Lazy i know.