NickVyse

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1993 200Tdi 2 door LHD RRC.

Had a good search and can find nothing. Land Rover specialist garage can find nothing, no binding, no leaks, no broken return springs, nothing outwardly untoward. And brakes work perfectly otherwise, all in good shape.

Symptoms - you brake and the pedal stays on/down about a 1cm and you can feel the vacuum servo helping to keep the brakes lightly on.

Tip your toe under the pedal and bring it back up 1cm and problem solved.

Weird one, would probably be temporarily solved by a bungee chord providing a bit more return spring on the pedal, but obviously this is a bodge and not a fix.

Anyone been here before??
 
1993 200Tdi 2 door LHD RRC.

Had a good search and can find nothing. Land Rover specialist garage can find nothing, no binding, no leaks, no broken return springs, nothing outwardly untoward. And brakes work perfectly otherwise, all in good shape.

Symptoms - you brake and the pedal stays on/down about a 1cm and you can feel the vacuum servo helping to keep the brakes lightly on.

Tip your toe under the pedal and bring it back up 1cm and problem solved.

Weird one, would probably be temporarily solved by a bungee chord providing a bit more return spring on the pedal, but obviously this is a bodge and not a fix.

Anyone been here before??
Does the pivot need lubricating perhaps?
 
Garage greased everything and checked the spring on the pedal. Somone else just said it's the return spring in the master cylinder, which would make perfect sense.
 
Disconnect the vacuum pipe to the brake booster, if the pedal still stays down, then it's the master cylinder.
 

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