johnboymac
New Member
Im getting close to the end of my rebuild now, just a couple of things to do, and they are stinkers so I wonder if any one can offer advice:-
brakes - (or perhaps that should be 'what brakes')
shoes, drums, cylinders and copper are all new components. the brakes are utterly crap though - I took it up the top of the road, turned round and into second, got up to a massive 15 mph and brakes on, it slowed and eventually stopped - but I was left wondering if this would ever happen - ive seen glaciers with less unstopable malevolance!
The pedal is spongy, can be made firmer by pumping.
- what do I need to do - or is this just a case of the shoes\drums not being bedded in yet (Ive done less than 8\10s of a mile so far).
engine - its a diesel and there is white smoke, some on tickover, a big puff on acceleration, and it then settles down again. From what Ive read, this may be timing - can this be done at home or do I need to speak specialist help (you could argue that SIII ownership already proves the need for 'special' help).
various oil leaks - couple from the bolts at the rear of the sump and one from the oil filter. no amount of tightening seems to make a difference - they are present and messy but oil leaks on a LR generally worth worrying about - overnight sees a puddle about the size of a cd forming.
now for a helpful bit. one of the components I was missing and found it impossible to get hold of was a LR heater blower. at the weekend I went to the scrappies and managed to find a blower the right size and shape as the LR unit (sort of). it came from a rover metro, is made of plastic and has an extra box attached to act as an input duct. I cut off the duct, bit of sanding to clean it up and it went into the existing LR space on the bulkhead. only other issue is that it has a square output rather than a round one - but managed to squish my air duct to the right shape for this.
seems to be quite powerful to.
cheers, J
brakes - (or perhaps that should be 'what brakes')
shoes, drums, cylinders and copper are all new components. the brakes are utterly crap though - I took it up the top of the road, turned round and into second, got up to a massive 15 mph and brakes on, it slowed and eventually stopped - but I was left wondering if this would ever happen - ive seen glaciers with less unstopable malevolance!
The pedal is spongy, can be made firmer by pumping.
- what do I need to do - or is this just a case of the shoes\drums not being bedded in yet (Ive done less than 8\10s of a mile so far).
engine - its a diesel and there is white smoke, some on tickover, a big puff on acceleration, and it then settles down again. From what Ive read, this may be timing - can this be done at home or do I need to speak specialist help (you could argue that SIII ownership already proves the need for 'special' help).
various oil leaks - couple from the bolts at the rear of the sump and one from the oil filter. no amount of tightening seems to make a difference - they are present and messy but oil leaks on a LR generally worth worrying about - overnight sees a puddle about the size of a cd forming.
now for a helpful bit. one of the components I was missing and found it impossible to get hold of was a LR heater blower. at the weekend I went to the scrappies and managed to find a blower the right size and shape as the LR unit (sort of). it came from a rover metro, is made of plastic and has an extra box attached to act as an input duct. I cut off the duct, bit of sanding to clean it up and it went into the existing LR space on the bulkhead. only other issue is that it has a square output rather than a round one - but managed to squish my air duct to the right shape for this.
seems to be quite powerful to.
cheers, J
, but will post some pics when I get home.
