Ill try and whip some up. Have taken the front bumper into my spare room, cranked the heating, flatted it back and layed on the thinnest coat i thought possible (loaded roller up, took off as much excess paint as possible and that was enough for the whole bumper) And yet, still some orange...

Now track rod ends would make some sense as I heard a knocking today from that corner going over a bump, How easy is whipping the drive member off? The diff is very worn, I can tell that from the backlash, but CV joints might be doing something. cheers

Hi, Still got a problem with the brakes on my defender, have changed the master cylinder (twice) and it's now the case that when you drive forward at 30mph+ for any distance, hitting the brakes will cause the pedal to hit the floor. Pumping them will bring it back but then it just happens...

Not much chance of that unfortunately, Can I just keep the paint warm before rollering it?

Sorry to drag this thread up but I'm having a crap time trying to paint mine. Was rollering on some ebay military vehicle paint in white gloss. Unthinned using harris foam gloss rollers. I was getting an unbelieveable amount of orange peel. After nearly destroying my arms flatting a panel back...

Well this is getting tiring now. The brake problem still exists. Current thoughts is a dodgy wheel bearing pushing the piston back in meaning once moving you have to pump the brake to get the piston back in its place. Plus the paintwork is annoying. The roller white paint goes on fine but is...

Problem solved today, brake master cylinder swapped and snaffled an eezi bleed kit. Brakes are rock solid now and bled after the first go round, took me 10 minutes, that eezi bleed kit was well worth the money! Also managed to fix the heater blower and change the front diff oil today, was...

This gets stranger each day, So today, I took it for a 100 mile drive, When your up to 50mph, you hit the brake, feel nothing but the secondary servo at the bottom of the pedal as if the master cylinder is knackered. Then you can pump up the pedal to get full braking force as if there is an...

New master cylinder ordered, lets see how this goes then :) cheers for the advice.

Unfortunately no, I've emailed the guys I bought it from asking if I can send it back as defective, as it is apparently under a 12 month warranty. So if fluid is splashing back into the master cylinder, thats the seals knackered? cheers for the help.

Well that's just dandy. Brand new master cylinder.... Rebuild kits arn't too expensive, might have a crack at fixing the old one that came off.

Fluid isn't blackish at all, There is some splashback when pedal is released though? Can see it on top of the master cylinder.

Heres something boggling me, With the brake bleeding, it's beyond a "theres still air in the system" problem now. The brakes will bleed fine with a firm pedal, then after a 20 or so minute drive without braking, the pedal will go straight to the floor. it will then pump up just fine after...

I'm running some injector cleaner in the tank now, I've noticed it is a tiny bit less smoky on startup, but I think that's more down to me leaning on the glow plug for longer and not touching the throttle anymore. Just to clarify, once on the move and up to temp, no smoke whatsoever.

Righto, it also has a puff of black when it starts. to be perfectly honest it is a large amount of white smoke and the air filter is clagged in oil which I read is common. cheers

Nope, nothing but a hand throttle. Sanded back the bonnet and that was matt sand colour underneath but I'm putting that down to a second hand bonnet. Yeh seems to be a small airlock still floating around, rears its head after a drive of 10 minutes or so without touching the brakes. cheers for...

nobody?

Heres an odd question; my landy has a hand throttle, was this only fitted to MOD chonkers? Vehicle shows no other signs of being an ex mod wagon!

May have found myself a decent 200tdi locally actually! Spoke to soon on the brakes, they have gone spongy again. I've been using the sequence in the Haynes manual of left rear, right rear, right front, left front. Is this whats cocking it up? Gonna have to buy some more brake fluid now this...

I was reading a guide where the radiator mounts needed to be cut off and lowered, not sure if thats 100% though? It is daunting! I'm more concerned with not having all the bits, I am trying to find a breakers that'll do the whole lot on a pallet, every last bit I'd need. Cheers for the help...