bill_gj
Tired and irritable
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I know there's a few Landy afficionados(?) on here so I hope I'll be able to get some genuine and sensible advice here, not like some of the forums where the know-it-alls may never have been closer to a LR than photos in son with their favourite comic.
The problem: I've been helping my son with replacing the rotten rear steel brake lines on his Disco 2 (03 plate). It was a PITA getting the new copper/steel lines in. All the original (ridiculously placed ) plastic clips broke so rubber sleeves and s/steel cable ties were used to secure and route the new lines.
Then - bleeding. I went through the usual time-honoured process of bleeding the brakes with him and went arounf the complete system twice, no air visible and only clean fluid coming out of the transparent bleed tube into the catch bottle. Also cracked-off the inlets & outlets of the ABS unit - no air.
However, although the brake pedal is solid without the engine running, once the engine is started, when the pedal is pressed, it will gradually sink down.
Is there a trick to this? What am I doing wrong? It's driving me nuts.....help much appreciated chaps.
The problem: I've been helping my son with replacing the rotten rear steel brake lines on his Disco 2 (03 plate). It was a PITA getting the new copper/steel lines in. All the original (ridiculously placed ) plastic clips broke so rubber sleeves and s/steel cable ties were used to secure and route the new lines.
Then - bleeding. I went through the usual time-honoured process of bleeding the brakes with him and went arounf the complete system twice, no air visible and only clean fluid coming out of the transparent bleed tube into the catch bottle. Also cracked-off the inlets & outlets of the ABS unit - no air.
However, although the brake pedal is solid without the engine running, once the engine is started, when the pedal is pressed, it will gradually sink down.
Is there a trick to this? What am I doing wrong? It's driving me nuts.....help much appreciated chaps.