Mine was similar. I replaced the brake hoses with stainless steel braided, Teflon lined ones.
My d2 has, ever since I've had it, needed a quick pump on the brake pedal to bring the pedal up to get firm braking. It stops without this, but it feels 'off'. When a local indie did the head gasket I mentioned this, and he said it was normal, and his own car did it.
It's not air. it feels like excessive disk brake runout, and I can't see it being "normal". I'd forgotten about it as the car has been off the road for years, but now it's time to get it roadworthy and I don't see it passing the check.
My feeling is the wheel bearings are worn on the front, causing runout, but what does the brain's trust think? I believe that the wheel bearings are serviced as an assembly, and are of course not cheap. Car has done 310,000. Who knows if the PO changed them?
JayTee
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2000 D2 TD5 Auto: Tins
1994 D1 300TDi Manual: Dave
1980 SIII Petrol Tray: Doris
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Nanocom, D2 TD5 only.
Mine was similar. I replaced the brake hoses with stainless steel braided, Teflon lined ones.
D2a Td5 Manual, Chawton White. aka "Daisy"
Build date 11th Oct 2003
Freelander 2 2011, manual, the daughter calls it Perri
Before I had a Land Rover I did not have any torque wrenches. Now I have three.
LROCV #1410
Yes, much better. Drop by if you are in the vicinity and have a drive.
D2a Td5 Manual, Chawton White. aka "Daisy"
Build date 11th Oct 2003
Freelander 2 2011, manual, the daughter calls it Perri
Before I had a Land Rover I did not have any torque wrenches. Now I have three.
LROCV #1410
I think the soft pedal is normal, they do stop better than the D1's that had a brick wall for a pedal.
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'16.5 RRS SDV8
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How much "Meat" is left on your brake pads front and rear?
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2004 D2 "S" V8 auto, with a few Mods gone
2007 79 Series Landcruiser V8 Ute, With a few Mods.
4.6m Quintrex boat
20' Jayco Expanda caravan gone
FMine doesn’t do that.
I pressure bleed and flush old fluid about every 2 years and exercise the hill descent every couple of months.
I have some stainless hoses on order and have hopefully arrived when I get home next week, but even with 18 year old lines it is fine.
I have new front discs, and front bearings but if the. Bearings are crook you will get ABS three amigos.
My pads ar e also TRW so are soft and have plenty of meat.
regards PhilipA
Had the same problem with my TD5 and found that when i did the de EGR'd it created the brake pedal double pump low pedal issue. I blanked the main vacuum line at the take off, instead of at the solenoid, which corrected it
Cheers tt
D2 2004 TD5 Classic
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D2 brakes are like that.... braided brake lines, regular fluid changes, manual bleed and then finish off with the workshop power bleed procedure, plus the absolute best quality disc pads that you can afford, and these will all contribute to diminish the problem to a point that you will be almost no longer aware of it![]()
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1999 build D2 TD5 Auto, Mantec snorkel, 2" LRA spring lift, ARB on board air, Ashcroft ATB, CMM air ram CDL shifter, swag & gold pans ....
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