TD6 2002 L322. Brake failure.

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Originally Posted by BRUMMY

Had the brakes on all the way down doing 50 kpm, got to the bottom...no brakes.

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kpm?

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Originally Posted by 350RRC

surely in an L322 with an auto box you can select a low gear in the auto box, not drive [bighmmm]

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Yes, you can. Even though the gear lever only has PNRD - no L, gears can be selected manually by moving the gear lever to the left.

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Originally Posted by 350RRC

...(in low or high range if they have both ranges)

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They do.

Thanks for all the replies.
I have not been down anything as steep as Bulli pass, in more than 15 years, out of habit i left it in drive.
The pedal when i tried to stop was a fair way down, but not at the bottom.
As i said before, when it cooled down, the brakes were OK, but the pedal felt different.
The fluid was replaced two years ago.

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Originally Posted by FisherX

Oh them there are fighting words!

Do I see some model snobbery going on here?

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No snobbery, I just wanted to know if people used the lower gears in the auto on steep downhills instead of riding the brakes.

Especially given the weight of them.

cheers, DL

Pop into an indy or a tyre + service shop and ask for them to quickly test your brake fluid. Or just buy a brake fluid tester from ebay or the like. About $10-15.

Brake fluid from the stealer is cheap, or if you can find it, Castrol Advanced Performance Series DOT 4. I've recently done a flush, used just over a litre of fluid.

I have crossdrilled and slotted rotors on my 05 L322 and went with the 4x4 Bendix Pads as they are made for large weight i hear. Either that or EDC's from Island 4x4, they are the goods!

Also, if the brakes overheat it is 'possible' to warp your discs and glaze up your pads causing reduced performance, glazing being the more likely of the two.

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Originally Posted by theelms66

If you rode the pedal all the way down the hill ,they will have been cooked.

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Agree, use the gearbox, the manual mode is for exactly this. The TD6 at 4000rpm provides a lot of engine braking in this situation.