Thread: new project - 1974 Dutch camper conversion

Originally Posted by phin

Not much progress recently as I've been overseas, but fitted the defender brake tower on the weekend. Hoping to fit some of the brake pipes next weekend.

How close will that get to the bonnet?

enjoying the job... cheers!

Hi digger,

I'll need to cut the bonnet lip and part of the wing to make it all fit, but fingers crossed it should all be concealed with the bonnet closed. I have a deluxe bonnet but with the standard bonnet apparently it can be a tight fit. There's further info here (relevant information near the bottom of the page).

I decided to go with the larger type 80 servo as I managed to get a cheap one from the UK and I am keen to get as much boost as I can on the brakes.

cheers
Phin

Got stuck into the brakes on the weekend - just got the left hand side done but no hiccups apart from the new shoes catching on the drums. Hoping the 6 cylinder brakes will improve things from the oil soaked brakes that came off.

cheers
Phin

If you get those 3" brakes set up right, then you will be very happy compared to what you have pulled off. Did the same thing on my IIA years ago and I almost killed myself the first time I trod on the brakes hard. Only the windscreen stopped me...

Could lock up the fronts on bitumen with those...

That's exactly what I'm hoping for bacicat. Sub-standard brakes is the only thing that annoys me about Series Land Rovers.

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Starting to make more progress now - front drums are finished and I'm starting to plumb the lines. If all goes well I should have the brakes more or less up and running in the next month or so. From there, the main jobs are painting up the replacement door tops, changing all the oil, fixing the wiring, new tyres and tidying up the interior.




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Got a bit of painting done last weekend. The tractor enamel seems to work well for small bits. Probably wouldn't be great for large panels though. Hopefully will get the brakes closer to finished this weekend.
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I've been working on the brake vacuum pump. It's a Peugeot pump and is a common conversion for 2.25 diesels in the UK where both Peugeot and 2.25 diesels are much more common than here. I've included a brief rundown in case anyone's interested.


Brackets installed. I used three brackets - the long straight one is a 2.25 alternator bracket, the L shaped one is part of the 2.6 alternator bracket with the edge ground down and the other bracket is a Peugeot brake vacuum pump bracket I got from Ebay UK. But really many combinations of brackets could be used.




Pump installed. I haven't bolted the pulley on yet but it seems to line up very well. The pump can move up and down to adjust the belt if the bolts are slackened.

The next step is to measure up the new belt size and get a belt to fit. I've read on the UK forums that the belt can take an extra pulley for the vacuum pump without slipping. I'm still not sure if I'll fit a vacuum tank. Will have to see what comes up at the wreckers or on ebay.

cheers
Phin