Thread: My Series 3 Project

My Swb has all new bits in the steering, read, new king pins, bearings, tie rod ends, steering relay, new everything in the steering box. and on the road it is fine but offroad moving very slowly it gets heavy on 33" mud tyres. Plus I want to eliminate some of the sloppyness

Done a bit the last couole of nights. Got the drive flanges so finished one side of completely - can't do the other side as I have misplaced 1 nut and 1 spacer... There in there somewhere. I pulled the hubs apart early on before I got a good system running for keeping track of them, so maybe I'll be asking to buy these off someone shortly...

Got a roll of bundy tube today and ordered new flexible brake lines. Thought I'd check out my local traders to see if they could help out and found an awesome brake place in Sunbury who will be getting new, longer flexible brake lines made for me - I know I can get these on line from OS, but the cost is about the same, so I'll give my dollars to a local. Added bonus is he owns a Defender and loves Land Rovers! Can't get better than that. . So a big shout out to Mike at Sunbury Brakes - http://www.sunburybrakes.com.au . Check him out if you're in the area, he does online as well, really friendly and helpful service.

Ok, onto a couple of pics.

One side all complete and buttoned up.


And the new brake pipe from the caliper to the flex line. (Old one sitting there just for alignment purposes)

Now, another question which I thought I'd post separately. You know when you pull something apart and think 'I'll remember where that goes'? Well, despite the 100's of pics I took, I didn't take any of where the old brake lines ran on the chassis...

Anyone got a few pics they can share of these? My know roughly where they go, but just want a bit of confirmation before I start at them tomorrow. The back is pretty straight forward, but at the front do the lines run on the outside or inside of the chassis, and where does the tee piece go roughly - down on the chassis under the master cylinder? Does the passenger side front line run accross the crossmember? If so front or back?

Thanks in advance.

Ran up a prototype brake line bracket just now out of some 8mm bar I had lying around. Hole for the cap screw is in the wrong spot but that will be corrected on the run I do in the morning. Should look good with a coat of paint.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Now, another question which I thought I'd post separately. You know when you pull something apart and think 'I'll remember where that goes'? Well, despite the 100's of pics I took, I didn't take any of where the old brake lines ran on the chassis...

Anyone got a few pics they can share of these? My know roughly where they go, but just want a bit of confirmation before I start at them tomorrow. The back is pretty straight forward, but at the front do the lines run on the outside or inside of the chassis, and where does the tee piece go roughly - down on the chassis under the master cylinder? Does the passenger side front line run accross the crossmember? If so front or back?

Thanks in advance.

Gav,

There should be some holes where the brake pipe clamps were originally screwed down and also where the T-connector fitted.

Send me your email address and I'll send some photos of the wagon chassis while the pipes are still in place, you can almost see them in the last photo I added. Not sure if position was changed over the years though......


Colin

Thanks mate, I'll PM you shortly. Most of the screws where the lines were mounted had to be ground flat after they snapped off while undoing them, so there isn't much to go on unfortunately

Big thanks to Gromit for emailing me some pics of where the brake lines run. . Spent the day on the car agian, with the help of No 1 Son. Tidied up a few loose ends around the front end, like the steering stops, other side drive flange, filled the swivels with oil, so a few small things still to go but almost done there.

So, started on the solid brake lines today. Practiced a few double flares and bubble flares and got them looking pretty good, so moved onto the real thing. Had mixed results, but not with the ends so much, but with how happy I am with how the lines were run. First attempt on the drivers side front resulted in a metre of scrap bundy tube.... . Got the hang of the bender and the second one was spot on. The flares on the ends went well, and that one was done. So, onto the passenger side front - the most difficult one. I got it to work ok, but not 100% happy as the lines aren't square in a couple of spots and although it would be fine, it's not up to the standard I'm after, so I'll remake that one during the week. Good thing the tube is cheap...

Here are a couple of pics of the drivers side all done to my satisfaction.

G'day Homestar,

I use a length of heavy gauge fencing wire to get the position of the bends right. Once this is sorted out I use the fencing wire as template for bending the brake tube and for getting the length of the pipe right.

This technique came in really handy when I converted a single circuit remote reservoir to a dual circuit vacuum assisted master cylinder. I had to have all different angles to miss the hardware hanging off the firewall. Since it was a new fit I had no old pipes to work off.

Kind Regards
Lionel