Thread: Just went through my new disco and found a few problems

If you purchased it from a dealer, take it back and get them to repair the brakes, or better still take it to a Land Rover expert and have the brakes repaired, if you have no knowledge of brakes get an expert to do the work, Regards Frank.

Actually I was just asking if someone had had a simular problem with there disco, it's called sharing expierence, that's what forums are good for. I have 25 years expierence repairing brakes, but I still don't know everything and I'm not afraid to ask, when you stop asking and stop learning thats when you start making mistakes.
CHarley

Originally Posted by Tank

If you purchased it from a dealer, take it back and get them to repair the brakes, or better still take it to a Land Rover expert and have the brakes repaired, if you have no knowledge of brakes get an expert to do the work, Regards Frank.

I had a similar problem with mine but it was the slave cylinder you have to pull them out to check them(Mine is a v8 so if you have a diesel ignore this and wait for someone in the know).
Tank was just erring on the side of caution as he has no idea about your experience. If someone knows little about fixing the brakes they should take it to an expert as a failure here could end in tragedy.

Originally Posted by rameses32

But I expected that from a 17 year old 4x4 with 250,000klms. I was wrong, he didn't change the rear A arm ball joint he changed all the other bushes and after driving it home I am quite sure the ball joint needs changed, I found one for $50 so I'm not too concerned about that. It also needs an Exhaust clamp, and front wheel bearings adjusted. Thoes things don't worry me, two things do worry me a bit, one, the bushing in the stearing gearbox has a bit of slop in it, how hard is this to change? What I mean is, is there anything special I need to know about changing this bushing and seal, any hidden nightmares? And the biggest thing I am worried about, and I don't know why I didn't catch this on the test drive, but the brakes SUCK!, if you stomp on them they go to the floor. Plenty of pad left and they don't pump up, so my guess it the master cylinder. I checked for vaccume leaks and found none. The paint between the master cylinder and vac booster is bubbly leading me to think that the master cylinder may be seaping dot4.

With the disco not running the pedal doesn't go to the floor, but as soon as I start it, it drops right down. The disco stops, but there is no way you would take it off road with the brakes the way they are

, I don't really want to drive it much until I figure this out.

Charley

I'm no expert....but isn't that normal. I can't get my pedal right to the floor either with the engine off falls a bit short and then obviously the more you try that hard it gets as your pumping the brakes up. when you turn on the engine I though the pedal was supposed to sink...indicating your booster is working correctly.

As for the disco stopping but you wouldn't take it off road...is this your first disco? or have you owned others to compare it with?
If you have owned a toyota before the brakes will feel quite shocking as its my understanding that toyotas are quite heavily servo'd. when ever I get in the work cars from my disco I have to be careful I dont put myself through the windscreen.

All I'm saying is if this is your first disco you might just be experiencing normal brakes...this is why a lot of us are on quests to get better brakes most people upgrade discs and lines etc.

If its not your first then I hope you find the culrpit

as for the bubbling of the paint....could be but also could be someone just not clearing up a spill while topping it up