Ollram
Member Since: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Gortynia
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hi to all 8)
its time to change the fluids (3+ years)
is it an easy job??
Cheers
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Bodsy
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Can you take photo's and give instructions when you do it? It's the missing piece of my Brake Bible  Bodsys Brake Bible
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| 6th Jul 2010 12:26 pm |
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Ollram
Member Since: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Gortynia
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oh gosh
you did a GREAT job, this is indeed a BIBLE!!
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| 6th Jul 2010 12:34 pm |
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irishrover
Member Since: 18 Aug 2008
Location: The Treaty County
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any body know what quantity of brake fluid is required, when changing.
thanks.
ian. 07 Discovery 3 TDV6 Commercial (Java Black) with:
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| 6th Jul 2010 9:24 pm |
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ODP38
Member Since: 08 Nov 2009
Location: Cheshire
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Got mine changed at the dealers couple of weeks back at £60.00
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| 6th Jul 2010 9:38 pm |
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zarnd
Member Since: 23 Apr 2010
Location: Kent
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I popped into my local dealer and was chatting about seeing if the FFRR Brembo brake set-up can be put on the D3 and was told that the D3 brakes are a mare to bleed.
Good luck Alex
2007 D3 TDV6 HSE
2009 Caterham Supersport
2005 FFRR Vogue SE 4.2 Supercharged
2004 SL55 AMG
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| 7th Jul 2010 11:51 am |
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Bodsy
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Looking at it, if yoiu are just CHANGING the fluid, then it's fairly straight forward. If you have had to replace any part of the brake pipework or master cylinder, then indeed, it does appear to be a mare as you have to bleed to remove the air as opposed to bleeding just to remove old fluid (constantly topping up with new of course) Bodsys Brake Bible
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| 7th Jul 2010 12:04 pm |
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Phil1644
Member Since: 14 Nov 2009
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Irishrover, I think I read on here some time ago that the dealers bill for a litre when they change the fluid, but when mine put that on the parts counter it didnt look a lot so I bought 2 litres. Changed it in the conventional way of getting my 12 year old lad to slowly pump the brake pedal whilst I opened and closed the bleed nipple on each caliper. Got bored with that in the end so bought an Eezi bleed one way valve thingy on the end of a piece of tube for a fiver, which speeded things up a bit. In the end pumped most of the 2 litres through the four sets of pipework. I think I also read on here a while a go something from TFC (and he will be right!), pointing out that you should also bleed the clutch system as well, on a manual, because it is shared fluid(?)....but I didnt do that.
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| 7th Jul 2010 2:19 pm |
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irishrover
Member Since: 18 Aug 2008
Location: The Treaty County
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phil1644,
cheers for that. i am actually running a manual, so ill check into it. having brake issues at the moment so want to get them sorted first.
ian. 07 Discovery 3 TDV6 Commercial (Java Black) with:
Gone but not forgotten.
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| 7th Jul 2010 5:58 pm |
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DN
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Member Since: 24 Jun 2006
Location: W.London.
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I have used a 'Gunsons Eezibleed' for many years and many vehicles, incl the D3, no probs at all. Uses low pressure ( 10-15psi is ideal) from a spare tyre.(Used the spare off my BMW,as it's much easier to get to,and smaller and lighter  ). Only downside is that you will have to de pressurize and put more fluid in the bottle (roughly) between each caliper you are bleeding. About £16 something from Machine Mart or Screwfix nowadays.£20 at Halfords. I bought 5 ltrs of dot4 fluid, but used about half of it bleeding the D3, and nearly all the rest on another car.
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| 7th Jul 2010 6:16 pm |
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Phil1644
Member Since: 14 Nov 2009
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DN, was the 5 litres of Dot4 from LR or another make, and has it been OK? the LR stuff is Low Viscosity (the LR stuff more or less just says LV on the bottle) and I couldnt find anything in Halfrauds that claimed to be LV so ended up paying a fortune at the LR stealers!
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| 7th Jul 2010 8:15 pm |
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DN
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Member Since: 24 Jun 2006
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Phil, I just bought the Halfrauds Dot 4 fluid, you are correct, it doesn't say it is Low Viscosity fluid, it says it is 'universal ' and exceeds the requirements of ISO 4925 (whatever that means  ) that is mentioned in the handbook. (TLO couldn't send the LR fluid in the post  ). It certainly doesn't feel any different at the brake pedal than the stuff the dealers put in last time it was changed. I can't recall feeling any noticeable difference in viscosity either, when I was pulling both old and new fluids out of the reservoir with a very fine needled syringe. After reading up about it, if low viscosity was of the utmost importance, I can't see why LR didn't specify DOT5.1 fluid......If I can't move the pedal when winter arrives I'll let you know.
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| 7th Jul 2010 8:25 pm |
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stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
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I too think the eezibleed is superb. But. Please please please don't be a plank and forget to let the air out of your spare tyre until there's the recommended bleeding pressure.
At a full 36PSI, the reservoir pops vertically off the master cylinder like an aqua rocket toy, spraying paint removing fluid all over the place. Don't ask  Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
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| 8th Jul 2010 5:18 pm |
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