OLLI-Tart D1 300tdi acquired.NO BRAKES!!!!

[sutty2006]

I will be tackling more welding on mine soon. Offside front sill mount has disappeared, which was 3mm zintec 7 years ago…. 

[Dan the van]

Bloody hell,you been in the sea!!

[sutty2006]

3 hours ago, Dan the van said:

Bloody hell,you been in the sea!!

I genuinely don’t know. It feels like it, crumbly to touch…. Whole thing is one big rot box. Really want to change the body but the chassis I’ve had to repair in places too so there’s no point. Lol

[N Dentressangle]

I had the same trouble with my D1 brakes. Ended up bleeding them again really thoroughly with a helper slamming the pedal down, which seems to have sorted the problem. I'm guessing there's an air trap somewhere in the front circuit.

[Mrcento]

6 hours ago, sutty2006 said:

I will be tackling more welding on mine soon. Offside front sill mount has disappeared, which was 3mm zintec 7 years ago…. 

Mine did similar, brand new rear crossmember (that was fitted and rust treated brand newby a classic car specialist) went from brand new to complete collapse and pulling lumps of it out by hand in less than 5!

[Dan the van]

1 hour ago, N Dentressangle said:

I had the same trouble with my D1 brakes. Ended up bleeding them again really thoroughly with a helper slamming the pedal down, which seems to have sorted the problem. I'm guessing there's an air trap somewhere in the front circuit.

I tried that with the Eazibleed(more out of frustration than anything) but it made no difference.But it was better than the pressure bleeder which wasn't clearing the air out properly.I'll have another try if swapping vac pump and servo doesn't sort it.Thankfully I don't have the triple bleed nipple set up being a later model.

[sutty2006]

All my bleed nipples are seized and rounded off, plus some of the pistons look abit dodgy. It’ll be calipers for me when I start having issues with brakes. 💪🤣

[Dan the van]

Minor update,it appears the new m/cylinder I fitted is faulty.Leaking out the back which explains the slowly sinking brake pedal.Rimmers sending replacement but I'm stuck with the same aftermarket type,OEM are obsolete now ffs.