JSMDave
Member Since: 02 May 2012
Location: Sheffield
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Hi everyone,
My Disco3 has just failed it's MOT on the offside front to rear brake pipe. Has anyone had experience of fitting one of these?
Thanks
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 19th Jan 2019 2:01 pm |
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sasdiscos
Member Since: 22 Feb 2013
Location: Northants
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When I had my range rover, i needed new brake pipes on that, I went to the trouble of buying the pipes from landrover, but then my indi said he'd rather use copper as its easier.
I don't know how hard it is on the disco.
Steve You remind me of a younger me, not much younger mind...perhaps even a little older!
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| 19th Jan 2019 2:38 pm |
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JSMDave
Member Since: 02 May 2012
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 12
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Thanks for that Steve
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| 19th Jan 2019 2:43 pm |
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Discomadness
Member Since: 19 Jan 2015
Location: Caerphilly
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Plenty have done it, most join the pipe under the passengers front seat area. They are a pig with the body on apparently. You will need a serious flaring tool to do the join as the original pipes are steel. Jarrod
Current : D3 2007 HSE - AKA the lemon
-beanie grille
-detango with led bulbs
-club body off rebuild. TWICE.
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| 19th Jan 2019 2:44 pm |
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sasdiscos
Member Since: 22 Feb 2013
Location: Northants
Posts: 886
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Are you supposed to join them?
Steve You remind me of a younger me, not much younger mind...perhaps even a little older!
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| 19th Jan 2019 2:46 pm |
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Discomadness
Member Since: 19 Jan 2015
Location: Caerphilly
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You can buy them from landrover in rear half’s. I did that and then ended up running new front half’s in copper up to the connector on the bulkhead. I did mine with the body off which was easy. Jarrod
Current : D3 2007 HSE - AKA the lemon
-beanie grille
-detango with led bulbs
-club body off rebuild. TWICE.
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| 19th Jan 2019 2:50 pm |
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JSMDave
Member Since: 02 May 2012
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 12
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Discomadness wrote:Plenty have done it, most join the pipe under the passengers front seat area. They are a pig with the body on apparently. You will need a serious flaring tool to do the join as the original pipes are steel.
Thanks for that Discomadness
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| 19th Jan 2019 3:31 pm |
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JSMDave
Member Since: 02 May 2012
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 12
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Discomadness wrote:You can buy them from landrover in rear half’s. I did that and then ended up running new front half’s in copper up to the connector on the bulkhead. I did mine with the body off which was easy.
Looks like I'll be taking it to a dealer. Thanks
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| 19th Jan 2019 3:32 pm |
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Martin
Site Admin and Owner
Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
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An independent specialist or garage should be able to do it using the LR part. Don’t get stitched up by dealer pricing for this job. 06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
Any issues with the site let me know!
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| 19th Jan 2019 3:42 pm |
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JSMDave
Member Since: 02 May 2012
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 12
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I'm just about to take it to a local independent dealer for an estimate so fingers crossed. Thanks
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| 19th Jan 2019 3:44 pm |
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Discomadness
Member Since: 19 Jan 2015
Location: Caerphilly
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JSMDave wrote:Discomadness wrote:Plenty have done it, most join the pipe under the passengers front seat area. They are a pig with the body on apparently. You will need a serious flaring tool to do the join as the original pipes are steel.
Thanks for that Discomadness
No probs. Like Martin has said I wouldn’t step foot in a dealer personally. Definately at best for me would be an Indy. Looking at the pics I’ve got the rears could be done easily enough in copper and routed somewhere near accurate. 
Edit: if one is too far gone you can bet the other isn’t far behind. Iirc the pipes from landrover were very reasonable priced. Site sponsor advanced factors lists them. Jarrod
Current : D3 2007 HSE - AKA the lemon
-beanie grille
-detango with led bulbs
-club body off rebuild. TWICE.
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| 19th Jan 2019 3:54 pm |
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JSMDave
Member Since: 02 May 2012
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 12
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Just got back from the garage. It took them an age to find the pipe and then they said they couldn't do it. Back to the drawing board.
Thanks again for the help
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| 19th Jan 2019 4:58 pm |
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Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
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Yes you can Join them.
Have a look where it’s bad and how much it’s sensible to replace
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| 19th Jan 2019 6:13 pm |
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Discomadness
Member Since: 19 Jan 2015
Location: Caerphilly
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JSMDave wrote:Just got back from the garage. It took them an age to find the pipe and then they said they couldn't do it. Back to the drawing board.
Thanks again for the help
No offence but if they took an age to find a brake line under the car I wouldn’t want them near mine anyway. Jarrod
Current : D3 2007 HSE - AKA the lemon
-beanie grille
-detango with led bulbs
-club body off rebuild. TWICE.
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| 19th Jan 2019 6:15 pm |
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eightfoot
Member Since: 12 Apr 2015
Location: sunny essex
Posts: 762
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think I paid something like £60 to have both my rear pipes cut and spliced under the pass seat back,as already said though you need a decent flaring tool to be able to do the steel pipes other than being a bit awkward its not a big job just find the right person
don't know how old yours is but I also did the pipes on the rear lower arms (£8 eachish from l/r) and the flexi pipes and don't forget to get a few pipe clips as they break when you try to remove the pipes please excuse any grammer/punctuation mistakes,i'm thick,thankyou
current vehicles 2005 d3 2013 d4
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| 19th Jan 2019 6:25 pm |
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