Well the Rover gods continued my punishment today. Over the weekend I put my lift springs on the wrong end, had to switch them around. Not really a big deal. I also installed a new brake master cylinder, the seals were shot on the old one between the cylinder and the reservoir.

Today, my wife takes our three young kids and her visiting nephew to the zoo, in the Disco. On the way home she called and said the truck won't move. She is not too far from where I work so I go take a look figuring the t-case shifter is stuck somewhere it should not be. Nope, very hard brake pedal, you have to stand on it to get enough pressure to let the interlock allow it to go into drive. Once in drive, it feels like you are standing on the brakes, it will move but it is difficult.

The truck was 60 miles from home so I was forced to have it towed to a Denver area LR repair shop. They are busy and won't even be able to look at it for a couple of days. I could possibly bum a trailer from a friend and drag it up to my house as opposed to letting somebody I have no experience with working on it, not to mention a potentially expensive repair bill.

I'm guessing this has something to do with my master cylinder replacement. I bench bled the MC, bled it again at the cylinder after install until the pedal felt good. The MC came from NAPA, Cardone brand I believe. All was well for a couple of days and maybe 200 miles until today. Do you guys think the MC I put on is junk and somehow locked up? Maybe something weird happened when I bled it? A new totally unrelated problem? Any thoughts?

 

I've read repeatedly in this forum that you should only use the OEM master cylinders, that aftermarket ones like the Cardone cause this problem.

 

+1 Use only OEM. Not sure why but nothing else will work.

 

Not what I wanted to here but what I expected. Does anybody have a good source for an OE master cylinder?

 

Wow, I just looked at a rebuilt kit on Ebay, $128.

Land Rover Brake Master Cylinder Reservoir Repair Kit Disco I 94 99 STC2904 | eBay

 

The LR shop came back with my diagnose today, bad master cylinder. Pretty much what I expected . I just wish I would have spent the extra $$ on an OE cylinder in the first place. It would have saved me the hassle of the truck breaking down 70 miles from home and the expense of letting somebody else work on it..............live and learn. At least I get my truck back tomorrow with a new OE master cylinder.