Greetings,
About a month ago, I bought a 1996 Land Rover Discovery as a project car for myself and my son to work on. He is 16 and just got his driving license and wants a capable off-roader. I was able to acquire the Disco for cheap, knowing it had a few issues. What 25-year-old car doesn't. It runs and starts great, but the brakes are crap.
The problem: When you press on the brake pedal, it goes almost to the floor and the brakes barely slow you down.

I have been ghosting on the forum for a while, and have tried about everything I found here. The brakes don't seem to be engaging and are not safe to drive. I have replaced the Master cylinder, the brake booster, the front brake pads, removed the fuse for the ABS pump from under the dash and the big one under the hood as well as disconnecting the connector on the valve body with all the brake lines running to it under the hood. I have bled the brakes 3 times, using well over 4 quarts of fluid (thinking there might be boogers in the lines from old age or whatever. The rotors are clean and look almost new.
I am out of ideas, so I thought I would consult the Hive Mind and see if any of you had any ideas.
Thanks
Merlin

 

I think you should post this in the Disco 1 part of the forum. There should be more traffic there. It sounds like you’ve done a lot of the most obvious things. I don’t think it will end up being a serious issue.