slipware
Member Since: 27 Dec 2006
Location: The end of the world...
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Oh dear, I'm having a really "blonde" moment.... Where is the emergency brake switch?  If you never try, you'll never know...
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 5th Apr 2008 12:06 am |
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NoDo$h
Member Since: 02 May 2006
Location: Finding new and exciting ways to milk badgers.
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EPB (handbrake) switch. I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
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| 5th Apr 2008 12:07 am |
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Snowy
Member Since: 06 Jul 2007
Location: At the end of my tether
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Slipware - if you are going along and suddenly feel a heart attack coming on  , you can bring the D3 to a controlled stop by lifting up the EPB lever and holding it there, which will apply the brakes and bring the car to an emergency stop. Try it, it's good fun..... but not on a busy road.....  The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us yet.
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| 5th Apr 2008 12:14 am |
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BarryG
Member Since: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Eire
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slipware wrote:Oh dear, I'm having a really "blonde" moment.... Where is the emergency brake switch?
its next to the ejector seat switch , just below the landing gear up/down switch
on mine.
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| 5th Apr 2008 1:15 am |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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ridgeback_moor wrote:Does it apply just the pads to discs, or also the EPB shoes in the drums as well? Is it OK to try the system out on a quiet stretch of road, or does that  things up a bit?
Just the brakes. I doubt it uses the EPB brake too.
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| 5th Apr 2008 8:53 am |
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slipware
Member Since: 27 Dec 2006
Location: The end of the world...
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BarryG wrote:slipware wrote:Oh dear, I'm having a really "blonde" moment.... Where is the emergency brake switch?
its next to the ejector seat switch , just below the landing gear up/down switch
on mine.
Ok, I'll take a look....
 If you never try, you'll never know...
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| 5th Apr 2008 2:14 pm |
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BarryG
Member Since: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Eire
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slipware wrote:BarryG wrote:slipware wrote:Oh dear, I'm having a really "blonde" moment.... Where is the emergency brake switch?
its next to the ejector seat switch , just below the landing gear up/down switch
on mine.
Ok, I'll take a look....
Sorry Slipware to much wine last night...
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| 5th Apr 2008 2:25 pm |
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stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
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simon wrote:ridgeback_moor wrote:Does it apply just the pads to discs, or also the EPB shoes in the drums as well? Is it OK to try the system out on a quiet stretch of road, or does that things up a bit?
Just the brakes. I doubt it uses the EPB brake too.
The EPB shoes don't engage until you've dropped below something like 2kmh - everything down to that point is just the disks and pads. I've always assumed that this is a good method to vibrate the crud off the pad slides, but I have no firm evidence that this is the case.
It's a great way of stopping the kids arguing in the back too 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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| 5th Apr 2008 8:06 pm |
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GraemeS
Member Since: 17 Mar 2008
Location: NSW
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stapldm wrote:The EPB shoes don't engage until you've dropped below something like 2kmh - everything down to that point is just the disks and pads. I've always assumed that this is a good method to vibrate the crud off the pad slides, but I have no firm evidence that this is the case.
It's a great way of stopping the kids arguing in the back too
But if the vehicle detects that theres a problem with the hydraulics (not slowing down) then the EPB shoes will be applied.
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| 5th Apr 2008 8:59 pm |
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twizzle
Member Since: 23 Feb 2006
Location: near, far where ever we are
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The Large One wrote:twizzle
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using your profile i have just looked up the servo for your car and it's available SJJ500090...
are you sure it's the servo they are after ?
Also, line pinch if granted by Land Rover is normally 3 days
Nick
Hi Nick, i checked back with them, they have the Servo but are waiting on a "pipe", they stated that the whole job is being held up for a four quid part,....... thanks for your help... i have been off the road since last Tuesday, with no end date in sight!
LRA still suppling JAG at £50.00 per day !!! i'm lovin it....
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| 10th Apr 2008 10:19 am |
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norto
Member Since: 10 Apr 2006
Location: batemans bay
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If you pull the EPB on at speed
does it lock eveything up and pull the car
up in a cloud of tyre smoke Pete
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| 10th Apr 2008 10:31 am |
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lafona00
Member Since: 30 Nov 2007
Location: Dubai
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Sorry for being ignorant, but was is the emergency brake?
Is that the parking breajk that you are using as a emergency break? Arno
No more LR... but a Toyo
 Disco 3 XS Auto - MY2008 - Leather, heated seats.
 Def 90 - 1993
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| 10th Apr 2008 12:18 pm |
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chrisb
Member Since: 26 Jul 2007
Location: Hope Valley
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norto - No, it applies the brakes as if you had stood on the brake pedal - ie with abs workign when nescessary
lafona00 - It is the same lever as the Handbrake (Park Brake) as opposed to pulling it and letting go when stationary to apply the handbrake, pull and hold up whilst drivign along to activate the "Emergency Stop" facility
Hope this is clear
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| 10th Apr 2008 2:43 pm |
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chrisb
Member Since: 26 Jul 2007
Location: Hope Valley
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PS I have tried this on other cars with elctric handbrakes. A new A6 perfoms an emergency stop just like the Disco, but an early S-type jag locks the rear wheels
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| 10th Apr 2008 2:45 pm |
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NHR
Member Since: 13 Dec 2007
Location: Warsaw
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Why doesn't it mention this in the user manual? Are there any other interesting "hidden" features the experts would like to share with we mere mortals?
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| 10th Apr 2008 2:47 pm |
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