L200 owners........what are your experiences???

[venum]

thanx for the part number, will add it to the L200 page

speedy, check the tension on the power steering belt

it may be the pulley on the pump

if it gets soft when you revv then the pump may not being driven properly at lower idle speed

bearing on pulley probably

[madman2961]

no i am looking for that part

[speedaholic]

the belt is on pretty tight... i pulled it myself after i changed the return hose last month.... its really quite uncomfortable

[venum]

u checked teh pump

[speedaholic]

well this is what i trying to find out.... how will i know for sure its the pump and not somthing else?

[ryanm]

try changinging the fluid, purge the system and see if you gettin the same problem.
BTWwhat colour is the fluid?

[speedaholic]

fluid is kinda darkish brown now.. how do i purge the system?

[venum]

check my poost here:

Power Steering Maintenance - fluid changed with pics

viewtopic.php?t=100325

[l200]

Hi guys, need your opinion........

I serviced my brake seals, (master cylinder 6months ago, an wheels on saturday), and now ah getting no brakes. Could it be air in the system????

when i did the master cylinder I told the mech (former mech) that it feeling worst than b4 , and he said that it has to break-in, an will work like new.

There are no leaks, fluid not going down, pedal was standing up but still wasn't feeling like before i repaired it and it got progressively worse as time went by, thats why i did the wheels. It worked one day and is now going to the floor board.

I'm thinking the master cylinder seals, because if there was air present i would have atleast gotten a little brakes, but non what so ever.... even if i pump the pedal!!!!

I jus thank God that it didn't fail while i was going down hill, hmmm, which i was jus abt a couple of seconds prior to the brakes failing, an no traffic..... not a good feeling!!!!!

When you want something done well, do it by a VERY reputable mechanic or do it yourself, if you could handle it. Ah buying new seals, an tools tomorrow, a diy project, will let you all kno how it turns out....

[madman2961]

i agree l200
post up some pics if possible

[speedaholic]

good luck with that man! make sure to post pics.. i changed the brake shoes in my van a couple weeks ago.. made a big differance in my braking..

[ryanm]

that's my philosophy.
Do it yuhself if you want it done good

[l200]

Hi guys well got through partially jus need to finish bleeding out the lines, but it was not difficult, especially with de manual by my side. But didn't change the seals though, i got the complete master cylinder @ kawal singh for $450.00 It was identical to the first one but here is a look at my attempt at repairing my brakes

My engine after the floods of last week;



After searching sando to chag I got the complete cylinder



started by taking out my filter box





Take out the 3 hydrulic lines from the mas/cyl an disconnect the vacuum line, an unbolt the cylinder

before putting on the new cyl, fill an bleed out air by covering the out let on the cyl and prime it wit a screw driver,,, keep fingers on the blue caps they act as check valves to keep the air out...



bolt up, reconnect lines

bleed from the back wheels first, right side first then left

then front in same order

NB. the rear only has a bleed valve on the right wheel, the other is on the load sensor.......not the left wheel

Take a look at the old one, it looks like the seals actually in pieces..... look at the fluid.....





total time of install 45 mins, (with test drive included) had to go to school an time had ran out, so parked up for the evening...... sorry I didn't get any pics while doing the wheels,, prob next time,

Thanks to a fellow L200 (k74) tuner for all your assistance, it was much appreciated, blessings.

[lighthammer]

Fakking awesome post man.
Big up on the pics and tutorial.


Someone give this man a round of applause.

[l200]

Thanks,,,,lol

[speedaholic]

cudos dude! ummm where is this load sensor to bleed the left wheel? does it have that in the K14 models?

[lighthammer]

hold dat - yuh deserve it

[l200]

^^^^Thanks^^^^, but no alco, ah will take a shandy instead......lol

speedaholic
The load sensor is on the chassis on the left side back, in line with the left wheel. If you go under ur van its easy to identify, its a cylinder with the hydraulic lines going through it an a long spring hooked up to the chassis. I kno the k34 an k74 has it, not sure abt the k14.

[venum]

K14 suppose to have it

all vehicles that carry load in the tray suppose to have it - to adjust teh braking capability when under load

[speedaholic]

hmmm i'll chk that out. i wanna make sure its working.. on another note... changing front shocks and idle arm and full front suspension check tmr.... yes on the holiday.... diy shiznit! .. my old idle arm has a huge play on it... got one @ special for $200... shocks are some brand named LUXE... any1 ever heard of it?

[venum]

^ ^ ^ never heard of it

I put in $20 kero again today

[speedaholic]

i put in last week.. and filled back up with clean unipet diesel nite b4.. meh baby wokin!

[lighthammer]

I put two tanks of diesel in meh dad's L200 a couple weeks ago.
Runs fine now, the black smoke on cold-starting in the morning is reduced now. Still a bit of black smoking, so it may need some more cleaning.


Will put in another diesel:kero mix soon.

[speedaholic]

sweet..

[madman2961]

hey all K74 owners when does the fan under the intercooler work? is it temperature activated? or is it direct?

[venum]

mine activates automatically

on a hot day when the ignition is on the Acc position the fan starts spinning

[ryanm]

it works with the temperature of the sensor in it. The sensor is at the back close to the passenger side with two wires coming out. One is a ground and the other will triger the relay.

Btw the fuel light came on in my van for the first time. I made 560km. The needle went just below the empty mark and the tank took $105 to refill. If the tank holds 75L as the manual claims then i still had approx $7.00 diesel left.

On average my van gives 14L / 100km (the a/c always on) so
$7 = 4.7 L which in theory should give me 33.5km once i don't corner hard and allow the line to pick up air to cause air lock.

So now you know!!!
Also the light does not stay on fully bright, its intensity changes depending on whether you decelerating or accelerating

[madman2961]

cool i started my van yesterday morning after i checked the oil and observed that it was not spinning so i will investigate further.

by the way that is scary to think that the light comes on at such an extreme case where you only have approx. 33km to move. right now my tank is low but i doubt i will work up the courage to try to see when the light will come on cause i have to go into POS after i reach home from work.

[speedaholic]

do the K34 and k14 and low fuel lights in the dash?

[ryanm]

not sure about the k14 but the k34 does not have a low fuel light