Ok just flying an idea here and all replies welcome. I know that the LSV on my 80 does work but frankly I find it a pain. Sometimes I'm fully loaded for a trip out, sometimes as light as I can for off road. I don't speed about and doing emergency stops from MACH 10 is not something I'd like to have to experience anyway. This weekend both Rob and I experienced almost complete brake loss off road, but oddly mine seemed great in reverse. When I came to clean it, the LSV was jammed solid in clay. Once released my brakes seemed OK again.
So, as this is an external physical interference issue rather then a malfunction of the valve, (due to it being big and in the way), I wondered if I could replace it with a brake bias valve something like this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Adjustable-Br ... 2c624ab5d8
Would Mr MOT get cross? Would it work? It's adjustable far more easily than the current set up (even from inside the car with some systems). It would allow pretty fine tuning of the brakes but what it wouldn't do would perform the automatic adjustment under heavy braking. But, as I explained, my truck is barely loaded the same twice, so the LSV setting is never right most of the time either. Surely it's a better option that a piece of coat hanger stuck to the underside of the floor pan. Isn't it? BTW if my brakes were half decent, I wouldn't be bothering. But they're not.
Chris
So, as this is an external physical interference issue rather then a malfunction of the valve, (due to it being big and in the way), I wondered if I could replace it with a brake bias valve something like this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Adjustable-Br ... 2c624ab5d8
Would Mr MOT get cross? Would it work? It's adjustable far more easily than the current set up (even from inside the car with some systems). It would allow pretty fine tuning of the brakes but what it wouldn't do would perform the automatic adjustment under heavy braking. But, as I explained, my truck is barely loaded the same twice, so the LSV setting is never right most of the time either. Surely it's a better option that a piece of coat hanger stuck to the underside of the floor pan. Isn't it? BTW if my brakes were half decent, I wouldn't be bothering. But they're not.
Chris