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A conclusion to the brake saga. Took everything appart & put back again, everything is working great now & have just come back from Stanford so a 300 round trip. Brakes feeling good & positive, hand brake works, but sometimes when reversing still lose brake efficiency & the pedal hit...

Thanks for the advise, am not driving it till the weekend, as know it is dangerous, but having had the garage that did the MOT take the rear wheels, drums, brakes shoes off & reset & test for MOT am at a loss why this has happened just 27 miles after. All parts were bought new from GSF (brak...

Help please! Needed to fix handbrake for MOT so as brake shoes worn one side replaced both shoes & got new cylinders. Drove 27 miles for MOT retest (garage recommended) by which time brakes red hot & smelling (not smoking) & brake pedal had to push to floor or pump to get brakes to work....

Thank you all so much been a great help. Will start saving the pennies for the kit, but sounds like it is the way forward. Will also check the tyre pressure as sound advice. The tyres themselves are I assume the factory fit and are big sort of balloon tyres (no idea technical jargon!) PS If the powe...

Having bought my 1984 caravelle a week ago now, love it to bits and drives like a dream BUT I live in a tight cul-de-sac with cars parked on either side and am finding 3 point turns (or in my case 5 point turns) heavy going. Being a 7 stone girlie with muscles approaching a small pea I have seen pow...