Flickering Brake Light

I'll start with the bottle of champagne and wait for that flickering light. Might get through a few bots before the damned light comes on.
 
I'll start with the bottle of champagne and wait for that flickering light. Might get through a few bots before the damned light comes on.

Perhaps a good bottle of Champagne should be part of the standard tool kit, would fit very nicely in behind the spare wheel well, ready for the orange light day, pop the cork out, drink the contents and dash to the workshop for repairs....
for the clever with their hands brigade, a small rack could be made to fit the spare wheel space, you would then have a stock to keep your Rover club in parts?:confused:
Peter
 
I'll carry a "spare" ,in the boot in case that light starts the dreaded flic'r. Hate to get short without a slug.

Perhaps the forum could buy a bottle shop , have tastings on a Friday night, save any corks and distribute them free to members in Australia and New Zealand ? :p exclusively owners of a P6! :rolleyes:
 
I dont think the northern hemisphere appreciates how much we need to drink here ,down under , just to survive.
 
I successfully completed this repair using a standard wine cork. I don't drink, but my wife very much enjoyed the wine. Repair was simple following the instructions above. Many thanks to all who contributed to the above thread.

Only problem now, is that the warning light doesn't come on when the handbrake is on, so there is obviously a connection missing/broken somewhere - sigh.
 
Only problem now, is that the warning light doesn't come on when the handbrake is on, so there is obviously a connection missing/broken somewhere - sigh.

If it's a V8 check all the pad warning light wiring. The handbrake switch acts as the check for the pad warning system, so if any of the pad warning wiring is disconnected, the brake light won't come on when the handbrake is operated.
 
I successfully completed this repair using a standard wine cork. I don't drink, but my wife very much enjoyed the wine. Repair was simple following the instructions above. Many thanks to all who contributed to the above thread.

Only problem now, is that the warning light doesn't come on when the handbrake is on, so there is obviously a connection missing/broken somewhere - sigh.
obviously the handbrake leaver needs baptizing with a little Shiraz, just a drop or two on the pivot....the rest for ones better half...;)
Peter
 
There are no pad warning light wires on the rear pads - could this cause it? Will also try the Shiraz baptism solution of course . . . . .
 
The rear pads weren't badly worn, but I have replaced them anyway with new ones with wires, and the warning light works properly now. Will baptise with Shiraz for good measure - what harm can it do?

I have done this job several times before on various different P6s and although it's never been easy I always managed in the end. I even have a genuine Rover piston adjusting tool. However, on this occasion I couldn't get the blighter to engage with the piston for love nor money, and after much bad language resorted to dropping the disks out. This made the job possible at least, although still not easy (those bolts were tight!).
 
The rear pads weren't badly worn, but I have replaced them anyway with new ones with wires, and the warning light works properly now. Will baptise with Shiraz for good measure - what harm can it do?

I have done this job several times before on various different P6s and although it's never been easy I always managed in the end. I even have a genuine Rover piston adjusting tool. However, on this occasion I couldn't get the blighter to engage with the piston for love nor money, and after much bad language resorted to dropping the disks out. This made the job possible at least, although still not easy (those bolts were tight!).

what does the brake piston adjusting tool look like? did a search on ebay and found nothing, not even a picture!
Peter
 
what does the brake piston adjusting tool look like? did a search on ebay and found nothing, not even a picture!

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A waste of time and money IMHO.
 
There are no pad warning light wires on the rear pads - could this cause it? Will also try the Shiraz baptism solution of course . . . . .
If you wish the handbrake and low fluid level light to work and you have no wires on your rear brake pads then use a double bullet sleeve on the terminals that the pad wires would plug onto. I pack the sleeve with Vaseline to keep corrosion at bay.
Pack of 100 DOUBLE BULLET SLEEVE TERMINALS / CONNECTORS Crimps 100 ET87 | eBay
 
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