Hope someone can help.
We are having some very annoying intermittant problems with our Land Rover Discovery's handbrake sticking on. Strangely, when this occurs the Discovery will either struggle to start or not start at all.
The battery and alternator have been checked and the handbrake cable has been replaced.
We have a strange feeling that these incidents are not a coincidence, but are connected in some way, but we can not conceive how.
Can anyone advise if this is possible?
I suppose a bad earth connection could lead to current passing through the handbrake cable, but I'm not sure that the handbrake actually connects any significant parts of the vehicle. The classic example of such is a speedo-cable failure. I'd certainly have a close look at the earth connections to the engine.
On or around 17 Sep 2004 03:59:56 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk (Val) enlightened us thusly:
iffy engine earth, earthing through the handbrake cable, or something?
It certianly is! I'd bet a cup of tea that there is a bad earth from the battery to chassis, so it is earthing through the next best option - namely the handbrake cable, which seems to "do in" the lubrication of the hand brake actuator causing the pistons to stick and to fail to release properly. It's not unknown for the hand brake cable to melt under these circumstances.
Richard
If a Discovery Mark III, send it back - it's only a few days old.
Seriously, may be a bad earth to the battery causing the battery to earth through the handbrake cable, heating the cable up and causing it to stick. Run a heavy cable from battery to a good earth on the chassis to test.
Rich
On or around 17 Sep 2004 08:28:06 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk (Richard Brookman) enlightened us thusly:
I wondered about that, and concluded that it was a typo.
Jesus, they assured us the mkIII would have better build quality too!!!
Nige
If this is the problem, and it could be, I would expect it to be engine/chassis earth, not battery/chassis. JD
Sorry, I meant a 300 TDi, I think! It is the one that was before the TD 5.
Val
Thank you all for the advice, there were no signs of any burning and nothing looked obvious. Yesterday my huband cleaned all the connections and replaced the earth leads.
So far so good! He hasn't replaced the handbrake cable again yet, just to be on the safe side. We will give it a week to ensure the problem doesn't reoccur and hopefully all will be ok.
Val
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