As a side section i found my bleed kits today, which will come in handy when i changed the brake fluid hopefully by the end of the month.

Hidden at the back of the draw in one of the two big filing cabinets i have.
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I have used the old method with the pot and locking off the nipple each time.
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This time round i will test the kit out

Arctic wrote:

It has been nearly 12 months since i changed the rear discs and pads so by the end of the month hopefully weather permitting i can check and change pads if they need to be changed.

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Can I ask what mileage you've done in that time in your cars - you seem to be obsessively changing things for the sake of it?
All four of my Freelander 2's have been maintained as necessary, all of them doing at least 20,000 miles a year, with an additional oil change at 10,000 miles.
Not had any failures with any of them, apart from the

You can I do no more than 4000 miles per year in each FL2 i have two so overall around 8,000 miles.

Most my work carried out is preventive, so visual check on the pads, discs i can see are ok on the Orkney which i have only had 12 months.

The Tambora flame the discs have been on for about 4yrs or so pads a couple of years, i have new caliper fro both front and back which i intend to put on and new discs that then should see the car ok for the next 4yrs plus by which time i will be 70yrs old

I don't rate those one man bleed kits. Much prefer the Gunsons Easibleed which is pressurised with spare tyre.
 Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Untiil it leaks and brake fluid gets blown all over the engine bay - guess how I know

I binned my Eazibleed after that and made a simple one way valve system with a jar, some silicone tubing and a Stanley knife - works like Arctic's Jules