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Kate:
Can anyone help  (please)  :(

Brakes are no good on my series, does any one know how hard or easy it would be to change them to disk brakes.
 :)

I understand there is a kit you can buy, but how much work or cost is involved in changing them.

Also does anyone know where I can obtain such item.

thermidorthelobster:
I put discs on the front of my 101 (which is vaguely series-esque, but not the same of course).

I used the Zeus kit, and found I had to do a lot of grinding of the callipers to make them fit.  And one of the rims now rubs on the steering rod, which isn't great.  Other people seem to have had the same experience with the Zeus 101 kit.

But apart from the angle grinding it was an easy job to fit them.

Before you go to the expense though, probably worth checking all the other things (air locks, fluid past it, leaky seals, snail cams need adjusting, etc).

jimthelandyman:
If you have been off roading then your brakes will be crap as all the mud gets collected in the drums, clean the brakes out with the hose makes a noticable difference when they are clean. Make sure you clean out your drum brakes after off roading in big mud puddles because it knackers the wheel cylinders and they start leaking.

Kate:
The reason I thought of disk brakes is that I am having problems with one of the brakes (it doesn't work until the car gets warm).

As yet I have not used the car off road, but the car was caked in mud on the chassis, have cleaned off the worst, but now the brakes squeak (like nails on a blackboard).

Any more advice will be taken on board.

Thanks Guys

Rich_P:
You might not have much in the form of brake pads even left... As has been suggested, check them out, and give them a good overhaul.

You'll then be able to see the condition of the brake system, and replace parts as needed.  :)

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