Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Brake vacuum pump replacement...

Yesterday the belt on the brake vacuum pump of the Pilot had its last spin ion a white smoke and the brakes went off on me.
Lucky I wasn't going fast and I wasn't far from a place to stop safely.
I was sold an approximately similar belt (according to seller) but it was a lot too short and I tried in good faith to fit it on but it only lead me to crack the pump's bracket. Don't replace thing in a hurry early in the morning if you can cause your brain might not be yet fully switched on. Mine wasn't.

It's an easy job with the right belt. I did it before.

Now I am after that part as I must go back to MOT second round very soon to show my brand new front shocks...

This is what it looks like on the DW8 diesel non turbo non a/c 2003.
The belt spec are Dayco 10A0675C.
(Thanks to Steve and Joshua from the LDV fb group!) 



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9 comments:

  1. stewart.thorpJune 29, 2014 at 12:24 PM

    Any ideas where I can get a dw8 vacuum pump? None on eBay..

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  2. LudoJuly 5, 2014 at 3:52 AM

    Check out club LDV on fb. very helpful group. Else try again on Ebay it'll come up.

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  3. stewart.thorpJuly 7, 2014 at 10:48 AM

    Thanks for that. I was hoping that the same vacuum pump was used on other vehicles. Will check out fb.

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  4. LudoJuly 7, 2014 at 11:45 AM

    If yr engine s a DW8 PUG it might be used on other pug n citroen pug yes. Possibly some of the 306, 206, 106, berlingo and partner.

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  5. stewart.thorpJuly 13, 2014 at 10:42 AM

    Other dw8 engines use a different pump unfortunately. I found a good supplier up north in the end and one in Czechoslovakia!

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  6. LudoSeptember 19, 2014 at 4:00 PM

    Great news Stewart! It'd be good if you would share the details of your vaccuum pump for LDV vans suppliers, whether up north (of UK I presume?) or in Czechoslovakia. We like to travel with our converted or camper vans and I know a few LDV van owners who live abroad, in eastern europe actually. Believe it or not I recently told by a ukrainian LDV van owner who live in UK that there are plenty of LDV vans in Ukraine!

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  7. Martin CatchpoleJanuary 30, 2015 at 6:45 AM

    LUDO! Thanks for this post > I managed to order a belt for the vacuum pump with the dayco part number above which had somehow gone missing - thanksthanksthanks!

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  8. Martin CatchpoleJanuary 30, 2015 at 7:41 AM

    Also- to fit the v-belt, I put it around the wheel from the engine and stretched as far as I could on the bottom of the pump wheel, cranked the engine one small crank and fitted itself--- all good :

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  9. Martin CatchpoleJanuary 30, 2015 at 7:42 AM

    related to this post in the forum: http://ldvsherpauk.prophpbb.com/topic219.html

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