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[rosinante]

Right oh chaps , can you school me on remote servos  please , just had right knee replaced  so just thinking about making the car a bit easier on the legs to drive ,  preferably new stuff  don't want to be scrabbling around scrapped cars , any tips and experiences welcome , hope to be back driving in 6 weeks or so
Cheers

[oilstain]

Watching this as I'm thinking of a brake servo but for me it would  have to be easy to fit,
 but my clutch seems light, perhaps a fault or leg inbalance

[Clifford Pope]

Sorry - got muddled - wrong car, wrong forum!

[autorover1]

I have just fitted a remote servo on my S1 and its eased the pressure on my right knee no end.  Used a genuine Lockheed style one, 1.9:1 boost ratio from Liberty Vehicle Technologies

[Peter Holden]

I have a remote servo fitted on the brakes on my S2, it is bolted to the top of the drivers side toe box next to the brake tower.  You have to break into the main brake pipe to coonnect up to the servo and you need to provide a vacuum source, easy on a petrol, just a connection to the manifold.  More complicated on a diesel.

Search the forum, it has been discussed loads of times.

Peter

[rosinante]

Thanks chaps , Liberty one will be looked at , cheers

[JonB]

A friends td5 was fitted with a clutch servo (red booster I think?), and the clutch was really light (as long as you remembered to wait a few seconds after starting the motor).

Jon

[rosinante]

Sorry to bring this up again  , getting my landy out of storage tommorrow ,looked at Liberty servo kits at 200 pounds plus , also looked on the bay about 60 quid , both say Lockheed type , has any one used the cheaper item , the kits look very similar ,
Cheers

[Smokey 11a]

On my 200Tdi 88, I fitted a remote servo as fitted to an MGB. I had a right knee replacement made all the difference to the drive-ability while the knee healed.

[Kernowcam]

I have a brake and clutch servo. Both recommended.
Brake is a standard Land Rover one, the other a unit from a place that specialises in Birmingham area? Had a choice of power, 1.2, 1.5, 3 rations etc.
Welcome to look at mine.

[MartinC]

I also have a standard Landrover S3 on the brakes and an ebay Lockheed remote lookalike on the clutch. The cheap unit (2.3:1 I think) has been absolutely fine. Martin

[Wittsend]

Yes, you can buy cheaper inline servos on eBay and the like.

 
Be warned !
There are fake/copies out there.
The genuine Lockheed servos have "Lockheed" cast in the barrel.

I'm not saying the cheapo copies are rubbish, they may well work OK.
Myself, I have bought 2 genuine Lockheed kits from the MG Hive 
The 2nd one is for the clutch circuit.
Unfortunately I've not been able to test it anger as my Panda Camper is still off the road awaiting a new engine.

 

[rosinante]

Right chaps , caveat emptor., the MG Hive advertise Lockheed Type as do the eBay purveyors , the Britpart is the same marked Power tune , @Kernowcam , would like to have a gander at your setup , where in Kernow are you ? I'm in Merrymeet Nr Liskeard , pm me if you lie , thanks for your answers
Chris

[Kernowcam]

I’ll pm you.
I may have the invoice in my box of receipts.

[Kernowcam]

Sep is the company in Warwick.  Seltech. 
Le72696 servo kit. 1.9:1 £130 in 2012

Still going strong!