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[Jimbob]

Best advice....and I too am well known to like to have things as original as possible, even to the point of using only OEM parts is to cut the sensor wires as close to the inner wing as possible without joining the ends of both wires together! If the ends are joined it will indicate the annoying message because it completes the circuit.
Do as many others do and simply change the pads at 20K or if you are a tightwad ( ) have a look around that time and judge for yourself. Also ensure that your disks....all of them, are in tiptop condition because the car is a heavy old girl and does take a bit of stopping.
Never skimp on steering, tyres or brakes, it could be lethal.
What cost is the safety of yourself and others and not least these babes are becoming rarer and so are the necessary parts for their repair. Insurers are now all too ready to send them to that place in the sky.........as I recently found out when some pillock in a matchbox pulled out of a well marked an signed sideroad in front of me. I supplied the estimates and guess what...my insurer said no, its done for. I convinced them I could repair it myself and in the end they agreed, I repaired it and they then sent me (after an inspection by their engineer) a cheque for my costs of £450.00. Moral of that story is be sure that you can afford to lose the car cos the insurers don't care how much we luv em! 

Wrong sorry, the ends HAVE to be joined to remove the error message.

[TheBoy]

I usually manage to reuse the old ones, but always have a spare set in the garage.

Bionic - 20k? How do you get 20k from front pads? I suspect Tunnie would struggle with that

I can't get 20k from the discs.

[Bionic]

Best advice....and I too am well known to like to have things as original as possible, even to the point of using only OEM parts is to cut the sensor wires as close to the inner wing as possible without joining the ends of both wires together! If the ends are joined it will indicate the annoying message because it completes the circuit.
Do as many others do and simply change the pads at 20K or if you are a tightwad ( ) have a look around that time and judge for yourself. Also ensure that your disks....all of them, are in tiptop condition because the car is a heavy old girl and does take a bit of stopping.
Never skimp on steering, tyres or brakes, it could be lethal.
What cost is the safety of yourself and others and not least these babes are becoming rarer and so are the necessary parts for their repair. Insurers are now all too ready to send them to that place in the sky.........as I recently found out when some pillock in a matchbox pulled out of a well marked an signed sideroad in front of me. I supplied the estimates and guess what...my insurer said no, its done for. I convinced them I could repair it myself and in the end they agreed, I repaired it and they then sent me (after an inspection by their engineer) a cheque for my costs of £450.00. Moral of that story is be sure that you can afford to lose the car cos the insurers don't care how much we luv em! 

Wrong sorry, the ends HAVE to be joined to remove the error message.

BUMMER...got called out and got back too late to amend it........All I am is a frikkin free taxi methinks.
Thanx for the correction though.......

[albitz]

I bought my car at 95,000 iirc the pads were changed just before I bought the car.Its now just coming up to 120,000 and the pads are just about worn out,so just over 25,000 miles from a set of pads.

[TheBoy]

I bought my car at 95,000 iirc the pads were changed just before I bought the car.Its now just coming up to 120,000 and the pads are just about worn out,so just over 25,000 miles from a set of pads.

Are they made of concrete

[TamDodd85]

Thanks for the advice folks!

Going to have a looka at the weekend and see what shape the pads are in. i will prob buy the sensors as im just like that.

Thanks again!