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ERP1953
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Posted: Friday March 23rd, 2007 12:32 pm |
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Is it possible to have the rubber hose from a hydrolastic displacer replaced as
I have 2 good S displacers with damaged hoses and would like to get them repaired.
Has anyone had this repair done or know someone whe can replace these pipes
any info would be appreciated
cheers
Paz
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shaddy
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Posted: Friday March 23rd, 2007 01:40 pm |
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| thats a very good question i know that i've got one or two laying around with the same problem. would be very usefull to know, i've never heard of anyone refurbising hydro units.
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Mini4Ever
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Posted: Friday March 23rd, 2007 01:51 pm |
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| The two or three persons that I know who have tried to refurbish hydrolastic units claimed that it is infeasible to dismantle them such that they can be put together again without loosing reliability...
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Mk 3 S Meister
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Posted: Friday March 23rd, 2007 06:00 pm |
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| I believe there is a company in the Preston area that can fit new hoses - does anyone know more details?
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dgear1984
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Posted: Monday May 28th, 2007 08:14 pm |
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Has anyone konw of where you can get hydro units refurbished / exchanged for recon items?
Can you still buy new hdro units for the s?
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Mk 3 S Meister
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Posted: Monday May 28th, 2007 10:34 pm |
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I don't think anyone refurbishes them as they are a sealed unit so there isn't a lot of refurbing that you can do.
You might find some new old stock ones if you are lucky but S ones turn up very rarely.
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pjb1969
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Posted: Tuesday May 29th, 2007 03:49 pm |
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Im sure i read somewhere about somebody cutting the pipes off and tapping a thread into the displacer so that a new pipe could be screwed in via a union.Im sure where the pipe goes in to the displacer is steel so a thread could be tapped in and a pipe with a union on made up at a decent hydraulic hose suppliers/et`c.
Hope this helps
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DaveShreeve
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Posted: Tuesday May 29th, 2007 04:56 pm |
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Whilst surfing, as you do, came across this on Austin America site. Any use?
http://members.tripod.com/austin_america/id63.html
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uvj59
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Posted: Tuesday May 29th, 2007 05:02 pm |
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The original fluid is a mixture of water, alcohol and anti-corrosives. I've heard that it was actually tainted so it tasted bad because the factory workers were drinking it!
Harsh times! Is it true that replacing the hydro fluid with tractor diesel improves the ride no end?
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Mk 3 S Meister
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Posted: Wednesday May 30th, 2007 05:10 pm |
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BMC hydrolastic fluid was made up as follows:
49% alcohol
49% distilled water
1% triethanolamine phosphate (corrosion inhibitor)
1% sodium mercaptobenzothiazole
It was always tainted to make it undrinkable - it was a legal requirement even in the 1960's.
I should have thought diesel would give a much softer ride and probably degrade the insides of the displacers.
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Mini4Ever
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Posted: Thursday May 31st, 2007 03:44 pm |
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I have been using standard coolant as well, which actually works very well!
The last car using the hydrolastic suspension fuild is the MGF. So, you could still get it from your local "Rover" dealer...
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DaveShreeve
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Posted: Thursday May 31st, 2007 08:47 pm |
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| Presumably that includes the new Chinese version.
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Mk 3 S Meister
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Posted: Thursday May 31st, 2007 09:27 pm |
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| Wasn't Hydragas dumped when they started calling it the TF?
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