BABU passed MOT

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John Oakes

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• Feb 14, 2005

• #1

Hello Folks.
Just let you lot know my Babu passed its MOT.
The only adviser note was on my Manual Steering Box has a minor leak.
Is the washer easy to replace.
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Thank You

John N Oakes
Manchester, England.

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TonyB

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• Feb 14, 2005

• #2

"John Oakes" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hello Folks.
> Just let you lot know my Babu passed its MOT.
> The only adviser note was on my Manual Steering Box has a minor leak.
> Is the washer easy to replace.
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My LR specialist said don't bother unless it's serious. They are not easy or
cheap to replace and they usually go again soon. For the same reason he said
don't buy a recon box either - new is the only way to go and only then if
it's costing you a shedfull for top-ups. After a while of topping up mine
re-sealed itself anyway much to my amazement.
TonyB

 

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EMB

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• Feb 14, 2005

• #3

TonyB wrote:

> My LR specialist said don't bother unless it's serious. They are not easy or
> cheap to replace and they usually go again soon. For the same reason he said
> don't buy a recon box either - new is the only way to go and only then if
> it's costing you a shedfull for top-ups. After a while of topping up mine
> re-sealed itself anyway much to my amazement.
> TonyB

Top it up with semi-fluid grease. Mine's been full of it since it
developed a bad leak a couple of years back - no leak now and it feels
better lubricated than it ever has.


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TonyB

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• Feb 14, 2005

• #4

>
> Top it up with semi-fluid grease. Mine's been full of it since it
> developed a bad leak a couple of years back - no leak now and it feels
> better lubricated than it ever has.

Cool. What sort of grease is that again?
TonyB

 

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Alex

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• Feb 14, 2005

• #5

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:30:29 +1300, EMB <[email protected]> wrote:

>TonyB wrote:
>
>> My LR specialist said don't bother unless it's serious. They are not easy or
>> cheap to replace and they usually go again soon. For the same reason he said
>> don't buy a recon box either - new is the only way to go and only then if
>> it's costing you a shedfull for top-ups. After a while of topping up mine
>> re-sealed itself anyway much to my amazement.
>> TonyB
>
>Top it up with semi-fluid grease. Mine's been full of it since it
>developed a bad leak a couple of years back - no leak now and it feels
>better lubricated than it ever has.

LR one-shot Swivel grease seems to work just fine.

Alex

 

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Tom Woods

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• Feb 14, 2005

• #6

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:52:44 +0000 (UTC), "TonyB"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>>
>> Top it up with semi-fluid grease. Mine's been full of it since it
>> developed a bad leak a couple of years back - no leak now and it feels
>> better lubricated than it ever has.
>
>Cool. What sort of grease is that again?

You can buy grease for putting in landrover front hubs. A lot of
people seem to use that in steering boxes too.
I plan to stick some in mine if it becomes much less oil-tight!

 

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EMB

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• Feb 14, 2005

• #7

TonyB wrote:
>>Top it up with semi-fluid grease. Mine's been full of it since it
>>developed a bad leak a couple of years back - no leak now and it feels
>>better lubricated than it ever has.
>
>
> Cool. What sort of grease is that again?

I get mine from the local Pennzoil distributor (which AIUI might be a
problem in the UK). It's labelled 'Semi Fluid Grease' and is about the
consistency of treacle - warm the bottle in boiling water and it will
pour in ok.

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EMB

 

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TonyB

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• Feb 14, 2005

• #8

"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:30:29 +1300, EMB <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >TonyB wrote:
> >
> >> My LR specialist said don't bother unless it's serious. They are not
easy or
> >> cheap to replace and they usually go again soon. For the same reason he
said
> >> don't buy a recon box either - new is the only way to go and only then
if
> >> it's costing you a shedfull for top-ups. After a while of topping up
mine
> >> re-sealed itself anyway much to my amazement.
> >> TonyB
> >
> >Top it up with semi-fluid grease. Mine's been full of it since it
> >developed a bad leak a couple of years back - no leak now and it feels
> >better lubricated than it ever has.
>
> LR one-shot Swivel grease seems to work just fine.
>
> Alex

Thanx
TonyB