Chips

New Member

• Jan 14, 2008

• #1

Soon to be replacing IRD and VCU just waiting for the new components to arrive. Does anyone know if a new IRD comes with the O ring oil seal (IRD to gearbox)? If not any ideas on its size or part number. Have ordered a parts book but it'll arrive at the same time so I need to get ahead as things take about a week to get here.
Gearbox Oil !!!. MTF94 no hope in hell of getting any here. Whats the equivalent. Anyone got any preferences or recomendations.
Thanks for any help guys.
oh yeh 1998 1.8 K

 

Northern Irelander

Well-Known Member

• Jan 14, 2008

• #2

I think the part number for the IRD-Gearbox oil seal is YX100490X

I have one ordered, for future work in progress

Here is an archive thread on MTF 94, read into it what you will, all sorts of suggestions from castrol epx 75w80 to Amsoil 5w30


PG1 Gearbox Oil [Archive] - MG-Rover.org Forums

There is a Greece section in MG-Rover.org, quite a following for the Rover brand, maybe someone can tell you where to source the correct oil from locally

 

Chips

New Member

• Jan 14, 2008

• #3

Thanks for the info and leads.
What a palava over the oil .
So MTF 94 is made by Texaco for LR and is unavailable at any other outlet!!!
Looks like a good equivalent is Castrol SMX-S sae 75w-85 API GLI-4.
Seems you can realy screw things up if you bung in any old stuff lying around. API-5 disolves the bronze
Figers crossed I can find sumit out ere
Thanks again for getting back to me.

 

Chips

New Member

• Jan 14, 2008

• #4

Oh yeh. I'm talking about the gearbox oil above.

 

Northern Irelander

Well-Known Member

• Jan 16, 2008

• #5

Just received the o-ring for the gearbox to IRD shaft.

Part No. TYX 100490

Dimensions:

Internal diam 60mm approx
External diam 65mm approx
O-ring thickness 2.5mm

You could probably source one elsewhere

 

Chips

New Member

• Jan 16, 2008

• #6

Brilliant!
Thanks for the info my friend.
Just in case, where did you order it from?

 

Northern Irelander

Well-Known Member

• Jan 16, 2008

• #7

It was from a LR dealership

Price £3.30

You can buy o-rings for pence at a time, the only thing would be the polymer of the rubber. The official one looks more like silicone, shiny coating.

Any O-ring supplier should be able to advise on polymer depending on application, oil resistant, heat resistant etc

 

Blippie

Well-Known Member

• Jan 17, 2008

• #8

I was going to suggest UNG100060L IRD UNIT OIL SEAL.

I wonder if the TYX100490 is the seal that is packaged with 8510295:
L. R. Series: Viewing product "8510295 IRD UNIT FLANGE AND SEAL KIT"

Cheers

Blippie

 

Northern Irelander

Well-Known Member

• Jan 17, 2008

• #9

Blippie said:

I was going to suggest UNG100060L IRD UNIT OIL SEAL.

I wonder if the TYX100490 is the seal that is packaged with 8510295:
L. R. Series: Viewing product "8510295 IRD UNIT FLANGE AND SEAL KIT"

Cheers

Blippie

Click to expand...

I phoned the dealers and asked for the IRD-gearbox oil seal TYX100490 was the part they quoted.

The O-ring in the link looks too big, judging by the size of the seal compared to the size of the IRD flange

 

Blippie

Well-Known Member

• Jan 17, 2008

• #10

So then, what's a UNG100060L?

L. R. Series: Viewing product "UNG100060L IRD UNIT OIL SEAL."

Cheers

Blippie

 

Northern Irelander

Well-Known Member

• Jan 17, 2008

• #11

Blippie said:

So then, what's a UNG100060L?

L. R. Series: Viewing product "UNG100060L IRD UNIT OIL SEAL."

Cheers

Blippie

Click to expand...

That is a spring oil seal, for the likes of the driveshafts or IRD flange seal.

The IRD - Gearbox seal is definitely an O-ring, according to some of the articles I have on IRD's.

Plus that site is claiming its the only seal that can be replaced???

I have bumped this thread:

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/ird-rebuild-kits-50805.html