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yes, I just sussed it too, the remains of the old bearing are stopping the seal going fully home, I'll pick that out.

thanks for the reply Les, I'm beginning to wonder if I have earlier hubs, I wonder if my pickup was made up from old stock they wanted to use up, she was built in 1968 but I wonder if she has MM and Series 2 hubs? is that possible, even so looking at ESM part they show a smaller oil seal that looks ...

a smear of red sealant where I expect the oil seal to lay, but as you can see, the seal only goes in partway leaving a gap, I've tapped away gently at first, then as hard as I could without smashing it, the seal is home, at least as far as it will go. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/davidside...

there is no actual oil seal fitted, what! and the screws were on the inside, what are you doing Mr MOT man! the oil seal has been replaced by sealant, no wonder this hub leaks so much. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/davidsidebottomsquarepantsdave/the%20old%20oil%20seal_zpsq8nux5l4.jpg pickin...

using brake parts washer to clean down, two new copper washers fitted either side of the banjo, and it's ready for air bleeding. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/davidsidebottomsquarepantsdave/rear%20banjo%20re-fitted_zpsa5iv76ls.jpg different story on the nearside rear. The drum came off to e...

starting on the rear offside brakes, taking the pipes off giving them a clean up and re-seating all the joins using sealant on the threads. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/davidsidebottomsquarepantsdave/brake%20line%20join_zpsxfghqgbl.jpg [/URL] the rubber boot looks perished, so a new one wa...

but this is not a completely rusted car is it, it has corners of repairable rust, and plenty of surface rust. If you want a restoration project, why not save this one. You can obtain every repair patch you need, and if you want to save money, you can learn to make your own. if you have time and stor...

the conversion kit wouold set me back £400, I'd like the task of conversion, but I've other things to spend the 400 on, I'm going to re build the brakes and re seal the lines and joins to try and improve the whole setup. I'm not pressurising myself to get this done within the MOT limit, I'll re subm...

thanks for that thought Millerman, I haven't considered a conversion over to discs, wouldn't effect it's Historic tax class status would it? I've decided that trying to make the ten day MOT dead line is out, I'm going to take my time and re-submit Alice in May, just to make the annual MOT in warmer ...

A cup of tea is an essential part of working on old cars Bob, sounds like Mrs Mogbob understands that not so much as a rule, more of a guideline. Hope the weather in Esher is dryer than it is down here in Sussex, I'm glad to find a minute or two between downpours to get a bit done here and there. I'...

you could always get a quick reply from him if you needed an urgent Minor problem sorted, but he didn't stand fools easily, if you failed to respond to his question to clarify a point you didn't get a second chance, quite right, on a free website like this where people give their time and advice for...

MogBob, I missed your reply there, I'm going to make a nice hot, really fresh cup of tea and sit down and read it.
It's raining really heavily at the moment so time for a break. Thanks in advance for the tips.

with the third item crossed off my MOT failure notice, I cycled through the rain over to my local autofactors and asked for Red Hermatite, they sold me this saying it does the same thing. Was it worth the drenching, will it re enforce my rear hub paper gaskets and stop letting the diff oil soak my r...

exhaust bracket welded back on, welded both sides, nice and strong, that's the third item on the list, going ok, but it's hard in a single garage finding enough room to work. Now off with the rear drums.

Red Hermatite is on my shopping list, thanks for the tip. First job on the MOT list done, the steering gaiter resecured both ends with zip ties, got my son to wheel the steering lock while I watched the gaiter do it's thing. Now for the track rod end, the list says it's loose... http://i67.tinypic.c...

Another February MOT fail, quite a long list this year, and Alice has done low milage since the last MOT. This year's is epic. I have never had a list like this, mainly brakes. the rest is trivial stuff that takes minutes once you have possession of the correct parts. http://i67.tinypic.com/11lmwcn....

Can the mods save this to the scrapyards thread please.

Budgie, sim and BMC go to the top of the class, you were all correct, it was the Solenoid. I ordered a new one and a starter switch as I was convinced there should have been 12 volts on the white red wire terminal, wrong. The parts were ordered from BM @ 0930 yesterday morning, arrived at 10 am toda...

the starter motor coughed momentarily when I bridged the gap between the solenoid terminals, bypassing the switching inside and going streight to the starter motor, so it's not that. I had a thought of switching the white red wire from the starter switch to solenoid, replacing it on the spare termin...

cheers Sim, I'll check that, back in a mo