front dampers
Forum rules
By using this site, you agree to our rules. Please see: Terms of Use
By using this site, you agree to our rules. Please see: Terms of Use
front dampers
hi
my dampers still leaking oil and i cant get it changed for another few weeks - do you think it might be ok to fill it up with thick oil for now, it may stay in more than a couple of days - i presume leaving it rattling isnt really an option !
cheers
grainger
my dampers still leaking oil and i cant get it changed for another few weeks - do you think it might be ok to fill it up with thick oil for now, it may stay in more than a couple of days - i presume leaving it rattling isnt really an option !
cheers
grainger
-
- Minor Legend
- Posts: 3204
- Joined: Tue Feb 12, 2002 12:00 am
- Location: S E London
- MMOC Member: No
damper
Of course, obviously you are going to change it as soon as possible.
In the meantime fill with any oil to stop it rattling!! engine oil will do
fine. The only problem is that it is usual to change the pair when
renewing dampers.
Willie
In the meantime fill with any oil to stop it rattling!! engine oil will do
fine. The only problem is that it is usual to change the pair when
renewing dampers.
Willie
Front dampers
Be careful with too thick an oil, the securing bolts tend to shear if you use thick oil.
-
- Moderator
- Posts: 7679
- Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2002 2:55 pm
- Location: LEAMINGTON SPA
- MMOC Member: No
If they run out of oil, they stop leaking.
The downside of that is that they also stop damping! That can be quite dangerous - and I'm sure you don't want to injure someone.
The downside of that is that they also stop damping! That can be quite dangerous - and I'm sure you don't want to injure someone.
Ray. MMOC#47368. Forum moderator.
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
-
- Moderator
- Posts: 7679
- Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2002 2:55 pm
- Location: LEAMINGTON SPA
- MMOC Member: No
If they run out of oil, they stop leaking...
The downside of that is that they also stop damping! (but can give an amusing feeling of riding on a big sofa..... ahem, no! safety first) That can be dangerous - and I'm sure you don't want to injure someone.
The downside of that is that they also stop damping! (but can give an amusing feeling of riding on a big sofa..... ahem, no! safety first) That can be dangerous - and I'm sure you don't want to injure someone.
Do you mean that you'll take thme off another car? I did that until I found out that recon ones are not expensive. Did you price that up?yeah ive got a pair on my saloon
Ray. MMOC#47368. Forum moderator.
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
hi
reconditioned are only about 25 quid each from East Sussex Minors so really i could buy 4 of them and change them all at once for 100 quid then i could forget them all - that is why i cant get the other ones off just yet, its going to take some time because iv got to find somewhere to put the other car once iv taken the wheels off it - and then keep my fingers crossed that the dampers are usable anyway
iv noticed my car has poly bushes on the damper arms at the top of the king pin, and i can see one is popping out, iv got to get that sorted as well
cheers
grainger
reconditioned are only about 25 quid each from East Sussex Minors so really i could buy 4 of them and change them all at once for 100 quid then i could forget them all - that is why i cant get the other ones off just yet, its going to take some time because iv got to find somewhere to put the other car once iv taken the wheels off it - and then keep my fingers crossed that the dampers are usable anyway
iv noticed my car has poly bushes on the damper arms at the top of the king pin, and i can see one is popping out, iv got to get that sorted as well
cheers
grainger
oh dear - ive buggered it up now, i put the filler screw back into the damper without a washer and now its stuck !! - can i take the cover off another one ? - if i open all the screws around the edge and lift the whole lid off with the filler screw in the top - or should i try and cut a slot in the top of the filler screw, i think, because its so soft i might just end up ripping the top off if i try that
cheers
grainger
cheers
grainger
-
- Moderator
- Posts: 7679
- Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2002 2:55 pm
- Location: LEAMINGTON SPA
- MMOC Member: No
Can you not leave it stuck in until you replace it??
Ray. MMOC#47368. Forum moderator.
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
-
- Moderator
- Posts: 7679
- Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2002 2:55 pm
- Location: LEAMINGTON SPA
- MMOC Member: No
that's a high leak rate!!
Ray. MMOC#47368. Forum moderator.
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
hi
iv just had the front two replaced, and it works like a dream now, steerings better, no rattling in the steering rack, lovely, almost like anew car ... only better.
they are only 16 quid + 10 quid deposit + vat each from ESM.
though the garage said id have never been able to do them meself apparently it took a lot of effort to get the top link off. i will do the back ones this weekend meself, its only three bolts each side.
i asked the garage if i should top the front ones up after a while, but he says no dont open them, they only need topping up when they are leaking which means they are nackered and should be replaced asap
cheers
grainger
iv just had the front two replaced, and it works like a dream now, steerings better, no rattling in the steering rack, lovely, almost like anew car ... only better.
they are only 16 quid + 10 quid deposit + vat each from ESM.
though the garage said id have never been able to do them meself apparently it took a lot of effort to get the top link off. i will do the back ones this weekend meself, its only three bolts each side.
i asked the garage if i should top the front ones up after a while, but he says no dont open them, they only need topping up when they are leaking which means they are nackered and should be replaced asap
cheers
grainger
-
- Moderator
- Posts: 7679
- Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2002 2:55 pm
- Location: LEAMINGTON SPA
- MMOC Member: No
I would recommend topping up on an annual basis (well I usually forget and do them every 2 or 3 years).
Small leakage is not easy to spot - especially on the rears so you may not know about it over a few years until they run out and it is picked up on an MOT, or the car is picked out of a ditch on a country road :-0
Small leakage is not easy to spot - especially on the rears so you may not know about it over a few years until they run out and it is picked up on an MOT, or the car is picked out of a ditch on a country road :-0
Ray. MMOC#47368. Forum moderator.
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
mmm including the garage costs, its still less than 70 quid and round here with the twisty roads and potholes it made it pretty dangerous before, so im dead happy ... now ive got to get the back end sorted, i went out to change the back dampers today, but i can see some rot around the damper link arm bolt into the chassis, and the springs are past their best so im going to get it all done at once at the garage in the next couple of weeks
cheers
grainger
cheers
grainger
-
- Moderator
- Posts: 7679
- Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2002 2:55 pm
- Location: LEAMINGTON SPA
- MMOC Member: No
You mean the leaf springs have worn into each other?the springs are past their best
Ray. MMOC#47368. Forum moderator.
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
they are very rusty, with big gaps between the leaves, the rust is caking off here and there but i cant see any cracks, for the price of a new set of springs, on top of this welding iv got to pay, for it wont make much difference.
the welding ? iv been quoted 550 quids worth !!! -( see my 'useful tip') but at least when its done it will be done for as long as i have the car, im going to really look after it ...
cheers
grainger
the welding ? iv been quoted 550 quids worth !!! -( see my 'useful tip') but at least when its done it will be done for as long as i have the car, im going to really look after it ...
cheers
grainger
-
- Minor Legend
- Posts: 3204
- Joined: Tue Feb 12, 2002 12:00 am
- Location: S E London
- MMOC Member: No
rust
When you get it back make sure you spray Waxoyl into every box
section and crevice you can find.......on a warm day. It is not a
rust killer,but,if you spray those areas properly you will NEVER get
rust there again.
Willie
section and crevice you can find.......on a warm day. It is not a
rust killer,but,if you spray those areas properly you will NEVER get
rust there again.
Willie