Welcome to the joys of restoring a 40 year old vehicle, made by a company
that has been defunct for 30.
The drill is, nothing is available locally. Plan Ahead. Mail order is your
friend. Buy stock in UPS and FEDEX so some of your money comes back home.
The red grease was included in the master cylinder rebuild kit, the brake
booster kit and the clutch slave cylinder kit. How did you manage to miss
getting some for free?
Erich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Witt" <wittsend@jps.net>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 11:53 AM
Subject: Red Rubber Grease (HELP)
> I am going insane (yet again) in my search for red rubber grease. The
guy
> (make that idiot) at Land Rover said to just use moly grease. Volvo "said
"
> they had it, at $27.00 a tube (hum..., and Moss Motors wanted $1.95)! I
just
> refuse to be ripped off.
> So, I gave up trying to find it locally ( 2hr's wasted) and decided I
would
> order a tube (make that two tubes, just in case one ruptured in shipping)
at
> $1.95 ea. from Moss Motors in Goleta. After spending 15 minutes filling in
all
> the "required" information I was informed that the two tubes combined at
$3.90
> was below the $10 minimum order! Just on principle I refuse to order six
times
> more of an item I need just to get it.
> I can understand if this was some obscure body trim part for a 40 year
old
> car. However, this is a consumable item used on MANY British (and a few
other)
> cars, yet it is as hard to find or (as able to be purchased) as costly as
> precious metals. Neither of the two promenent Sunbeam parts suppliers
offer
> it. If you have a competent import auto store near you, you don't know how
> fortunate you are. What kills me is I'm 45 mile out of L.A. in a city of
> 125,000 and yet I live in the "Black Hole" of finding anything automotive.
> I've been on this list now for 3-1/2 years and it seems this guy has one
> problem, and that guy has another but I seem to have them ALL. And they
are
> stupid petty things like $2.00 narrow hose clamps for the steering rack or
red
> rubber grease! Things that SHOULD be readily found, yet I drive hundreds
of
> miles and spend days to procure this stuff. Sorry to be Witt the Whiner,
but
> it is getting to the point where I've had enough.
> Tom Witt (at least that's who I am until they lock me up, then I'll just
have
> a patient number)
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