Doug,
We recently had a discussion about dashpot oil. The consensus was that 20 wt
oil was the best happy medium. -However, many of us had also used other grades
of oil, and in the dim past even transmission fluid. When my car used to have
twin HDs, I used to top them up with whatever was left in the bottle from
changing the engine oil. In none of these cases did it seem to make a great
deal of difference.
Get as close as you can to 20 wt, though I would avoid going lighter... It
will be fine.
David W. Jones
'62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
Cumberland, RI USA
----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Newton
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 11:34 AM
Subject: Oil for Dashpots
Hello Everyone-
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the assumption that you are
supposed to use SAE 20 wt. Oil
in the hollow chamber of the slide inside the Dashpot.
There may be some difference of opinion due to the varied climates that our
Healeys drive in, but I
thought that 20 wt was a happy medium for most conditions .
Another reason for this question is that I would like to stop paying $9.00
for a 4.2 OZ bottle from VB and
purchase quarts from another vendor if I could.
Please advise your thoughts and a 20 wt. oil vendor if my assumption is
correct.
Thanks- Doug
PS- I have tried local Pep Boys, Auto Zone, and NAPA Stores, but no one
stocks SAE 20 wt.
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