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21. RE: dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: "Unger, Larry G" <larry.g.unger@lmco.com>; Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 20:39:28 -0500; /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00159.html (8,252 bytes)
22. RE: dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Skip Kelsey <kelsey@value.net>; Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 17:33:42 -0800; Evan though I sell the "right stuff", I stick with SAE 20 engine oil. If it makes one feel better, take the bottle that the "right stuff" came in, and keep filling it with SAE 20. It will work just; /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00160.html (8,799 bytes)
23. Re: dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Bob MGT <BobMGT@aol.com>; Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 22:48:29 EST; While on the subject of dashpot oil, how often does it need to be topped up? Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s) EMAIL - BOBMGT@AOL.COM 52 MGTD - under DIY restoration NEMGTR #11470 71 MGB - AMGBA; /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00165.html (7,610 bytes)
24. RE: dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: "Unger, Larry G" <larry.g.unger@lmco.com>; Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 23:23:34 -0500; Well ... the MGA Workshop Manual indicates every 3,000 miles, but I check a bit more often than that ... ;^) Safety Fast! ... larry.g.unger@lmco.com '61 MGA 1600 MkII; /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00168.html (7,804 bytes)
25. Re: dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: "Andrew Lundgren" <lundgren@iname.com>; Date: Sat, 04 Apr 98 21:27:10; When ever it is not at the correct level.. (sorry...) I think they say to check it about every 3000 miles, but you just need to see what your carbs do... Andrew Lundgren Lundgren@iname.com http://www; /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00170.html (7,921 bytes)
26. Re: dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: "David Stecher" <davidandmichelles@email.msn.com>; Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 22:44:21 -0600; I check them every time I fill the fuel. Doesn't need it that often but thats when I have the hood open to check oil. David Stecher Urbandale IA. 73 BGT Fergie --Original Message-- From: Bob MGT <Bob; /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00172.html (8,249 bytes)
27. Re: dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory); Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 08:51:19 -0400; Let's see now, two bottles last you three years.... Those two bottles, through one of the discount suppliers, would run you about $13.... just a little over $4 a year. What's the big deal? My '74 lea; /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00183.html (8,344 bytes)
28. Re: dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory); Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 09:02:04 -0400; "How often does it need to be topped up?" Whenever it's low. -NORY Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found the ONLY problem. '71 5-speed Midget (my new baby) '74 Midget &; /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00185.html (7,940 bytes)
29. Re: dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: miker15@juno.com; Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 09:24:41 EDT; Well, despite the rouge in the cheeks from having thought the stuff was lighter than engine oil, its nice to see such a clear concensus on something!!!! I shall refill my 2 expensive dashpot oil bott; /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00188.html (8,632 bytes)
30. Re: dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 15:57:03 +0000; When I used to try to keep the level as recommended I was forever topping up. Then I realised that if I unscrewed the damper, lifted it up a little, then pushed it back down and could feel resistance; /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00191.html (7,603 bytes)
31. Re: dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Patrick Bailey <pbailey@qnet.com>; Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 08:54:46 -0700; just fine in my Zenith dashpot and the stuff looks neat in the bottle!! Pat; /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00194.html (7,933 bytes)
32. Re: Dashpot Oil (score: 1): Author: "Stuart Hellis" <health4u@connect.ab.ca>; Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 11:55:32 -0700; Am I the only person using Power Steering Pump Fluid? I was taught that it was the best all-round oil for the dash pots, especially in extremes of temperatures. I've used it since the '60's in my Bug; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00179.html (7,069 bytes)
33. Re: Dashpot Oil (score: 1): Author: Donald Scott <scottdon@napanet.net>; Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 11:10:16 -0800; I've driven MG's for 30 years and I've always used 20W motor oil or ATF in SU's. I've never had a problem (at least with carburetor dashpots). Don Scott; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00180.html (8,170 bytes)
34. Re: Dashpot Oil (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 18:58:59 +1100; ATF and power steering fluid are the same thing - I use ATF. In fact ATF is also perfect to use in lever arm shocks. ATF, PSF, and shock oil have the magic anti-foaming additives and are almost exact; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00261.html (8,189 bytes)
35. Re: Dashpot Oil (score: 1): Author: ninab@scoresheet.com (Nina Barton); Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 11:47:55 -0700; Has anyone ever tried 3-in-one motor oil SAE 20? It's available at most auto parts stores for less than $2.50. A friend of mine uses it in his MGB dashpots and I was wondering what lister's consensu; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00298.html (6,894 bytes)
36. Re: Dashpot Oil (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 22:09:28 -0500; I used it before I realized how fast it was leaking and how fast I could finish a can. It worked fine. For dashpot use, straight 20w and 20w50 should be identical, since the temperature range is limi; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00347.html (7,120 bytes)
37. Re: Dashpot Oil (score: 1): Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD); Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 22:08:18 EST; There are a couple of tins of the stuff around my workshop. It's electric motor oil, by the way, not necessarily the thing for internal combustion engines. I never use the stuff (should dispose of th; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00349.html (7,471 bytes)
38. dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: John Steczkowski <stecz@pswtech.com>; Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 11:02:32 -0700; How full of oil should I keep the carb? (new '75 MGB owner). It is definitely not full to the top. -- John Steczkowski PSW Technologies, Inc. 512-343-6666 stecz@pswtech.com http://www.pswtech.com/~st; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00864.html (6,481 bytes)
39. Re: dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD); Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 19:49:14 EDT; Hi John, Peering down into the dashpot you may see something in the casting that appears to be a ring. If you see it, that's a good place to use for the oil level. Level isn't really critical in dail; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00885.html (7,071 bytes)
40. Dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: RAY WYGONIK <RWYGONIK@grove.iup.edu>; Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 20:03:34 -0500 (EST); Is there a common oil that will substitute for the dashpot oil for my SU's? Just trying to avoid sending away for it.; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01473.html (7,265 bytes)

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