...and hey presto, oil is running down your arms, it gets splattered all
around the engine compartment, the gun gets so slick that it slips our of
your hands, and goes empty before your rack is oiled...
:-) Ulix
On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Nevard, Chris wrote:
> I gather you put the correct grade of oil in your gease gun and hey
> presto.........
>
> Chris Nevard
> http://www.geocities.com/~spridgeteer
> ----------
> From: Ulix Goettsch
> To: Andrew Griffith
> Cc: 'spridgets@autox.team.net'
> Subject: Re: Oiling the steering rack.
> Date: 13 October 1998 10:02
>
> Drew,
> here is the tool: http://www.vtr.org/maintain/trunnion-oil.html
>
> Others say that they have been using grease in the rack fro years with no
> problems.
>
> Ulix
>
>
> On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Andrew Griffith wrote:
>
> >
> > Greetings Listers,
> >
> > I just received my new steering rack boots for my '62MK2, so prior
> > to installing them I thought I'd read up on the finer points of this rack,
> > via the Haynes Sprite & Midget manual. I was surprised to read that this
> > early rack requires 10 oz. of SAE 140 wt. gear oil, and even more
> surprised,
> > well I guess not, that the book doesn't mention how to get the blasted oil
> > in the rack. Upon studying the rack I can see a grease fitting on one end,
> > so am I correct to assume the there is some special tool out there in
> cyber
> > space that injects oil via a grease fittings? Or does the oil go in via
> the
> > damper pad caps?
> > If the oil does go in via the grease fitting... what would happen if
> > someone pumps in a load of grease by mistake? Not that I did... just a
> > thought.
> >
> > For those of you here in California...
> > The Autumn Classic British Sports Car Concourse & Tour will be this
> > Saturday, Oct.17th, at San Juan Bautista, Ca. This show is for
> > non-trailered, two-seater, '50's & '60's era cars only, and public viewing
> > starts at 10AM. For info please cal (831) 722-3253.
> >
> > See you there.
> >
> > -Drew
> >
> > andrew.griffith@readrite.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Ulix __/__,__
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> '67 Sprite
>
Ulix __/__,__
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