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To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
From: "Bert Clewits" <nyclewit(at)nyhp03.serigate.philips.nl>
Subject: steering box
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Hi Alpinists,
When I had a look at and in the steering box I noticed the oil level
was very low.
Looking into the various Alpine manuals I couldn't find how much oil
it should contain or how high the oil level should be.
Smelling the oil I also noticed it was gearbox oil is that the correct
oil or should I use special hydrolic oil ? can I drain the box or not ?
Any ideas out there ?
The Alpine restoration is going well, I have replaced the caliper
pistons and seals and checked the steering.
What a lot of (steering) balljoints it has incredable, luckily I had to
replace only one (yet).
They look pretty overdesigned so they should last a long time although
I noticed that Rootes redesigned them many times every series Alpine
is different !
Regards, Bert
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| Bert Clewits (Imp nut) G.P.Duuringlaan 40A |
| Sunbeam Alpine S IV GT '64 7339 BV Apeldoorn |
| Sunbeam Imp,Californian, The Netherlands |
| Chamois,Stiletto Tel: +31-55-5331601 |
| Philips Semiconductors Nijmegen NL nyclewit(at)nyhp03.serigate.philips.nl |
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