Great idea

What does anybody think of this?

Fit a 2 gallon header tank in the engine bay of your landie with hard run pipes following the brake pipe runs with flexi pipes to the filler on each of the swivel housings and a drip valve in line

Fill the header tank with EP90 and keep it topped off.

The drip valve will feed a couple of ml per minute to the swivels.

Does this sound like a useful idea?

P.

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Paul S. Brown
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On or around Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:49:15 +0100, "Paul S. Brown" enlightened us thusly:

be more to the point to replace the swivel seals :-)

and use one-shot grease.

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Austin Shackles

Woulsn't it be cheaper to replace your swivel seals ;-)

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Mother

My hubs still seem to loose oil despite the fact that there are no really obvious leaks. Its got new seals and fairly new swivels. I also hate crawling around on the floor to fill them up!. A header tank would be nice :)

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Tom Woods

Well - that depends on whether or not you have asked a franchised dealer to do it.

It's almost definitely a 2hour job by the book which puts it at £184 quid with my local dealer before looking at parts....

P.

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Paul S. Brown

You need to find yourself a local "Warren" :-)

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Mother

On or around Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:16:57 +0100, Tom Woods enlightened us thusly:

one-shot grease...

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Austin Shackles

I would, but my locals are less than great. Better than main dealers most of the time tho.

And as for my local "specialist" - let's just say that good as they are, Frogs Island 4x4 ain't exactly at the cheap end of the spectrum.

P.

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Paul S. Brown

Warren is a 40-minute drive from me, but still well worth the trip (a trip that I seem to be making at least once a month recently).

I did mention to Mandy that we needed to factor this into our house-hunting plans, but I just got one of those funny stares.

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Tim Hobbs

Paul, you can't be too far from James French in Standlake if Frogs Island are your local specialist. Give them a try. I found them excellent. They may also save you money by fixing the problem quickly, instead of charging less but taking twice the time over it.

David

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David French

I'm in Aylesbury - Frogs Island are my local "specialist" for certain values of "special" - I tend to use Thame Landrover and Mark Smith - they're both OK for mechanical stuff, but when it comes to offroad prep they're not so hot.

Unfortunately either of these is 20 miles from me - my local is Charles Douglas Landrover (ex Dutton Forshaw) who aren't great - I'd say they're at the bottom end of LR franchises in terms of quality.

My "Local" (closer than 5 miles) non franchise operation is so busy that I've never yet had the time to book in with them.

P.

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Paul S. Brown

Buy 2 swivel seals. Drain swivels. Remove swivel seal retaining plate by undoing all the studs. The swivel seal has a 'V' groove where it presses against the chrome ball - carefully fill this groove with ordinary grease. Carefully cut through the top of the swivel seal with a hacksaw. Twist seal laterally (ie don't open up the hole, twist each side away from each other so seal shape is not affected) and pass seal either side of swivel. Now straighten seal and press into place with cut at the top of the swivel. Fill the cut area of seal with instant gasket and replace retaining plate and studs. Refill swivel with swivel grease, which is easier when heated in a bowl of hot water and with the steering on the relevant direction of full lock. Job done.

A bodge of course, but a good one - lasted me 10 years in a S3 without a leak! :)

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