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- Tue Jan 02, 2018 10:43 am
- Forum: Cars & Parts Wanted
- Topic: Springs and where to find them.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1729
Re: Springs and where to find them.
Hi Rob, The firm whos address I gave you no longer do "one-off" springs, but having scouted around I've found another company in Redditch. However, their charges for a "one-off" to pattern are £45 + Vat (if that would be applicable) which in comparison with an off-the-shelf sprin...
- Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:32 am
- Forum: Chat Forum & General News
- Topic: Noise?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 824
Re: Noise?
"Ears agoo" (as they say in Bermingum) our next door neighbour used to lock his dog in the toilet on Saturday nights whilst they went on the raz - so one night I recorded it. After they had returned and gone to bed, I waited until the early hours then played it back ever so quietly and tur...
- Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:18 am
- Forum: Cars & Parts Wanted
- Topic: Springs and where to find them.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1729
Re: Springs and where to find them.
Hi Bob, The spring manufacturer I have in mind is: Springpart Manufacturing Limited. Unit 50-51 Heming Road, Washford Industrial Estate, Redditch, Worcestershire. B98 0EA. Tel: 0044 (0) 1527 527302. If you can wait until the start of the new year I will give them a ring to check things out to save y...
- Tue Dec 19, 2017 12:19 pm
- Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
- Topic: Suspected Fluid flywheel trouble
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4745
Re: Suspected Fluid flywheel trouble
Hi Rammana, I'm afraid niether a 5w/30 or a 10w/30 are suitable for your fluid flywheel. Oil technology is somewhat complex, but a 5w or 10w are far too thin. In over-simplistic terms, a 5w/30 means the viscosity is 5 (the "W" means winter), and the 30 means it has the lubrication characte...
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 3:06 pm
- Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
- Topic: Clayton Dewandre Servo
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1055
Re: Clayton Dewandre Servo
Hi Kieth, I've not seen that type on a Daimler - although I agree it Is "suspended" on the brake rod mechanism - but perhaps some of the other knowledgable Daimler owners can advise otherwise! I wonder if Clayton offered it has some form of universal kit - which the M.G. factory fitted as ...
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:41 am
- Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
- Topic: Clayton Dewandre Servo
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1055
Re: Clayton Dewandre Servo
Hi kieth, Most Dailmlers around the late twenties to early thirties up to the advent of fitting hydraulic brakes had a Clayton Dewndre servo - but I've never encountered one actually "suspended" as part of the moving parts of the brake rods. Does anyone know differently? I can send you a p...
- Sun Dec 17, 2017 9:38 am
- Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
- Topic: Suspected Fluid flywheel trouble
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4745
Re: Suspected Fluid flywheel trouble
Could be a FF problem if the inner bearing collapses and the output rotor touches the casing ................. but then I'd expect it to leak. Whilst a 20/60 is a thin oil - you don't know whats been in there before, or what reaction may have occurred - hence a need to drain, flush and refill afresh.
- Sat Dec 16, 2017 10:17 am
- Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
- Topic: Suspected Fluid flywheel trouble
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4745
Re: Suspected Fluid flywheel trouble
If you've put the wrong oil in (i.e. a thick oil) I suggest you drain and refil with parrafin or white spirit etc. by running the engine in neutral for a few minutes to flush out - then drain and give it plenty of time to dry out (what's the temperature in India at the moment!!) before replenishing ...
- Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:43 am
- Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
- Topic: Suspected Fluid flywheel trouble
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4745
Re: Suspected Fluid flywheel trouble
An S.A.E. 30 multigrade engine oil is adequate for the fluid flywheel. Do not use a thicker oil. When you say the engine either stalls or the car moves off "in jerks" in first gear suggests a gearbox problem - not the fluid flywheel. Does the car move off O.K. in all other gears? (All Daim...
- Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:32 am
- Forum: Chat Forum & General News
- Topic: Does this just happen to me...................
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1340
Re: Does this just happen to me...................
What do you need spanners for? What's wrong with a big pair of mole grips?