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    Upper and lower ball joint puller

    I made a puller from a piece of tube with a 56mm inside diameter and 3.5mm wall thickness, and an old motorcycle sprocket and washer as the reaction plate. I used two lengths of tube as I cut the first one too short to take the joint all the way out. I just wound the nut on the balljoint spindle...
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    P6 V8 recon radiator width?

    Hi All Update on my radiator. I contacted the supplier - their recommendation: panel beat the base unit to clear the radiator! Like knocking a hole in the wall of your house so you can carry your baguette in sideways.
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    P6 V8 recon radiator width?

    Thanks everyone for the replies. SydneyRoverP6B, your measurements confirmed my radiator seems overly wide. I've attached some pics of the rad on its own, looks well made on the face of it, but if I "squared up" the bracket a bit it would be even further out of line.
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    P6 V8 recon radiator width?

    Hi All, I'm hoping someone can solve a problem I'm having with fitting my new radiator..... I actually sent my rad off for exchange for a reconditioned item in July 2017, but have only recently reached the point where I'm ready to fit it, and it seems too wide. I measured it at 660mm across on...
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    power steering box seals

    compressed air, good idea, I have a compressor so just need to make the effort to connect it all up.
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    power steering box seals

    Thanks, it is encouraging to hear it can be done without tape or film, I had concerns about what might be left behind. Hadn't thought of de-burring the splined area either. The sector shaft is marked where the seals ran, but I'm hoping the ring of pits lay between the pressure seal and the outer...
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    power steering box seals

    good ideas, thanks, might try the clingfilm first as I have plenty of that!
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    power steering box seals

    Hi All, I'm fitting new sector arm seals to the power steering box, on my 1972 3500 auto. I've read in the manual about using a seal saver or even masking tape over the drop arm splines to protect the seals as the sector shaft is refitted, but my attempts so far have been unsuccessful. Having no...
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    Revitalised Wiper Delay

    Thanks for posting this thread, really useful, especially with the great photos and diagrams. Very helpful!
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    finding a new cotter pin?

    Machine shop used EN24 (817M40 in new money), so 680 MPa yield. (About 49 tons per square inch if I've converted correctly)
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    finding a new cotter pin?

    I managed to get a couple of new cotter pins made at a machine shop in Craigellachie - £30 for two (one for a spare). New one fits well, job done.
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    finding a new cotter pin?

    Some good ideas there, I will have to make a decision! Furloughed from today so at least I have more time.....
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    finding a new cotter pin?

    What doesn't show in my pic is that the threaded part is bent backwards at the point where it joins the plain portion, I would worry that it is stressed there and might fail in service. It's probably not that bad really and I have some thread cutting dies so that might be worth a try.
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    finding a new cotter pin?

    Hi, I've tried to repair my post with the attached image, no idea why that disappeared! The pin is 0.312" diameter and 0.9" long over the non-threaded part, 2.55" long overall. I thought it might be a standard part but even Machinery's Handbook is vague on these!
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    finding a new cotter pin?

    yup.....none of them the right size! mostly metric, some for vintage British motorcycles. eBay was the first place I looked. I was hoping to find a supplier of old machine parts, vintage engineering kind of thing. I will keep trawling eBay though.
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