Travelled in convoy with Dave Marin  to Jerveaulx Abbey campsite Road join in the Yorkshire area campong weekend.  An interesting road from Kettlewell to Middleham.

Peter

Yes, the wheel cylinders seem to be yet another disposable item!

Hi,

I am sure that I have read somewhere ... possibly in an obscure RAF manual ... that every three years, the entire hydraulic system should be flushed out, and all rubbers replaced with new. OK, I was demobbed in 1967, when some vehicle were still needing RED Girling fluid,

We were told that Lockheed fluid would cause Girling rubbers to swell up and sieze, but I never met that myself.

The Military wanted all fluids to be interchangeable amongst the NATO fraternity, which I assume led to Girling being forced to join the club.

602

PS. Which part of Great Britain is still "technically" at war with Russia?

Sorry, someone back there mentioned the TRE nuts and I got confused.
Easily done when you're in a hurry and don't read the posts fully.

Thanks Gareth. Will give it a go. Yes, the wheel cylinders seem to be yet another disposable item!

Quote from: Gareth on Today at 12:03 PMI have always used an easy-bleed kit on my front brakes. My 109 has a servo from a S3 fitted, and has a single line master cylinder fitted with a plastic top.

I always use a tyre that is at 20psi as the air supply. I have a spare master cylinder cap, and leave it setup with the fluid feed pipe. When bled, I drain a little fluid with a syringe and put the normal cap back on. I also always put a couple of zip ties around the whole cylinder to keep the cap in place (learned by a messy experience!)

When the nipples are cracked open, a very good flow spurts out. It is a bit messy because its difficult to keep a pipe on the nipples to put into a jar, so I tend to put rags around the area and catch as much as possible.

Another big advantage is I can do it all solo.

This seems to get all the air out. I have had plenty of practice over the years, as wheel cylinders don't seem to last very long these days.

A while back (2010 ish I think) I had a Q plate S3, ex ministry vehicle, I got a dating letter from gaydon and the DVLA excepted it and was re registered as a T plate.

As already said, talk to Peter offline and he will advise.

Good luck, should be ok using correct channels, docs etc 

Yes - that's for the nut on the end, nyloc or castellated with split pin.

We are discussing here the track rod end clamps at 10 lbs ft.

 

I have always used an easy-bleed kit on my front brakes. My 109 has a servo from a S3 fitted, and has a single line master cylinder fitted with a plastic top.

I always use a tyre that is at 20psi as the air supply. I have a spare master cylinder cap, and leave it setup with the fluid feed pipe. When bled, I drain a little fluid with a syringe and put the normal cap back on. I also always put a couple of zip ties around the whole cylinder to keep the cap in place (learned by a messy experience!)

When the nipples are cracked open, a very good flow spurts out. It is a bit messy because its difficult to keep a pipe on the nipples to put into a jar, so I tend to put rags around the area and catch as much as possible.

Another big advantage is I can do it all solo.

This seems to get all the air out. I have had plenty of practice over the years, as wheel cylinders don't seem to last very long these days.

I thought the TREs were 30 lb/ft.

Further to my initial comment that Q plated vehicles appeared to need MOTs indefinitely, more digging in the guide notes produced this.
It seems my unmodified Q plater should be tax and test free next April.