Guy Prince
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Incredulously, a friend asked my son why I was into old Range Rovers. My son replied, "Dad is weird about cars. Remember, he was into old VW's first."
My friend then understood.
It's not a dissimilar disease.
Incredulously, a friend asked my son why I was into old Range Rovers. My son replied, "Dad is weird about cars. Remember, he was into old VW's first."
My friend then understood.
When I was in India, a garage striped down a gearbox, just changed the cog and put it back together, I said to him that would have been thrown away in the UK, he said he wished he had the stuff we threw away, he would fix it and sell it on
Adding to that, parts built by machines all day at low cost and high volume.That is the way it was done when i served my time. But with the ridiculous hourly rates charged by main dealers that would be out of the question today. So the mechanics who work for them never learn how to do it. Take old out bolt in new is today's method.
I still repair absolutely everything I can on the bench. That's my way, that's how I was taught was the right way.
My old Mentor/mechanic, put an old Borg Warner 35 infront of me on my first day as an Apprentice, and said "rebuild it". I had an old workshop manual too! lucky me!
It took me a whole workday to do it the first time,
He stepped in once completed and pulled it apart and put it back together in "not joking" 28 minutes.
Once done he stepped aside and told me to do it again..
And again and again etc etc
It takes me around 35mins to rebuild one, still haven't beaten his record!!
Just goes to show the skill of old mechanics..
H
Pics of the S.box work wouldn’t go amiss
I'll break it down on the bench and do a "how to' write up IF I can find a kit of course
https://www.britishparts.co.uk/rang...ng-suspension-c23/steering-box-seal-kit-p2689
This isn't in stock but gives you the part number which might help.
The box should be a zf 8076974102 box from what I can see. I'm sure it will have been fitted to other vehicles.
Why not, put your money where your mouth is