AN stands for army navy. Its a very universal usage fitting style developed by the americans in like 1930 i think to be field serviceable, reusable and not need any special tools to assemble. Most of the stuff is rated upto 1000psi and 260 deg...
Great news. Went to hospital yesterday for colonoscopy. Camera right up to where splice is from tumour removal and all clear . NO signs of cancer only a non cancerous polyp found and that was removed. Slept a lot better last night :vb-angel1...
Ive just finished replacing the brake servo tonight. and it all seems to be working well. managed to bag a 2nd hand one on ebay for £30.
definitely one of the bigger jobs I've attempted. I didn't need to bleed the brakes in the end as I bled...
yeah, thank you. I've fitted a new inline pump now. and it's running so much better than before. I ended up replacing the bracket as well because it was rusted shut. I think I'm lucky that it's the secondary pump and not the in-tank one!
Looks like the P38 battery has survived being discharged to 1.48 volts. 18 hours on my home made charger (WW2 ex-government large multi tap transformer together with ex-gov WW2 ammeter and modern bridge rectifier) brought it up to 12.8 volts...
Waxed it last weekend.
Got a bit of dust on this weekend
Then it broke a CV joint and I found a small hole in the NSF air bag. What are the chances of both things going on that front corner? I am loving the convenient nature of these...
Wipe out any fluids first, and then vacuum all the loose debris, especially around the piston rings.
Check all the core plugs for rust & signs of leaks.
Just try and get as much of the crap out of the cylinders as you can.
Obviously all the threads in the block.
You can also flush the coolant passages with a hose pipe just to get some of the loose debris out.
So this whole story started with my engine oil cooler lines starting to weep oil where the rubber joins to the steel hoses.
I had some AN8 bungs welded onto my engine and gearbox oil coolers and fitting some very nice looking lines.
Then it kinda...
Check for air intake pipes that may have come loose during the engine being tilted to accommodate the gbox work.
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Any problems before the replacement box?
When I had mine, I did it's first service and changed the pollen filters after that, I had a slight leak, never leaked before, I tried to scrape off the old foam seal made a right mess of it, sealed 'em back on with silicone and, just ordered new...