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Car Forum / Land Rover Cars / November 2007Britpart oil seals
loads of my landy owning mates have recently been mentioning hearing about quality problems with a lot of the britpart oil seals - and having helped my mate fit 2 sets of britpart valve stem seals within 4 or 5 months after they stretched/fell apart i'm inclined to believe it (the 3rd set of non-britpart ones seem to be lasting ok so far). One of the local landy parts suppliers have also been said they have had a lot of trouble with britpart stuff. Not been to see richard at beamends for a while though to ask him about it too. Is there any merit in this or is it just coincedence that people have had problems at the same time?. Since im about to fit a new handbrake seal to the 2a and the one i have waiting on the shelf is a britpart one i was debating going to buy a genuine one instead to save doing it again in a few months... Tom Woods <tom@NOPSAMtomwoods.co.uk> uttered summat worrerz funny about: > loads of my landy owning mates have recently been mentioning hearing > about quality problems with a lot of the britpart oil seals - and [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > have waiting on the shelf is a britpart one i was debating going to > buy a genuine one instead to save doing it again in a few months... For the cost I know what I'd be doing. Lee D > Tom Woods <tom@NOPSAMtomwoods.co.uk> uttered summat worrerz funny about: >> loads of my landy owning mates have recently been mentioning hearing [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Lee D Replace Br with sh and you'd be somewhere near, my local independant has stopped selling them due to the amount of comebacks he got with them Icky > Replace Br with sh and you'd be somewhere near, my local independant has > stopped selling them due to the amount of comebacks he got with them I think the one here is doing the same. Since if it leaks again it means a new set of shoes and lots of getting oily under the landy i think i shall get a genuine one instead and fit that. Tom Woods <tom@NOPSAMtomwoods.co.uk> uttered summat worrerz funny about: >> Replace Br with sh and you'd be somewhere near, my local independant >> has stopped selling them due to the amount of comebacks he got with [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > getting oily under the landy i think i shall get a genuine one > instead and fit that. New shoes? Pah! Treat it to some good degreaser, white spirit, what ever. I replace the Seal on my IIa back when I had hair and never looked back even after the Jag adaption. The shoes remained the same. They should be like new as they get nothing like the wear you see on normal drums eslewhere on the truck as they are only applied when the vehicle is static. Lee D > New shoes? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > as they get nothing like the wear you see on normal drums eslewhere on > the truck as they are only applied when the vehicle is static. How oily were your shoes though? I had to go and get a pot to put underneath the landy to catch all the oil that was flowing out of mine once i took the prop off! (and it got even worse once the drum came off too!) I reckon they are past degreasing. Tom Woods <tom@NOPSAMtomwoods.co.uk> uttered summat worrerz funny about: >> New shoes? >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > off too!) > I reckon they are past degreasing. Degrease'em, then hit them with a blow torch and a light sandpaper to buff Once they have a layer on the surface how much more is on their is irrelevant. Left in a pot of suitable liquid of preference they will come up a treat. Fit new if you like -- you environmental terrorist you! ;-) Lee D > Degrease'em, then hit them with a blow torch and a light sandpaper to > buff ive never thought of using white spirit as a degreaser. Learn useful new things every day! >> Degrease'em, then hit them with a blow torch and a light sandpaper to >> buff > >ive never thought of using white spirit as a degreaser. Learn useful new >things every day! best degreaser I've found is stuff sold as disc brake cleaner for pushbikes.  SignatureAustin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms... ------------------------------------------------\ >> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them. a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too! >> New shoes? >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >too!) >I reckon they are past degreasing. Nah, put them in bio washing powder and let them simmer on the stove for a few hours. Alex > Nah, put them in bio washing powder and let them simmer on the stove for > a few hours. I like that idea. Sounds cheap and i have a load of bio washing powder spare too! Shall cook em tommorrow night! >> Nah, put them in bio washing powder and let them simmer on the stove >> for a few hours. > > I like that idea. Sounds cheap and i have a load of bio washing powder > spare too! Shall cook em tommorrow night! Don't need to be bio, just a detergent. SignatureWisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I wish I could remember the darn question >>> Nah, put them in bio washing powder and let them simmer on the stove >>> for a few hours. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Don't need to be bio, just a detergent. Bio breaks down the oil better, saves having to keep skimming the oil off the surface. Alex > Bio breaks down the oil better, saves having to keep skimming the oil > off the surface. EP90 and washing powder make one of the wierdest smells ever when cooking on the hob... >> Bio breaks down the oil better, saves having to keep skimming the oil >> off the surface. > > EP90 and washing powder make one of the wierdest smells ever when cooking > on the hob... Single still aren't you ? Steve >> EP90 and washing powder make one of the wierdest smells ever when >> cooking on the hob... > > Single still aren't you ? If he isn't he will be soon... SignatureCheers new5pam@howhill.com Dave. pam is missing e-mail >>> Bio breaks down the oil better, saves having to keep skimming the oil >>> off the surface. >> >> EP90 and washing powder make one of the wierdest smells ever when cooking >> on the hob... >Single still aren't you ? My boyfriend never used to complain..... Alex > > Replace Br with sh and you'd be somewhere near, my local independant has > > stopped selling them due to the amount of comebacks he got with them [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > oily under the landy i think i shall get a genuine one instead and fit > that. If you want a genuine seal I can post you one for £1.30 + postage at cost. The part number is FRC1780. Martin > If you want a genuine seal I can post you one for 1.30 + postage at > cost. The part number is FRC1780. thanks for the offer but i want to get it back together on saturday (since i have a free day and can then leave it for an MOT next week) so i'll pop out and buy one. if you post it - even if you dont wait for my cheque to arrive its still gonna be later than saturday - and i need a tensioner, a mud shield gasket, a couple of hub gaskets and a prop shaft boot too.. |
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