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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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    finding a new cotter pin?

    I managed to mangle the cotter pin that holds the coupling to the input shaft on my P6 power steering box, and now I'm having a difficult time finding a replacement. All I find online are split pins (USA call them cotter pins it seems) or cotter pins for bicycle pedal cranks. Does anyone know of...
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    BW35 downshift valve and cam

    yup, all that sounds right. I just thought that's the way they always were! about 18000 miles driven since 1999 (92 to 99 was the first restoration) and I always just thought it was shifting normally.
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    BW35 downshift valve and cam

    Thanks, amazing to think it has been like that all these years, I didn't notice it until I took the sump off.
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    BW35 downshift valve and cam

    Hi All, I wonder if anyone can help this question? When I took the sump off my auto box, the downshift cam was oriented as seen in this photo. The manual states that the straight line portion of the cam should contact the cylindrical body of the downshift valve, but the only way I can get that...
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    Borg Warner Type 35

    Thanks, that's what I hoped. Stop plate looks fine, and I've removed the burr extending across the hole in the separating plate. Good to go then!
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    Borg Warner Type 35

    Hi All, another auto box question..... The Separating Plate between the upper and lower Valve Bodies on my transmission has a peculiar worn area, seen in the photo. This lies above a passage where the throttle valve stop plate is fitted. I'm assuming that over the last 48 years the stop plate...
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    BW 35 rear clutch seal installer?

    Thanks Harvey, I will keep a look out for one. Might have a go at making my own first though.
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    BW 35 rear clutch seal installer?

    Hi All Probably an old chestnut, but does anyone know where I can get a rear clutch piston seal installer for the Borg Warner Type 35 automatic? I got the front clutch piston in with no trouble, but the rear is a different story, despite the lead-in chamfer at the top of the bore. The piston...
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    Borg Warner missing parts?

    checked - ball still in place, functions fine. Rear clutch friction plates totally worn out, all down to bare steel, front clutch friction plates are like new, even down to the manufacturer's markings. Thanks again for the help, I think I heard something else falling to the floor, probably a...
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    Borg Warner missing parts?

    I hadn't thought of that, thanks for the idea, I will check that.
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