"Hazel" - a series 1 V8 daily driver

The next problem is the windscreen washer pump that works but doesn't pump any water :confused:

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I realise that when the power steering was put in & the washer bottle was moved to the front, the motor is too far away from the bottle & can't suck the water up. On a series 2, the water bottle is here to start with & the motor connections are there too. On a series 1, the connections are 1/2 way along the loom on the inner wing, but this need extending to the front. I have an after market motor - if I was using the defunct bottle top one, I would have had to sort it out straight away as the wires wouldn't have reached!
 
I seem to have over-filled the auto box as it's dumped some oil on the floor :(

I did follow the instructions in the factory manual about the 'Hot' level, but somehow have got it wrong!

Otherwise, a small water leak which will be a jubilee clip that needs tightening - it was OK before I drained the coolant on Sunday.
 
You'll have to do more than one drain/refill to get most of the Dexron out. (Unless you've not run it since you filled it and you weren't filling from totally empty).
ISTR working out that after 4 or 5 drain/refills you could be pretty certain of having 95%+ ATF-G in there.
 
Thanks Harvey. Can you estimate how much I might need? Looks like 8 - 10 litres to do as you suggest :confused: (...I have of course run it for about 25 miles since refilling :rolleyes:)
 
You'll probably get about 3 litres-ish out per drain, (out of a total capacity of 8 litres) so you could buy 10 litres and see how you get on with that.
 
Looking through the great advice threads on here, I wonder how I can have been so daft to just go from the manual (& I of course don't know anything about Dexron either!).

I have just had a short run out to get up to temperature & then went carefully through the gear selections; when I checked the fluid level several times with the engine running it was only just at the bottom of the dipstick :confused:. Over the last 24 hours, this much ATF has dripped out (plus some on the floor...)

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Looking closely under the car, the auto sump has droplets on it - where is it getting out & why?

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I must admit that I really don't understand what's going on. Any explanation in idiots' language would be much appreciated!

By the way, when I did drive the car on Sunday for around 25 miles, it behaved impeccably.
 
Did you make sure that the gasket mating face on the sump was perfectly flat before you refitted it? They tend to distort upwards around the boltholes and then they don't clamp the new gasket properly.
 
Did you make sure that the gasket mating face on the sump was perfectly flat before you refitted it? They tend to distort upwards around the boltholes and then they don't clamp the new gasket properly.

I did to the best of my abilities Harvey. May have to look again though.
 
I was feeling rather pleased with myself for getting Hazel virtually drip-free for the first time in my 11 years of ownership. After a change of transmission fluid (to the correct type - ATF-G) I had a run round, but then Hazel decided to start wetting the floor...:rolleyes:

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I then spotted something in the pool which turned out to be this

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It's actually part of the rubber gasket that I fitted a few weeks ago. I know things don't last as long these days, but this is ridiculous :( I'd only tightened the bolts to just over hand-tight, so I'm a little disappointed that it seems to have split like this. You can see where it's come out:

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I'm changing the fluid a few more times because I put Dexron ATF in originally, so I can easily put a new gasket in, but I'm almost thinking of cork again, if this is the result with rubber. What have others used?

Despite reading Harvey's advice, I'm still having trouble checking the level on the dipstick, but this is now a problem for another day...
 
If that's the result of using a rubber gasket, then I'd stick to using a cork one.
There are cast aluminium sumps for the BW35 (I sold one to Corazon so he could polish it...:rolleyes::)) and they use a paper gasket.
 
If that's the result of using a rubber gasket, then I'd stick to using a cork one.
There are cast aluminum sumps for the BW35 (I sold one to Corazon so he could polish it...:rolleyes::)) and they use a paper gasket.
rumor has it that "greaseproof" paper polishes up really nicely , would complement the sump? :p
 
I wouldn't use it. Wellseal was the only sealer that I remember as being recommended, but I never used it.
when fitting gaskets to P6's , it appears that one needs to be a lateral thinker and experiment a bit, whilst deep in thought this came to me in a dream.
Try using honey mixed with poly-filler, mix to a stiff consistency and apply liberally with index finger , or if lying on you back, your big toe? :rolleyes:
 
I wouldn't use it. Wellseal was the only sealer that I remember as being recommended, but I never used it.
I have now re-removed the gearbox sump & have taken time to carefully flatten the mating edge which was still somewhat uneven around the bolt holes.
I'm now awaiting a cork gasket that I will locate with a little Vaseline & nothing else. I'll report back in due course!
 
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