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Subject: Re: [Healeys] brake servo parts
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 17:24:45 -0700
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Buna-N aka nitrile.

I've ordered from here before: 
http://www.theoringstore.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=367_23

Good service.

Bob


On 11/1/2016 8:44 AM, Simon Lachlan wrote:
>
> Look, I haven?t played with a Lockheed Servo in years but my initial 
> response was to suggest that you buy a box of different size 
> ?O-rings?. We get them over here anyhow....a plastic box about 5? by 
> 3? with little compartments filled with different sized rings. Costs 
> nothing and the contents will keep you going forever. And there will 
> be a ring in there that fits. And they are probably on eBay. BUT, BUT, 
> will an ordinary O-ring survive in brake fluid? I don?t know, but I do 
> know that I put in a Girling rebuild kit once which worked fine for a 
> while and then gave up. There was no warning, no gradual process. I 
> nearly hit a wall. One of the little nylony/rubbery things had turned 
> itself into something with the same consistency and usefulness as a 
> ten year old tea bag. It didn?t like brake fluid and it dissolved.
>
> A few enquiries of the right people should see you right....
>
> Simon
>
> *From:*Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *Tom
> *Sent:* 01 November 2016 12:48
> *To:* Healey Mail List
> *Subject:* [Healeys] brake servo parts
>
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a source for the 4 small O-rings that go on the air 
> valve piston on the Lockheed brake booster for my BJ8.
>
> Just to make sure I described the part correctly, the air valve piston 
>  is #5 at 
> http://www.v8register.net/FilesV8WN/Brake%20servo%20working%20note%20190109.pdf,
>  
> or the "reaction piston" at 
> http://www.triumph-spitfire.nl/servoimages.htm.
>
> I took the whole thing apart last winter, and everything looks like 
> it's in good shape, so I don't need to replace the whole booster or 
> get a re-build kit from Moss, just looking for 4 O-rings.
>
> thanks,
>
> Tom
>
>


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    <p>Buna-N aka nitrile.</p>
    <p>I've ordered from here before:
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" 
href="http://www.theoringstore.com/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=367_23";>http://www.theoringstore.com/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=367_23</a></p>
    <p>Good service.</p>
    <p>Bob<br>
    </p>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/1/2016 8:44 AM, Simon Lachlan
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Look,
            I haven?t played with a Lockheed Servo in years but my
            initial response was to suggest that you buy a box of
            different size ?O-rings?. We get them over here anyhow....a
            plastic box about 5? by 3? with little compartments filled
            with different sized rings. Costs nothing and the contents
            will keep you going forever. And there will be a ring in
            there that fits. And they are probably on eBay. BUT, BUT,
            will an ordinary O-ring survive in brake fluid? I don?t
            know, but I do know that I put in a Girling rebuild kit once
            which worked fine for a while and then gave up. There was no
            warning, no gradual process. I nearly hit a wall. One of the
            little nylony/rubbery things had turned itself into
            something with the same consistency and usefulness as a ten
            year old tea bag. It didn?t like brake fluid and it
            dissolved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">A
            few enquiries of the right people should see you 
right....<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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              lang="EN-US"> Healeys
              [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" 
href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net";>mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>]
 <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom<br>
              <b>Sent:</b> 01 November 2016 12:48<br>
              <b>To:</b> Healey Mail List<br>
              <b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] brake servo parts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">I am looking for a source for the 4
              small O-rings that go on the air valve piston on the
              Lockheed brake booster for my BJ8. <o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Just to make sure I described the part
              correctly, the air valve piston  is #5 at <a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.v8register.net/FilesV8WN/Brake%20servo%20working%20note%20190109.pdf";>http://www.v8register.net/FilesV8WN/Brake%20servo%20working%20note%20190109.pdf</a>,
              or the "reaction piston" at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                
href="http://www.triumph-spitfire.nl/servoimages.htm";>http://www.triumph-spitfire.nl/servoimages.htm</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">I took the whole thing apart last
              winter, and everything looks like it's in good shape, so I
              don't need to replace the whole booster or get a re-build
              kit from Moss, just looking for 4 O-rings.<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Tom<o:p></o:p></p>
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