At 11:51 PM 07/06/00 -0400, Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou wrote:
>Unfortunately, it still leaked almost as much afterwards.
>I think moisture settles down at the bottom of the
>dashpot and corrodes the place
>where the O-ring seats.
Maybe there were pieces of the old o ring still in there? I spent lotsa
time cleaning that surface and was rewarded by a successful repair.
>I just kept filling it up every few days. Get an
>old-fashioned pump-style oil can to make it easier.
I use an old eyedropper (actually from a cat-vitamin jar). Small, fits in
the tool kit, doesn't leak.
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire
Succasunna NJ USA
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