- 1. Fluid for Lever Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: Doug_Cameron@icoc.org
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 12:13:02 -0400
- newbie here...do I need to use the specific "shock fluid" in my lever shocks (from Moss or other place) or can I use a reasonable substitute easily found in my local auto parts store? Also, my front
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- 2. Re: Fluid for Lever Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter C." <nosimport@mailbag.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:13:40 -0500
- Use a 20wt hydraulic jack oil, available in most hardware stores by the gallon...cheap. The shock typically pictured in parts catalogs is a very early style, more reminiscent of Healeys and MGAs. Yo
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00851.html (8,708 bytes)
- 3. Re: Fluid for Lever Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: Doug_Cameron@icoc.org
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 14:43:32 -0400
- Great, Peter. Thanks - yes, it is a 73 B, front shocks. Sorry for the lapse of sense there! "Peter C." <nosimport@ma To: Doug_Cameron@icoc.org, mgs@autox.team.net ilbag.com> cc: Subject: Re: Fluid fo
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- 4. Re: Fluid for Lever Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: "Walt Goddard" <waltcpa@sierra.net>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:44:56 -0700
- I use motorcycle fork oil. Forks are shocks. More expensive but didn't know about the 20wt hydraulic oil at the time. Walt Goddard waltcpa@sierra.net lever substitute of the Am I
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- 5. Re: Fluid for Lever Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: "Kristian Chronister" <kchronister@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 16:52:26 -0000
- I use this weird imported german 20W mineral oil... hideously expensive, but my corner auto-parts guy is an LBC fan too and said it's the best thing. Apparently it's still used in some sort of oddbal
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00855.html (9,070 bytes)
- 6. Re: Fluid for Lever Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: "Kristian Chronister" <kchronister@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 16:59:50 -0000
- Okay, here's a totally weird thought... Why not 20/50 engine oil? It's 20W oil at room temp, that thins out no more than straight 50W would under heat. So couldn't one say it's actually stabler (i.e.
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00857.html (9,599 bytes)
- 7. Re: Fluid for Lever Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@juno.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 16:00:30 -0500
- On Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:44:56 -0700 "Walt Goddard" <waltcpa@sierra.net> If you use motorcycle fork oil, get the kind with "seal sweller" in it. Might help to keep your shocks from leaking or to stop t
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00859.html (8,227 bytes)
- 8. Re: Fluid for Lever Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: "wcameyer" <wcameyer@email.msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 15:31:24 -0700
- Engine oil and hydraulic oil have different properties: hydraulic has anti-foaming agents which are critical to this application. Bill
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- 9. Re: Fluid for Lever Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:41:16 -0700
- Since the chief function of the shock oil is hydraulic, rather than lubricant, a multi-viscosity oil doesn't sound right to me. Not to mention unnecessary additives, detergents, whatever. Besides, on
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00870.html (8,762 bytes)
- 10. Re: Fluid for Lever Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: "Walt Goddard" <waltcpa@sierra.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 08:17:25 -0700
- Thanks. I'll look for that. Didn't know they made different kinds (son rides the bike). Walt Goddard waltcpa@sierra.net it. are.
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- 11. Re: Fluid for Lever Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Attias <cattias@cats.ucsc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:43:59 -0700
- This thread reminds me of the story in Moss Motoring a while back about one guy's greatest mistakes in LBC ownership. One of them was thinking that, for stiffer shocks, heavier oil was the thing to d
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00947.html (7,900 bytes)
- 12. Re: Fluid for Lever Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:14:13 -0700
- I'm afraid that may be another piece of urban folklore, Chris! Back in the '70s, when I built my boat-tailed TD racecar, I filled the front shocks with straight STP on the advice of someone who said
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- 13. Re: Fluid for Lever Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Attias <cattias@cats.ucsc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:30:11 -0700
- Fiction in Moss Motoring? I'm shocked!! -- Chris Attias '64 MGB '84 Alfa Romeo GTV-6
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- 14. RE: Fluid for Lever Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@prodigy.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:47:21 -0600
- Hey Chris, STP is a common shock fluid (well at least around the race track). Guaranteed slipery, and VERY thick. Larry Hoy
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00957.html (8,211 bytes)
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