[ROVERNET - UK] Coolant choice

Fritz Rauschenberg wfritz at mindspring.com
Wed May 31 13:09:31 BST 2006


Eric & Steve,
I have done the exact same thing on one of mine and confirm your
experience-it worked perfectly.
Fritz Rauschenberg
Atlanta


> [Original Message]
> From: Eric Russell <p6rovers at yahoo.com>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Date: 5/30/2006 11:29:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Coolant choice
>
> Steve,
> You may be past this suggestion:
> Once upon a time, I determined that the rear servo was
> not releasing the rear brakes.  I opened the rear
> servo air control valve and determined that it was not
> easily moving up and down.  I place a rag over the
> whole assembly and rammed down on the brake pedal. 
> The air control valve piston became lodged in the rag.
>  I noticed that the air control valve cylinder and
> piston both had minor surface rust.  Being prepared to
> remove, repair and refit the servo I:
> 1.  Wrapped 1000 wt. wet and dry paper around a
> pencil.  
> 2.  I moistened the paper with brake fluid.
> 3.  I "honed" the cylinder noticing the rust dust on
> the paper.
> 4.  Using brake fluid and a "Q-Tip", I cleaned out the
> cylinder.
> 5.  I used 1000 wt paper on the piston.
> 6.  I moistened the rubber seal with brake fluid,
> reassembled everything.
> 7.  Success!  Everything worked and kept working.
>
> Disclaimer:  Only one person's experience.  Not
> workshop manual noted.
>
> Eric
>
>
> --- Steven Dibdin <sdibdin at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes on both counts----this week----I do have some
> > parts coming from Ruth to 
> > help a sticky airvalve issue on the front servo.
> > But, yep it's doing both. 
> > I'm not making any promises for next week though!
> > 
> > PS, I haven't forgotten your battery covers, work is
> > being most inconvenient 
> > at the moment...
> > 
> > All the best,
> > 
> > SD-
> > 
> > 
> > 
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