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subarupete
Firing on two.
Joined: March 5th, 2009, 6:23 pm
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Location: Near Monmouth
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 Re: What did you do with your A Series today? Fed and Watered and on trailer ready for Green Road tour of the Ardenne Region. Attachment:
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| March 12th, 2015, 3:36 pm |
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banjo
Firing on two.
Joined: June 5th, 2009, 9:17 am
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Location: Staffs & France
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? Sorted the no charging, fuel gauge, indicators and the like, after they failed last night. Just a blown fuse. Went or a spin with the roof half open and for the first time got wacked on the head by the frame I'd not secured lol!
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| March 12th, 2015, 7:24 pm |
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Sean
Firing on two.
Joined: April 22nd, 2009, 11:06 pm
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Location: Ecosse
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? bought some bits and pieces to get the blue one back to life, and start on the Dyane ...more a theoretical start than any actual metal cutting.
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citroenboat
Firing on two.
Joined: November 11th, 2010, 4:19 pm
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? Drove it over the Downs and for the first time since before Christmas it went up them @ 30mph+ in 3rd instead of 15mph in 2nd, hurrah.
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Russell
Firing on two.
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Location: West Sussex, U.K.
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today?
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| March 13th, 2015, 10:04 pm |
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Ian
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Joined: March 16th, 2012, 2:41 pm
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? This evening I changed a middle drive shaft boot for the first time. Managed to do it whilst the other half cooked tea! Wondering now what I've missed because it appeared to go a bit easily...
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| March 13th, 2015, 10:59 pm |
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Russell
Firing on two.
Joined: November 29th, 2008, 10:05 pm
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Location: West Sussex, U.K.
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? ipacey wrote: This evening I changed a middle drive shaft boot for the first time. Managed to do it whilst the other half cooked tea! Wondering now what I've missed because it appeared to go a bit easily... Which end did you remove the drive shaft from? I've always done it by taking it out of the hub, but I wonder if it's easier to take it off the gearbox end.
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Ian
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Joined: March 16th, 2012, 2:41 pm
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? Russell wrote: Which end did you remove the drive shaft from? I've always done it by taking it out of the hub, but I wonder if it's easier to take it off the gearbox end. Yes I took it out of the hub too. I did look up various posts on here and other places and the hub end seemed to me to be the most popular so I went with that one. I also thought that access would be easier rather than reaching in over the wing and I would be able to better fight the boot over the splines on the bench. A greased cone from a cut up plastic bottle was 'made' for that bit. I am very happy so far that this went well. Good also for 10 year old helper to see a job go well without any cursing! Though, I'm ready for it to not go as well when I have to do the other car that needs the full set of boots on both drive shafts and both track rod end boots as well. I can't really picture how the t-shaped boot goes over...
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| March 14th, 2015, 12:55 am |
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ken
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Joined: March 6th, 2009, 1:40 am
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? ipacey wrote: I can't really picture how the t-shaped boot goes over... So that you don't lose any credibility with the trainee, steering ball goes into the gaiter first, then you start to feed the 'tube' part of the gaiter onto the (cleaned & greased) track rod end housing. As long as the slot in the underside of the housing is aligned with the ball, it's all over in a moment, so you might want to drag things out to make it look difficult... 
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Ian
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? ken wrote: So that you don't lose any credibility with the trainee... Might be a bit late for that though.  Thanks for the advice.
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