Richl705 Richard Lilly Fairfax, Virginia (42 posts) Registered: 12/03/2007 10:48PM Main British Car: 1958 MGA Buick 215 V8 |
Oiling/Greasing MGA steering rack
The Moss Motors catalog says that you must use SAE 90 oil rather than front end grease in the zyrc fittings on the steering rack. They want $43 for a special vintage "pom pom" gun to feed this. Does anyone have any experience in pumping 90 weight into a zyrc fitting? Thanks
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castlesid Kevin Jackson Sidcup UK (361 posts) Registered: 11/18/2007 10:38AM Main British Car: 1975 MGB GT Rover V8 4.35L |
Re: Oiling/Greasing MGA steering rack
Richard,
You will probably get better feedback re MGA stuff on the MG Experience Forum, dont see why you cant use and old grease gun filled with the 90 oil, the rack shouldn't take a lot. Kevin. |
MGBV8 Carl Floyd Kingsport, TN (4511 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 11:32PM Main British Car: 1979 MGB Buick 215 |
Re: Oiling/Greasing MGA steering rack
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BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6468 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS |
Re: Oiling/Greasing MGA steering rack
Not sure how much different the A rack is from the B but it's fairly common to use a syringe type needle to inject the oil in under the lip of the gaiter. Having said that, many pieces of equipment use a gun to pump in oil and having a zerk fitting is a handy thing. The above directions are good. Better grease guns will function quite well as oil guns, often by just flipping the seal over to the other side of the piston.
Jim |