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Aug 26th, 2021, 14:19 | #2621 | |
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Premixing the antifreeze before adding can give false results in as much as you might add what you think is enough antifreeze but because it's already diluted and you can never know exactly how much water is lurking in the system already (or even old coolant) i prefer to get the old stuff so it's just water, drain as much as possible then add the right amount of concentrated before topping up.
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Aug 27th, 2021, 07:10 | #2622 |
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A Mouse in the Rear Suspension
I had not used the RB much this summer; whilst putting it up on some ramps to replace the under car tray yesterday I noticed a mouse had moved into the rear suspension. I had a quick look and the squeak seemed to be coming from the driver's side - the prime suspect at the mo would be the panhard rod bushes.
I'll jack up the rear of the motor car and have a better look later today. The rod seems to be easy enough to access; I'll have a look at the BofH and see how hard a job that is likely to be. There is always something else with a 41 year old motor car! :-)
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Aug 27th, 2021, 08:35 | #2624 | |
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Thant was this morn's job Dave, a bit of silicone spray and try again :-)
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If the RB had a cat you wouldn't have that problem...
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Aug 27th, 2021, 10:58 | #2626 |
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I think Millicent is getting a bit lazy in her dotage :-)
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I decided to take the rod off and have a look. Mr Volvo almost caught me out by using imperial (3/4") fasteners both ends, but once I'd worked that out it was a 5 minute job. That revealed the source of the squeak, the right hand side bush has started to get a bit crusty: The bush is still complete but will need changing in the fullness of time, so I'll order one and swap in out before the winter. The bush at the other end is in rude health, in fact I'd say it has probably been changed some time (in the past 40 years): I decided that for today everything would be fine, and so gave the rod a clean up and spray with some Plastikote for environmental protection, letting it dry whilst I had a cuppa. I put the rod back with a bit of copper grease on both the fixed pin and the bolt and took the RB for a test run... I'm pleased to report that we are back to the magic carpet ride. I suspect giving all the joints a spray with some silicone would have helped, but the copper grease on the panhard rod mounting did the trick. It looks pretty easy to change: just cut out the old one with the recip saw then push the new one in with the vice by the look of it. The RB is so satisfying to work on; almost everything is easy to access and very simple... an hour well spent :-)
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Aug 27th, 2021, 11:54 | #2628 |
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We live in the best of all possible worlds!
I thought I might as well order a new bush for the axle end of the RB's panhard rod, and looked online. I was really surprised to find exactly the right part (a Febi Bilstein item to replace Volvo part 1330427) on Amazon, better than that the cost was just £2.92 and Amazon Prime will have it here for me tomorrow (Saturday).
We do indeed live in the best of all possible worlds! Alan :-)
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An M10 or M12 long bolt/studding and some nuts plus a couple of suitably sized sockets will creat a bush puller/replacer tool for you save you having to burn out the rubber inside the bush then cut a slit in the outer shell of it and chisel it out as i think you were planning.
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would make sense to do both bushes while the rod is off and the tools are out
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