alcyonecorporation Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 My MGF has done a suspension poo on the OSR and I'd like to 'pump it back up to sobreity' (c Quentin Ah ah ah circa 1991). Anyone fancy the job?Metro Sports Kettle is in Peterborough at the moment. Station 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 You might get away with one of these. http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Hydragas-Hydrolastic-MGF-Metro-1100-Suspension-Pump-2-/172558518864?hash=item282d4a0a50%3Am%3AmM6j_hQab-13qC5V3ek_VzA&_trkparms=pageci%253A7cc81e3d-1143-11e7-962d-74dbd180582f%257Cparentrq%253A04f38a0115b0a788444b0bb5fff54cf6%257Ciid%253A1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panhard65 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 You might get away with one of these. http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Hydragas-Hydrolastic-MGF-Metro-1100-Suspension-Pump-2-/172558518864?hash=item282d4a0a50%3Am%3AmM6j_hQab-13qC5V3ek_VzA&_trkparms=pageci%253A7cc81e3d-1143-11e7-962d-74dbd180582f%257Cparentrq%253A04f38a0115b0a788444b0bb5fff54cf6%257Ciid%253A1I have got one of these you can borrow as I now have a Dalek. As I am in Somerset not much help pumping it up but I can post the pump to you if you can't find anyone local to do it. I think one of the MG forums has a list of garages that do it but it is well out of date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Any use? Vince70, alcyonecorporation and Lacquer Peel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 If you have some spare time next week I'll see if I can borrow beige1000's one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lord Sward Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Look up the Hydragas register online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demag Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 I always thought they had springs on them. I thought hydragas died on the Maxi. Sent from my Wileyfox Swift using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr A Lawrence Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 TF has springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Do you pump in air or fluid? If fluid, what is it? My allegro needs pumped up so I might buy one of those eBay jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Those eBay ones are, by all accounts, a bit shit. As Lord Sward mentions, the Hydragas Register is a good place to look for someone willing to come and do it for you: http://www.hydragas.co.uk/ I too have a proper dalek but it is borkinated and needs seals so this information is of precisely no use to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexg Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 I've got one of those handheld modified greasegun jobbies. It's hard work, but it does the trick. Sigmund Fraud and HMC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Do you pump in air or fluid? If fluid, what is it? My allegro needs pumped up so I might buy one of those eBay jobs. Hydragas, as the name implies, uses a gas-filled displacer that acts (mostly) as a spring and special, water-based fluid that acts (mostly) as a damper. You can still get the correct fluid from Rimming Bros, but it's £££. I've used ethylene glycol antifreeze as a substitute : the viscosity is a bit too high if you use it neat (makes the damping a bit firmer), so you may need to dilute it slightly if you want to maintain OEM comfort levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 SIXTY FUCKIN QUID? Yeah, but no. Grease gun + grease nipple + metal valve cap. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/500CC-Professional-Grip-Manual-Pistol-Grease-Gun-Flexible-Hose-Connector-/182446213603?hash=item2a7aa449e3:g:pgAAAOSwTglYmCxB http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M6-Heavy-Duty-Grease-Gun-End-Connector-Steel-Hydraulic-Nipple-Fittings-HS385/272254890598?_trksid=p2045573.c100505.m3226&_trkparms=aid%3D555014%26algo%3DPL.DEFAULT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20151005190540%26meid%3Daba4b10687974fdf950ae280f8ecc6bd%26pid%3D100505%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Metal-Chrome-Tyre-Valve-Dust-Cap-/262683021324?hash=item3d2920d00c:g:j3MAAOSwn7JYCJaz Is about a tenner all-in. Less if you have stuff lying about like I did. Drill and tap the end of the valve cap to take the grease nipple. Add some araldite to strengthen and seal the join.Screw valve cap onto relevant valve. Hold grease gun pointing downwards and fit to the nipple. Pour in hydragas fluid antifreeze. Pump. Pressure from the gun pushes the schrader valve open with each stroke, allowing fluid in but not out. Station, drum, D Spares & Tyres and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Find a hydraspaz operative at: www.hydragas.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Do you pump in air or fluid? If fluid, what is it? My allegro needs pumped up so I might buy one of those eBay jobs.Hydrolastic fluid, or at a push, antifreeze mixture. I made two pumps years ago, one of the grease gun type,and one from an old brake master cylinder, and for the life of me I can't locate a photo of it. Each used the same connector, a lorry-type tyre flexi-connector with the braided wire. One end was cut off and slipped over a piece of copper brake pipe with a small flare on the end and secured with a jubilee clip, that brake pipe is connected to a brake flexi, the flexi screwed into a brass taper union and that union was screwed into the grease gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Do Comma still do the fluid? I've got some somewhere, but its probably in Carlisle. Sorry not much help, but I'll give it a good sniff when I find it. Also useless info: I sold my Liquid Levers pump when the Maxi was sold. It was such a dull grey box. If it had been a V L Churchill Dalek, I probably would of kept it. alcyonecorporation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Carlube seem to be the main supplier of it these days rather than Comma. The last few times I bought some I got Silverhook because it was the cheapest and I've had no issues with it. The Carlube stuff is generally around the £20-30 mark for more than you need to top up one side so you'll end up with some spare. Eddie Honda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Sadly only just seen this.My old boss had a dalek type which I think he sold to Mr M Tomkins.Matt was in the PC workshop today and this morning I was MOTing his dad's MG. Could have asked if I'd seen this earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lord Sward Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 I do have a proper BMC Churchill device, but I'm in the arse end of nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 If you are free anytime on Tuesday I can bring the pump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 If you are free anytime on Tuesday I can bring the pump If you can wait till the start of April I'll give you £rate to sort it or at least show me how 'cos I've never done one before. It's also covered in dust and rat poo because barn. Craig the Princess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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