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>> My TR6 lever shocks are tired and worn out. They just don't dampen
>> heavy duty shock oil for starters. Anything else anyone has tried?
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>> jim
>
>Now that brings back a memory. Years ago when I was a PSS (poor starving
>student), my trusty transportation was a TR4. I had to work on it
>every weekend to take me to school the next week. A lot of repairs
>were repetitive, because I couldn't afford new parts and had to make
>do with used or repaired parts; they would last a couple of weeks and
>then break again. So much for the background. Anyway, I had
>leaks in the lever shocks. Reasoning that thicker oil leaks out slower
>than that thin stuff in there, I topped them off with STP.
>This did two things: it slowed the leaks quite a bit, and made the dampers
>_much_ stiffer :-)
>--
>
My Austin-Healey 3000 Bentley reprint shop manual says 20W mineral oil
may be used in lieu of the "official" shock oil. Don't know that this
will increase the dampening, though. I have also used hydraulic jack
oil with no adverse effects.
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