[Healeys] Rear axle vent plug

Sat Apr 27 00:54:07 MDT 2019

Ebay or via internet at any  Land Rover specialist. Should not be a 
problem worldwide. Scrap yard?

Kees Oudesluijs

Op 27-4-2019 om 04:35 schreef Bob Spidell:
>
> Anybody got a source in the Colonies?
>
>
> On 4/26/2019 9:59 AM, Andy Sneddon wrote:
>>
>> Steve, this may help?
>>
>> When I came to dismantling the rear axle, all that was left of the 
>> original breather assembly was the inner tube which screws into the 
>> axle. (on the right in the first pic below).
>>
>> According to the Parts book, the breather assembly on the rear axle 
>> for a 1961 BT7, was part number 1G3668. There is a note to say that 
>> this was subsequently replaced by part number 1H3364.
>>
>> It appears that 1G3668 was comprised of the metal inner tube with a 
>> plastic “top hat” / breather assembly and the later part 1H3364 was 
>> the all plastic version which is freely available today. (On the left 
>> in the picture below).
>>
>>
>> IMG_0801.jpg <http://imgbb.com/>
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>> Now on re-building, the plastic breather just didn’t feel right.
>>
>> You have a heavy, well made axle with this little plastic appendage 
>> sticking out of it!. With not a lot of other options my first thought 
>> was to create something as per the original, using the original inner 
>> tube (with the hole through the tube walls in around the middle which 
>> is ideal for screwing in / out) and add the plastic top hat bit from 
>> the new assembly. This was then painted black to match the axle. Not 
>> ideal and still feeling a bit flimsy.
>>
>> Then in the UK MG Club magazine (Safety Fast) the folks from the V8 
>> register had a small article on missing plastic breather tubes – 
>> seems to be a common occurrence across BMC of old axles.
>>
>> Any-how the interesting bit was that one of their members had spotted 
>> that Rover Land uses a similar axle breather (515845) but of better 
>> quality, in brass and incorporating a ball-type non-return valve to 
>> exclude water and dirt.
>>
>> IMG_0946.jpg <http://imgbb.com/>
>>
>>
>> They are available from Land Rover dealers or on the internet from a 
>> variety of sources. The pack I ordered had two brass breather 
>> assemblies for just under £5.
>>
>> IMG_0948.jpg <http://ibb.co/hNnO25>
>>
>> And the best news is that they just screw straight in. I fitted a 
>> small gasket, just to bridge the gap between the brass and the 
>> painted axle, but you probably don’t need to.
>>
>> I guess that if you wanted to be more original looking you could put 
>> it in a lathe and turn down the hex collar to match the original 
>> straight inner tube appearance, but that would leave you without the 
>> easy means of tightening / removal.
>>
>> *From: *Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of 
>> BJ8Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com>
>> *Date: *Friday, 26 April 2019 at 17:48
>> *To: *<healeys at autox.team.net>
>> *Subject: *[Healeys] Rear axle vent plug
>>
>> Hello, Healeyphiles --
>>
>> While working in the area, I accidentally hit the original plastic 
>> vent plug for the rear axle and the cap snapped off.  It was already 
>> missing a piece.  Is the plug threaded into the hole, or is it 
>> pressed in?  Moss has replacements available and they don't appear to 
>> have any threads.  I don't want to try to force the 52-year old 
>> plastic and chance breaking the rest of it off in the hole until I 
>> know what I'm doing.
>>
>> Happy Healeying!
>>
>> Steve Byers
>>
>> HBJ8L/36666
>>
>> BJ8 Registry
>>
>> AHCA Delegate at Large
>>
>> Havelock, NC
>>
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