<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Brilliant discovery.<div>Thanks for sharing. I’m on it for BlueHealey.<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Alan - from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 26 Apr 2019, at 17:59, Andy Sneddon <<a href="mailto:sneddon@xsmail.com">sneddon@xsmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:#F6F6F6">Steve, this may help?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:#F6F6F6"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:#F6F6F6">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).</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br><br><span style="background:#F6F6F6">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.</span><br><br><span style="background:#F6F6F6">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).</span><br><br><br></span><a href="http://imgbb.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#004FA0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none"><image001.jpg></span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br><br><span style="background:#F6F6F6">Now on re-building, the plastic breather just didn’t feel right. </span><br><br><span style="background:#F6F6F6">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.</span><br><br><span style="background:#F6F6F6">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. </span><br><br><span style="background:#F6F6F6">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.</span><br><br></span><a href="http://imgbb.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#004FA0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none"><image002.jpg></span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br><br><br><span style="background:#F6F6F6">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.</span><br><br></span><a href="http://ibb.co/hNnO25" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#004FA0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none"><image003.jpg></span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br><br><span style="background:#F6F6F6">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.</span><br><br><span style="background:#F6F6F6">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.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> on behalf of BJ8Healeys <<a href="mailto:sbyers@ec.rr.com">sbyers@ec.rr.com</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Friday, 26 April 2019 at 17:48<br><b>To: </b><<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>[Healeys] Rear axle vent plug<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">Hello, Healeyphiles --</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">Happy Healeying!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">Steve Byers</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">HBJ8L/36666</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">BJ8 Registry</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">AHCA Delegate at Large</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">Havelock, NC </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________ Support <a href="http://Team.Net">Team.Net</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a> Suggested annual donation $12.75 Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a> <a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a> Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/sneddon@xsmail.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/sneddon@xsmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div>
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