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<p>Anybody got a source in the Colonies?</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/26/2019 9:59 AM, Andy Sneddon
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<span style="background:#F6F6F6">Now on re-building, the
plastic breather just didn’t feel right. </span><br>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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</span><a href="http://ibb.co/hNnO25" target="_blank"
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<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>
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<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>
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<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 class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"><healeys-bounces@autox.team.net></a> on behalf of
BJ8Healeys <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" 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 class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" 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>
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<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
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<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>
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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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">Steve Byers</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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