Hi everybody

I have the opportunity to buy a Workshop Hydro pump from my local garage which is being sold. What sort of price do people reckon it's worth (in general, I know something is only worth what you're willing to pay for it) considering it's a little scruffy with a broken gauge. But it still works!

What would they go for usually?

Cheers
Matt

I was looking at the liquid levers (I think) website, they make the hydrolastic pumps new in the UK and to get one was in the order of thousands of dollars (If I remember correctly)

But in the end it is what it is worth to you if you only have one car then it probably isn't worth that much. Maybe a local mini club and or Morris 1100 club can help and it can be used communially.

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A Deluxe(CG13DE), 2 Clubbies(998 and 1275) and 2 Morris 1100Ss

I know someone who made one themselves, and kindly pumped up Pops hydro recently. If you can't make something, then buy it, but don't pay a huge amount.

Offer the place a coupla hundred bucks, but MAKE SURE you have the money in your hand ready to go.....money talks. You'll "need" to replace that broken guage so "that's gonna cost you a bit to fix"....

BTW, I've got a home-made pump. Fella I met a few times kindly gave it to me. Very ingeniusly made out of an existing pedal box and master cylinder.

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72 Clubman and a 75 Van.

So, to hijak my own thread, Anyone got some instructions on how to make your own?

What do you do about the vacuum side? (removing all air from system prior to pumping up???)

Cheers

no hijacking your own thread!

www.angelfire.com/mech/ducho

look for "hyrdolastic pump" somewhere there
if you dont get the jist of it i can take more photos
DrMini made his own too

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I had read about an 1100 guy that used the vacumn from the inlet manifold, I think he had it connected to an airtight container that collected any of the hydrolastic fuild sucked out.

http://members.cox.net/oldertech/hydrolastic.html I think this guy has the plans etc for a home made hydrolastic pump

from that website:


Hope it helps

Bye Arrin

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Roads need more corners
A Deluxe(CG13DE), 2 Clubbies(998 and 1275) and 2 Morris 1100Ss

Thanks everyone, I'll be knee deep in hydro fluid in no time at all....

Plans to make hydro pump from a grease gun are on here on Todd's site-
http://www.austinamericausa.com/
See under technical advice/suspension brakes & steering.

<edit>
re the question of vacuum purging to get the air out, most Mini shops here didn't do it. Lazy bastards do as I do- pump it too high, then `blow down' the system rapidly to almost zero. Any air in the system (whic will be at highest point of plumbing) gets blown out the back by the pressure of the front bags. Worked for me for the last 10 years...

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