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| Author: | Matt68 [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 8:46 am ] |
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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 |
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| Author: | fuzzy-hair-man [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:26 am ] |
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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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| Author: | J_A_M [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:43 am ] |
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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. |
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| Author: | PEDDRO [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:13 am ] |
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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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| Author: | Matt68 [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:15 pm ] |
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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 |
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| Author: | 68matic [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:37 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | fuzzy-hair-man [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:57 pm ] |
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Matt68 wrote: What do you do about the vacuum side? (removing all air from system prior to pumping up???) Cheers 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: Quote: Years ago I took a jar that was "vacuum packed" to hold cereal. I poked holes and put this bicycle pump hose into the jar. I put a second line at the top of the jar to pull a vacuum using, believe it or not, the vacuum of the engine!!! I let the engine pump the system. I'm sure it was not perfect, but it seemed to do the trick. If I were to need to do it again, I would probably use another form of vacuum pump.
Hope it helps Bye Arrin |
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| Author: | Matt68 [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 5:02 pm ] |
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Thanks everyone, I'll be knee deep in hydro fluid in no time at all.... 
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 8:24 pm ] |
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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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