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PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 7:06 pm 
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Just wandering what a mk 1 booster is worth and how much to recondition one is

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Worth a fortune to buy, worth a fortune to reco.

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What sort of dollars would I be lookin at?

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Mine owes me $690 all up, buying it 2nd hand & having it reco'd


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Ok who recos them?

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Hydroboost used to sell and refurbish them but I heard recently that they now don't do the Lockheed ones, only PBR, but I think they will refer you to a company that will.

www.hydroboost.com.au

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Are you looking for one, or do you already have one that needs a reco?
I have this if you need one, have no idea of what it needs, but i would think it needs a full reco!
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic ... ht=booster

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I recently had my Mk2 booster reco'd. Cost $200.00. Looks mint.

Sorry, but can't make the picture thing work...

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Giddyup wrote:
I recently had my Mk2 booster reco'd. Cost $200.00. Looks mint.

Sorry, but can't make the picture thing work...


Hi there Giddyup,

Did you look at a new one, they aren't that much more, although they don't have the BMC label on them.

A kit for a VH44 (without diaphram) is around $20.00, and a diaphram I usually pay around $10.00 for. Mind you the body could need sleaving so that could add another few $$.

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I had a Mk1 booster reconditioned several years ago, after the recond it never really felt like it ever had much assistance, was really no better than before the recondition. I was a bit disappointed in the result actually.


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$397 inc Freight from England. Brand new Mk1 Reproduction

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thats from Sumerford Mini Centre.... They have only a couple left

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Location: Under the bonnet son!
What you have is a Lockheed 5 1/2" servo, not to be confused with the mk2 PBR booster when looking for ease of reconditioning or cost. They're chalk and cheese.

J and L Spares Ltd sell everything you need to rebuild it, or will do it for you. http://www.jlspares.com/sealkits1.htm
If you don't know what you are doing, don't go pulling it apart with gay abandon until you know what is expensive and what is cheap.

For one, take apart the bell carefully as the diaphragm may be perfectly OK to reuse, don't tear it as they are expensive.

Two, take apart the air check valve carefully as well for the above reasons, these are very expensive as they are a little more than just a diaphragm, they have a swaged in machined part which is a little out of the ordinary.

Three, the chrome rod which is attached to the large diaphragm is hard chromed, and is prone to having the chrome corrode away where it goes through into the body of the booster. If it does and is returned to use like this, it will chip away at the seal it passes through and cause the booster to leak.

Three points to check, and for the rest it is actually reasonably easy (believe it or not) as long as it isn't rusted into a blob.

The three critical parts I mentioned above are all available from J&L for £25, 40 and 20 respectively if you need to replace any or all. If you have taken the unit apart carefully and just need the bare seals for the actual cylinder only, then it's a very cheap proposition at £22.50 and maybe the chrome rod as well for an extra 20.


So, if the booster is in good condition, simply requiring a set of inner seals, and perhaps a chrome rod and a hone then:

22.50 + 20 = £42.50 = AU$70
plus a hone (60??) = AU$130
= AU$Not too bad...

All you need to do then is decide if you want to pull it apart yourself, or have someone do it for you. I would give it to a brake place with the provided spares (you have bought yourself) after ascertaining the condition of the air valve and the diaphragm if I were you, so add an hour's labour for that.

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You can still buy new Lockheed style ones, now made by Bendix? or Bosch. The cylinder has `Bosch' cast into it. These are aftermarket parts made for Alfa Romeos.
There was a thread and a pic of one on MiniMania this week, but it looks like Don has pulled it.. :evil:

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Here's the thread- http://www.minimania.com/web/threadid/1 ... thread.cfm

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