Re: SER1 Lake Payne Engineering Workshop

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Don't worry Diana I've done exactly the same thing too;-)

My 1953 80" came with a series 2 box on a crudely made adaptor. I've  
swapped it for a cast iron 80" box since it seemed silly to put on an  
alloy one in the knowledge that it would probably crack (even assuming  
I could find a good one)

Jon

On 11 Jan 2005, at 01:15, Diana Alan wrote:

> G'Day Philip
>
> I must agree with Allan about the cast iron, not because I have seen  
> lots of
> 80" but in my own 1951 vehicle the original box had been replaced with  
> a
> series 2 box, presumably because the alloy box had failed.  Luckily I  
> had a
> cast iron steering box sitting on my 1950 rolling chassis which is now  
> going
> into my project.
>
> Don't tell anyone because they'll think it isn't original.
>
> Diana
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip & Gillian Avery" <pavery@xxxx.xx.xx>
> To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 11:23 AM
> Subject: Re: SER1 Lake Payne Engineering Workshop
>
>
> Hi Alan & Diana
>
> I can add a little more to this discussion on steering box nuts. ...
>
> ... This happened in a difficult off-road section, and would
> likely only occur in such a situation.
>
> Early 80" boxes are made of bronze and not alloy, and appear not to  
> crack.
> It pays to keep an eye for these early bronze boxes, I've seen several
> amongst piles of used SI boxes at various L/R dismantlers over the  
> years.
>
> Philip Avery
> NZ
>
>
>
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