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Location: northern germany | Looks like my steering box developed the first leak in 61 years. Not a big leak, it doesn't drop oil on the floor, but I would like to fix it. Does someone know where to get the proper 0-rings? 2 small and a big one. I drive my car 12 month a year so I got to have them at hand, for a quick repair. |
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | RockAuto has the kits Sid.
That said, I bought an assortment of green viton o- rings, inch sizes and I found the suitible ones there.
I've notised that the Gates kits have o-rings that barely make a seal and needle bearings with half the amount of rollers as the oem ones. |
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Location: northern germany | Thanks for the info Sven, but at Rockauto I can find only a complete seal kit from "Sungsong".... |
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Here Sid https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/chrysler,1958,saratoga,5.8l+354c...
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Location: northern germany | Thanks! These didn't show up under 60 Dodge Dart/Steering, which randomly picked, knowing it is the same as 60 Plymouth. I hope they are the same! |
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | I have renovated 4 steering gears Sid, '59 and '60 and they're all the same. If there are some differences on the '58, then it's the valve, but I do think the housing and the o-rings are the same. |
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Location: northern germany | Turned out to be only the neck hsg O-rings, not the valve hsg, so no adjustments afterwards. I thought it is a gasket but there are O-rings too. 7mm id x 2mm and 16mm id x 2mm (which actually measured more like 16.7x2) worked. So a few cents and a few minutes for the 1rst ever repair for a 61+ y.o. ps box did it. Got to love these cars.
I remember our 2000 Opel family car that was still running like new after 140K miles and 9 years but the faulty, intermittent ps system was its doom, too expensive to repair....
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Location: Alaska | i had a 72 Opel 1900 ( same as Manta ) before they started making them in Japan. Loved that car but a little small for the family, ex wife got it. |
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Location: northern germany | 58coupe - 2021-01-24 12:08 PM
i had a 72 Opel 1900 ( same as Manta ) before they started making them in Japan. Loved that car but a little small for the family, ex wife got it.
Yes, nice, but I never understood why Americans bought or drove German cars, with all that Detroit glory around |
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