Squire's voitures

[mercrocker]

Looks like quite a universal part for some of your fleet, Squire.....

[Hooli]

Reminds me, I've got some brake shoes for a Minor A35 etc. Can't remember why I got them decades ago now. Either the Metro or Midget, probably the latter.

[SiC]

I've got a feeling that the seal isn't supposed to go all the way to the bottom. When I pulled mine it certainly wasn't and I think I remember reading that is correct.

This was the original. The steel carrier for the seal was left in place after pulling the seal out. But you can see the gap below.

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I appear to not put the replacement in bottomed out either.

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I don't know if it matters or not though.

[fried onions]

Yes of course it matters. The seal should be pressed in as far as it will go. How else would it seal?

[Eddie Honda]

Doesn't need to be in all the way to seal.

Because it seals with the sealing lip on the inner circumference running against the shaft.

It would normally be bottomed out to ensure squareness, but if the shaft was grooved, then the seal would be sat further out so it would seal against an unworn portion of the shaft.

[SiC]

Having squared up on the outside as I did means it sealed up against the race. Mine wasn't leaking and had no signs of leaking. I was changing the graunchy race and made sense to change the seal while I was there.
On that basis, I copied how it was fitted originally.

[Eddie Honda]

https://board.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php ... 5e#p540827

[angrydicky]

Never done it on a Minor, but I’ve just done this job on my A40 Somerset and the setup looks very similar.
Get yourself one of these. Made removing the oil seal a doddle.

[DodgeRover]

Or put a couple of self tapers into the seal and pull out with a claw hammer.

[fried onions]

It does need to go in all the way otherwise how would it be an even fit. If it wasn’t fully home the bearing when pressed in would catch it. Also there is oil all around it for the bearing which would otherwise leak if it had only half the sealing. It’s leak-free now in any case.

I had to be ready for the rally which meant tackling the head gasket. This I knew to be faulty because oil was mixing with the water and vice versa, the engine could be gluggy and the cooling system being over-pressurised blew the water pump. Should have done it ages ago but this engine will soon be coming out for replacement. So I spent Saturday afternoon sorting it out. As soon as I removed the head I could see the fault.

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No. 4 suffering water ingress due to defective gasket. An odd mark and I believe someone must have fitted this bad gasket.

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So I cleaned everything up. The head and block were fine.
It keeps throwing up surprises, this car. I was amazed to see the deep-dished pistons of a low compression engine! I never had any reason to think it was low comp because it goes like a rocket.

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Then fitted one of my good secondhand gaskets, smeared with grease as it was pre-used.

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Put it all back together, torqued the head down and fired it straight up as good as old. Got to love an A Series engine. Simple, hardy little buggers which just keep going and going. Had it all done in about 5 hours.