X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:06:29 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-pb0-f53.google.com ([209.85.160.53] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.7) with ESMTPS id 6569129 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:46:49 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.160.53; envelope-from=pjdmiller@gmail.com Received: by mail-pb0-f53.google.com with SMTP id up7so251851pbc.12 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:46:14 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.67.30.164 with SMTP id kf4mr1841135pad.13.1383072373778; Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:46:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.1.108] (S010620aa4b008706.cg.shawcable.net. [174.0.112.194]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id xv2sm36428751pbb.39.2013.10.29.11.46.12 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:46:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Miller Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_B7EF3457-5760-4FC6-B51F-925E98656FE4" X-Original-Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) Subject: Re: [LML] Hydraulic Fluid for Legacy RG Oleos X-Original-Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:46:09 -0600 References: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) --Apple-Mail=_B7EF3457-5760-4FC6-B51F-925E98656FE4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I did some research on this a while back. Most unmodified struts = suggest Fork oil SAE30 weight. Here is a website that talks about the = viscosities and agents in fork versus motor oil and pretty much says go = with a hydraulic oil to save a few dollars versus branded "fork" oils. = Lots of other summaries of fork oil viscosities are available with a = search. =20 http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/suspensn/fs110.htm Further, I have a set of Ong's pucks that replace the valves in the = Legacy strut but not yet installed. Ong says with the old struts use = SAE30 fork oil, the new pucks can use 5606 fluid so they must have a = modified flow system. Paul=20 Calgary (just watched Searching for Sugarman) On 2013-10-29, at 9:43 AM, Ross Leighton wrote: Hi=20 Does anyone know what kind of oil is required for the oleos of a Legacy = RG? I need to top up my right leg. Thanks Ross Leighton Legacy #309 Cape Town, South Africa --Apple-Mail=_B7EF3457-5760-4FC6-B51F-925E98656FE4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii I did = some research on this a while back.  Most unmodified struts suggest = Fork oil SAE30 weight.   Here is a website that talks about the = viscosities and agents in fork versus motor oil and pretty much says go = with a hydraulic oil to save a few dollars versus branded "fork" oils. =  Lots of other summaries of fork oil viscosities are available with = a search.  


Further, I have a = set of Ong's pucks that replace the valves in the Legacy strut but not = yet installed.  Ong says with the old struts use SAE30 fork oil, = the new pucks can use 5606 fluid so they must have a modified flow = system.

Paul 
Calgary (just = watched Searching for = Sugarman)


On 2013-10-29, at 9:43 = AM, Ross Leighton <rossl@mweb.co.za> = wrote:

Hydraulic Fluid for Legacy RG Oleos
Hi

Does anyone know what kind of oil is required for the oleos of a Legacy = RG? I need to top up my right leg.

Thanks

Ross Leighton
Legacy #309
Cape Town, South Africa


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