Graham A couple pages with shock oil for sale. I am sure there are some nearer to you.
Just don't go too heavy. You want a constant viscosity fluid. In my old Brit car lever shock days thicker oil was often used to tune the shock but often they would suddenly stop working. Probably due to internal damage from the heavier oil For how much oil you can find that out when you drain the other shock and measure it. If you do one you should do the other. https://www.amsoil.com/msds/stl.pdf http://www.summitracing.com/search?keyword=Shock%20oil Sent from my iPad > On Mar 8, 2014, at 7:41 PM, [email protected] (alfa-digest) wrote: > > > alfa-digest Sunday, March 9 2014 Volume 10 : Number 2726 > > > > Forum for Discussion of Alfa Romeos, etc. > Richard Welty <[email protected]> > Digest Coordinator > > Contents: > > [alfa] administrivia: Powell's Books > [alfa] ALFA DIGEST - Koni shock oil query > > Alfa Digest Home Page: > > http://www.digest.net/alfa/ > > Send submissions to [email protected] > > Send administrative requests to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of > the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address > than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a > message to alfa-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo > commands. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 07:30:01 +0000 > From: Richard Welty <[email protected]> > Subject: [alfa] administrivia: Powell's Books > > Other ways to support the digest > > Richard's Amazon wishlist: > http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/30PQXKZQN9GWX/ref=cm_wl_rlist_go > (there is more than one list on amazon, see the menu on the left). > > Powell's Books affiliate: > Krusty Motorsports (parent of digest.net) is affiliated with > Powell's Books, a highly regarded bookstore in the Pacific Northwest. > Use this link to access Powells and buy books, and it'll help: > > http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=25667 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 13:39:25 +1300 > From: Graham&Joan Hilder <[email protected]> > Subject: [alfa] ALFA DIGEST - Koni shock oil query > > G'day from NZ, > > Here's a query, probably for the racers and builders and tuners amongst the > group...... it's about oil for refilling Koni Adjustable front strut > inserts, as used on AlfaSud cars (not sold in the USA, I realise, but the > same principles might apply to others....). These inserts are a > self-contained sealed type, i.e. a tube with the telescopic chrome shaft > protruding from one end and a screw-on oil-filler cap at the other end. The > whole thing slips into your front strut tube on the car. > > Anyway, an insert on one of my Suds started losing its oil recently, as the > cap had come loose and the oil started to pump out. > I need to empty it all out and refill it with fresh oil, but don't know what > to use, and how much. Koni info seems to be a state secret and I can't find > out any official info. Some writers on other car-groups suggest motorcycle > fork oil, about 5 or 7.5 weight, but I've found nothing definite. > > Any ideas please? > Many thanks, > Graham Hilder, NZ > ('82 Alfasud x3, '71 1750 GTV, '99 Alfa 156). > http://www.avast.com > > ------------------------------ > > End of alfa-digest V10 #2726 > **************************** -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
