ARRRGGGHH, who stocks this stuff!!!!!

[Phoenix]

I'm trying to get some penrite semi fluid grease or a similar semi fluid grease, but I can't find anyone who sells it, does anybody know of anyone who sells it???

[Knight]

Ok done some 'sussing out' for you

PENRITE : VETERAN VINTAGE & CLASSIC

Semi Fluid Grease

NLG1 00 semi fluid grease. Ideal for veteran car transmissions and for veteran and vintage motorcycle gearboxes such as the Burman.

<span style="color:red">Call a guy by the name of: David Gray - he is the (son of Merv) the Penrite Agent for TAS on: (03) 6326 5137</span>
He has a couple in stock himself and knows of other stockists in TAS for you!

Hope this helps you!

Cheers
Knight :wink:

[Phoenix]

I just got the same information from penrite. (How did you get it so fast 8O )

Ironically, merv gray is a 1 minute walk from my place, i'm going in on saturday to get some.

Don't you hate it when the answer is on your front step :oops:

[Defender200Tdi]

Hmmm...NLGI 00 grease. :idea: So that would be the same spec as Landrovers "One Shot" grease for swivels. I'd be interested to hear what sort of price the Penrite stuff goes for if you can get it Pheonix. I pay about $24 for the (350ml) tube of the genuine stuff from my parts man.


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[Phoenix]

WOAH!!!!!

I've already called, $8 for 500ml, a bit better in price I would say, and I've been pretty impressed with the penrite products that I have used so far.

It is for the swivels in Grover as well incidentally.

[Knight]

Must have been you that had just called before i did!
(He had said a guy had just called him about the same product!)

Glad i could be of help to you then!

Good luck with it!
Knight

(freaky i think 8O !)

[Phoenix]

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[Defender200Tdi]

Woah indeed! 8O I think I'll have to try and track some down here in Adelaide. Problem is, Penrite stuff is a bit thin on the ground here. I use their Light Diesel oil, but the other products are hard to find.


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[Phoenix]

Knight seems to have a bead on who has what where, but if you send pentire an e-mail (or use the feedback form on their webpage), you should ge a reasonably swift response.

[Knight]

Hey,

This is the phone number i called - they were fast and helpful!

GOOD LUCK!

Penrite Oil Company Pty Ltd
88 Lewis Road. Wantirna.

Victoria 3152 Australia

Tel: 1300 736 748, Fax 1800 736 748

Tel: 61 3 98010877

and Phoenix - you're to kind! :wink:

Knight

[Defender200Tdi]

Thanks Phoenix & Knight, I'll follow them up.


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[LandyAndy]

Hi Phoenix
Goodluck getting it in your swivels!!!!!!! Did mine on sunday.You need to heat the bottles up in boiling water for quite some time to get it to flow better,put it in a plastic tomatoe sauce bottle with a plastic nozzle,worth buying one if you havent got one.Cut the nozzle off so it fits in the filler hole and squeeze it in.You need 3 bottles,600ml for each swivel,use the leftovers in your steering box,fixes that little leaky spot as well!!!!
Andrew

[LandyAndy]

Hi Phoenix
Goodluck getting it in your swivels!!!!!!! Did mine on sunday.You need to heat the bottles up in boiling water for quite some time to get it to flow better,put it in a plastic tomatoe sauce bottle with a plastic nozzle,worth buying one if you havent got one.Cut the nozzle off so it fits in the filler hole and squeeze it in.You need 3 bottles,600ml for each swivel,use the leftovers in your steering box,fixes that little leaky spot as well!!!!
Andrew

[harry]

8) well well, isn't this freaky,
i just ordered the grease satchet's of land rover swivel joint grease from british motor imports [$24.25 ea.] and should have them in my hand today.
i went for genuine as i couldn't find an exact alternative product, and because i am having wheel shimmy problems on cornering and thought the genuine product may have some effect on what is in it now.
8) harry

[Phoenix]

G'day Landy andy.

I'll take that on board, but just quietly, aren't the swivels 500 ml ????

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[Defender200Tdi]

I'll second LandyAndy's advice about heating the grease in hot water. The genuine stuff comes in a sachet with a small point on it that you cut the tip off to make a nozzle. Just heat the whole sachet (before you open it) :roll: in hot water for a few minutes, then cut only a small amount off the tip. You really want to leave the nozzle part as long as possible so that it can get well into the swivel housing.

Also, if possible, park the vehicle on as steep a slope as you can find, nose high. This helps the grease to flow away from the fill point so that it doesn't back up and spew out the hole you're trying to fill it through.

Defenders, Discos & Rangies by the way (anything with CV's in the swivels) take 350ml each side which is exactlty one sachet of the genuine stuff. That makes it nice and convenient, but compared to the price of the Penrite gear...sheesh! 8O

What sort of container does the Penrite grease come in?

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[Phoenix]

Don't know what sort of containers that they come in (something convenient I hope, but on your point of filling, I expect that I will be of the reverse angle, as I fill mine from the rear of the swive.

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I'll let you know what the containers are like on monday.

As for volume in the swivel, 1/2 a litre in a series 3 by the book

[LandyAndy]

Hi Guys
The Penrite stuff is in a 500ml bottle with a standard screwtop lid,hence the need for a tommy sauce bottle or similar.
I jacked the rear of mine up as high as possible,had 3 sleeper blocks under each back wheel.I didnt do any measuring just kept squeezing it in.The pommy manual I looked in said a pint per swivel.
Goodluck
Andrew

[Pedro_The_Swift]

ok, so now we have,
350ml
500ml
600ml
or a pint.

am i assuming all swivels would be identical, series,disco,rangie?

[Phoenix]

Ok, the workshop manual that I havs for the series 3 says

Swivel housing - 0.5 litres OR 1 pint (uk) OR 1.2 pints (US)

i'm guessing the the newwer units have a smaller capacity, or need less lubrication due to a different design.

[LandyAndy]

Hi Guys
Stage 1 Landies and Rangies etc have a CV joint instead of uni joints,so perhaps the CV is larger and displaces more volume??????
Andrew

[harry]

8) ok i got my new genuine satchets and

[harry]

8) woops sorry about that 'bloody invalid sessions!!!!!!'
i got my satchets and after driving about 40k's jacked the disco up and let the old stuff run out, had dinner and went back out, dripping had stopped, so i put the drain and level plugs in, snipped the top off the satchet and squeezed the new stuff in. it was a breeze, almost no spill,'cept i got a bit bored and slipped, woops.
i did leave the satchets on the bonnet for a while to warm up, but i don't think it was necessary as almost all of the stuff can be squeezed out, and the satchet is clear so you can see whats in it as you go.
we will find out tomorrow if that makes any difference to the shimmy problem.
next step will be new steering damper [to replace the new one i just fitted three weeks ago]
8) harry

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Harry, I can reccommend Bilstein steering dampers, had one nearly 5 years now,,
I like these set and forget things,,,, :wink:

[harry]

8) thanks pedro, i found your post too late, however i can report that new grease did nothing other than give me i nice feeling about having thr right stuff in it.
well this morning mr peddars gave me a nice big fat damper and that solved the problem, still got try it on the road that upsets it, but i think its gone, looks like mr munroe might get his one back.
8) harry