oil leak on outer front wheel

**JDNSW** · 18th September 2005, 05:47 AM

Originally posted by barney
probably more moisture in the air.
(snip)

Probably less UV, I think.
On that subject, Some years ago I had to replace the lenses on the blinker repeaters because they had faded and cracked. The replacements I got came off an Austin 1800 that had been derelict and sitting in the sun for thirty years or more. They were unfaded and uncracked. It seems that the durability of the plastic used in some (Lucas) parts decreased between the 1960s and the 1980s.

**barney** · 18th September 2005, 09:49 PM

i had to do the same thing with my blinker lenses. the top faded to white.
if you take them off and turn them upside down, you get a few more years out of them.
but if you really want to replace them, they are less than $10 each depending where and how you get them.

**JDNSW** · 19th September 2005, 05:09 AM

Yes, but they don't last any better than the originals - unlike the ones forty years old!

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