DickieG wrote:
I believe the earliest RP number is 6636, 9th January 1995.
Ahh

So mine's a mere youngster then
It's been another good, productive day today. I started off by opening all windows, sunroof and tailgate to air the car out in the beautiful sunshine today. She is damp

Looks like the interior will have to come out soon. Still, been there and done that job many times now...
Then it was a look at the front ram. The good news is that it's leaking from the leakage return collar and not from the ram proper
I then looked at the roll corrector mechanism and found it seized solid and a leaky roll corrector hydraulic valve (looks like a height corrector on its side). I think the ram and corrector leaks coupled with a seized mechanism may well be connected and the cause, along with flat spheres, a contributory factor in weeping rams. More on this can be found toward the end of
this thread.
I then removed, with care, the whole of the Activa roll corrector mechanism, including the rods. All bolts were well tight but they cam out Ok after a drench in Plus-Gas. The rods have to be disconnected from the corrector mechanism before it can be removed and this entails undoing the bottle screws that adjust the rod lengths. One side of each bottle has a left-hand thread. I found a normal open-ender on the bottle locknuts was not really up to the job but a 13mm flare nut spanner is the perfect tool.
The link rods and blocks are in good enough condition to be re-used
Here's the roll corrector mechanism:
Last job for today was to swap the main accumulator. It was very,very tight and access in the Activa is not wonderful.
Pleased to report the score was:
Pleiades Tool and Club Hammer: 1, Tight Sphere: 0
The roll corrector mechanism is currently having a bath in Plus-Gas....
I am having fun
