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MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES No. 188 June 9, 1960 TO ALL ROOTES GROUP DEALERS 1,000 MILE INSPECTIONS It has come to our attention that a number of transient Servicing Dealers are performing 1,000 Mile Inspections on Rootes Group owner vehicles. While this practice is encouraged to ensure owner’s satisfaction with the vehicle, we feel we must draw (more…)
LUBRICANTS No. 187 June 2, 1960 TO ALL ROOTES GROUP DEALERS Factory-Fill Break-In Lubricants A number of instances have come to our attention where owners have not returned to the selling Dealer at the first 500 mile interval to have the original factory-fill break-in lubricants drained and refilled with the proper viscosity replacement oils. Due (more…)
NUMBER:60-185Date June 1, 1960 GROUP: STEERING MODEL: SUNBEAM ALPINE TO ALL ROOTES GROUP DEALERS This may be caused by a defective hub oil seal or by a damaged `O’ ring seal (Part No. 9107088) on the conical seat of wire wheel type hubs. HUB OIL SEAL From Chassis No. B9006126 onwards a double lip oil (more…)
May 17, 1960 TO ALL ROOTES GROUP DEALERS AND WAREHOUSE LOCATIONS SERVICE ADVICE LETTER NO. 181 Water Leaks Sunbeam Alpine While investigating a number of complaints received here from Dealers and owners relative to water leaks in and around the windshield area we have found a number of instances where three (3) of the seven (more…)
May 10, 1960 TO ALL ROOTS GROUP DEALERS SERVICE ADVICE LETTER NO. 179 Humber Super Snipe Series I & II Sump Oil Leaks When investigating cases of oil leaks at the sump area the following points should be noted: Oil leakage can occur from a number of points above the sump face joint and may (more…)
March 15, 1960 TO ALL ROOTES GROUP DEALERS Hillman Minx With Easidrive Carburetor Settings SERVICE ADVICE LETTER NO. 165 It has come to the attention of our factory during certain tests, a few EASIDRIVE equipped cars have been found to show a slight hesitancy in pick-up after the Low-Intermediate gear change. A 105 compensator jet (more…)
STEERING FRONT SUSPENSION No. 186 June 2, 1960. TO ALL ROOTES GROUP DEALERS HUMBER SUPER SNIPE SERIES II P.T.F.E. Swivel Pin Thrust Washers A new type of thrust washer (Part No. 1203654) has been fitted to the swivel pin from Chassis No. Super Snipe II B8002774 onwards to give reduced steering effort. The name P.T.F.E. (more…)