In reply to a message from Ford Prefect sent Sat 28 Feb 2004:
I was going to make the same point as Stewart. Checking back in the
archives it would appear that the GM / '93 Buick Reatta / AC-
direct.com part 25528382 is a straight replacement for the
accumulator ball (JLM 1907?) on the Teves equipped cars from '90
onwards.
That begs the question - has anyone found a cheap(er) straight
replacement for the non-Teves pre-'90 accumulator spheres (JLM
10546?)? There was some discussion on these lists about
substituting a BMW sphere but two things are against that IIRC. One
is that the BMW item has an M18 x 1.5 thread whereas the Jag sphere
has an M16 x 1.5 thread. The other is that the BMW sphere for use
with mineral oil (e.g. HSMO) part number 34 33 1 162 055 costs just
about as much as the Jag version - and you still have to convert
the thread on the accumulator base (JLM 10779?) to M18. I believe
the BMW sphere for use with ATF - same part number but with a 054
suffix - is much cheaper but I guess should not be used in an HSMO
system?–
The original message included these comments:
The 1990 car has a totally different ABS system to the earlier '86-89 car,
the ABS sphere is also different. I suspect the 90 onwards part is the part
being spoken of however
–
Bryan N ('91 Sovereign 4.0 L)
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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