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[Dollywobbler]

Hi folks

Wonder if you can help clear some confusion. I've just purchased a delightful Westminster, but the excellent handbook suggests that all grease points should be filled with 140W oil, whereas other have said that actual grease should be used. As I already have a 2CV, I have a grease gun loaded with grease but what should I be using on the Westy?

Cheers

Ian

[Richard H]

Welcome to the site Ian. Let's see some pictures then!

I am not sure about Westminsters, but most BMC cars of the time used grease in the nipples. My A35's certainly do.
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1952 Austin A90 Atlantic
1958 Austin A35
1959 Austin A35
1958 Austin A55 Cambridge MK1

[Phil - Nottingham]

A lot of cars did use grease but equally quite a few MUST use thick oil like SAE140 as the passages are too narrow for grease to flow through properly

So check with other Westminster owners
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Phil

[Nic Jarman]

The Talbot does not like grease being used so I mix some EP90 with grease and that seems to work OK. The Morris likes it too. With the thinner lube the chassis etc should be looked at every 500 miles.
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1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
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