refill dampers / Shock absorbers

[carlosramalho]

Dears All,
Yesterday i tried to drain the oil from the dampers, but that has not easy as I expected. I have unscrewed the lower nut and the top nut but nothing or very few oil dropped from the damper it was necessary to unscrew all top of the damper and with a rag clean the oil.
Are other way to do easier the job?
Thanks in advance for your advise, because I steal have 3 and half MM waiting for new oil in his dampers!
Cheers
Carlos

[bmcecosse]

Haha! I assume you mean 'dampers'....... Usually if you bounce the car up and down - the horrible old oil will run out once you have removed the lower valve assembly. It is of course possible that all the old oil ran away 20 years ago...... It's often necessary to run new fresh oil (SAE 30 or 40) through the dampers to flush out the old oil. Rear dampers are best worked with on the bench - not on the car.

[carlosramalho]

Dear Friend Roy,
Offcorse is damper and not dumpers!
and thanks for your advise,so tomorrow I will do as your advise.
Thanks
Carlos