Lockheed Servo in a P5

[Gordon Harrower]

I know this has been discussed before, but I haven't been able to find specific information about installation. I have a 1963 LHD P5 Saloon with the old Girling servo. Even after rebuilding the servo leaks internally, so I'd like to put in a Lockheed servo from a TC.

My question is simply how to do this. On my car the area in question (under the intake manifold, carb, accelerator linkage) is pretty cramped. The TC servo mounts from the back, the P5 one from the side, meaning, presumably, that I'd have to build a bracket. If anyone has done this and is willing to send a picture or at least a description of how they did it, I'd be grateful.

Thanks, Gordon.

[Phil Nottingham]

I have done this - a very simple bracket is needed and the servo is mounted under the manifold (you must unbolt it to access it) and there is just enough room to mount it so its end is jsut pointing up so as not to trap air.

It is no less cramped than the Girling servo and is more efficient and reliable Note air valve filter and cover is not fitted in photo



After cleaning/tidying up

[Gordon Harrower]

Phil,

That is very helpful--thanks. You seem to have made a strap of sorts to attach the front of the servo to the existing bracket. It's difficult to see in the pictures--did you attach the back of the servo to anything?

Gordon.

[Phil Nottingham]

Corrects about the straps - the front one is a a standard Lockheed mounting the side one is now just a flat steel strip. The rear servo mounting studs are fastened to the back of the big bracket by 3 x 5/16th nuts

[Gordon Harrower]

Okay, thanks. I realized, looking closely at the pictures, that because my car is left-hand-drive, the brackets and surrounding components are a little different. Nonetheless, your pictures and explanation are a great help.

[Ken Nelson]

I have a LHD P5 3 liter and did the exact same modification Phil describes and it works great. Phil's pictures are very good, and impossible to get without removing the intake manifold I'm sure. Ken

[Gordon Harrower]

It took a while, but I finally got around to installing the Lockheed servo on my P5. Here's one picture, another to follow. A friend with metal-shop experience helped me, so what we did was weld a bolt on a piece of angle iron, clamp that to the barrel of the servo, and bolt it to the existing servo bracket.

We then made a bar to extend from one of the bolt on the back of the servo to an unused bracket on the inner wing. (My car is LHD). We didn't have to take out the inlet manifold, thankfully.

I rerouted and attached the pipes after the photos were taken.

Thanks for all advice.

Gordon.

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[Gordon Harrower]

Second servo picture.

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[Ken Nelson]

Hi Peter. Your servo mount looks quite sturdy and an excellent job. You have mounted yours on the side instead of upright as Phil and I did. Your air vent then is pointing to the side, where mine points up.I imagine it doesn't make any difference about the orientation?

Ken

[Phil Nottingham]

No it makes no difference but the end of the servo must point upwards even if only a degree otherwise it will not be possible to bleed all the air from the hyraulic passiges and lines