20-05-2021, 10:04 AM
Lost shoe leather!
After dosing the radiator with RadWeld, I took the Top Hat out on the road for the first time in nearly 90 years early on Sunday morning, and after putting in about 10 miles, the engine started spluttering and missing. It finally ground to a halt at the Rec in our village and wouldn’t start again. Had to walk home and recover the car with the van. Took the magneto apart (again), substituting the original coil for one which had been rewound at some stage in the past.
I also took the opportunity to rebuild the carburettor (Zenith 22FZ) which was full of “mud” and corrosion. Ran the engine in the drive for a bit, all appeared OK
Set off again yesterday evening, made it to the next village (3 miles), engine cut out. Managed to get it restarted, bolted for home, got as far as the Rec and it failed completely again. Another mile to walk. Got the car back home with the van, stripped the magneto for a third time. There could only be one culprit…….
And here it is!
DSC_1082s.JPG (Size: 52.4 KB / Downloads: 527)
Fortunately SR4 spares are readily available, so I used a spare I had to hand and ordered another via eBay. It was late and almost dark by the time I could test it on the road again last night but the engine starts readily and pulls much more smoothly.
One condenser, lots of shoe leather lost!
After dosing the radiator with RadWeld, I took the Top Hat out on the road for the first time in nearly 90 years early on Sunday morning, and after putting in about 10 miles, the engine started spluttering and missing. It finally ground to a halt at the Rec in our village and wouldn’t start again. Had to walk home and recover the car with the van. Took the magneto apart (again), substituting the original coil for one which had been rewound at some stage in the past.
I also took the opportunity to rebuild the carburettor (Zenith 22FZ) which was full of “mud” and corrosion. Ran the engine in the drive for a bit, all appeared OK
Set off again yesterday evening, made it to the next village (3 miles), engine cut out. Managed to get it restarted, bolted for home, got as far as the Rec and it failed completely again. Another mile to walk. Got the car back home with the van, stripped the magneto for a third time. There could only be one culprit…….
And here it is!
DSC_1082s.JPG (Size: 52.4 KB / Downloads: 527)
Fortunately SR4 spares are readily available, so I used a spare I had to hand and ordered another via eBay. It was late and almost dark by the time I could test it on the road again last night but the engine starts readily and pulls much more smoothly.
One condenser, lots of shoe leather lost!