Hi

I was just wondering if anyone knows the original size for the rivets that hold the handbrake bracket onto the chassis?

Thanks

Matthew

]George Mooney died suddenly yesterday. A long time member, past committee member of the Dorset Austin Seven Club who was one of our most active members. He would always jump in and help out at short notice. Will be sadly missed.

Hi All. the SWA7 Club has a large backlog of complete  Association Magazines.  From 1970 A- upto 1999 D. we need to dispose of them so open to any offers. As one lot. or by  the  year. Please pm me for more information. Thanks. Stuart

Hello everyone, my dad Erich and I are on the middle of an Ulster Rep rebuild, and we've run into an issue mounting the gearbox to the engine. 

With the gearbox fully seated, the clutch bearing in the gearbox is pressing down on the clutch arms just enough to cause it to slip, without depressing the clutch pedal. 

It seems like the release bearing we have won't fully seat onto the assembly, as there is a bit of a gap between the base of the assembly and the top of the bearing cage, even after hammering it on.    

This setup looks to be a later type clutch release, with our setup using a leaf spring instead of the coil spring to pull the bearing back.     

The clutch assembly is also a later type, with mousetrap springs and roller surfaces on the clutch arms, but no blind spline on the input shaft.     

Since we are using a 3 speed crash box with the later type release, which was made to work with 4 speed gearboxes, we were wondering if the distance between the release bearing and the clutch arms could be widened in some way to avoid pressing into the clutch. Any help would be appreciated!

Cheers

Ned Volkstorf

What is the weight of a bare RN/RP front mudguard? 

I need to have one couriered to me by Shipley.

Thanks

Just found a February 1933 Light Car cover. It makes an interesting contrast to the 1934 edition shown to the left. Presumably, the 1933 car will be an RN? If I manage to acquire the original—that looks to be in pretty poor condition—some work in Photoshop should restore it. Click the picture for a higher-resolution copy.

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Morning "oh knowledgable ones",

I'm re-doing the rooflining in the Ruby, (mk2)  I got a precut kit from a chap on ebay, which is pretty good - I'm not so good at the panel covering , but that my issue, 


I confidently covered all the pannels I have , but once i fitted the main section to the roof, i realised the rear quarter panels are wrong and way too small. I recall my dad saying he had no information on this when he and my mum did the linning 50 plus years ago, so they made some up..

anyway my question is does anyone here have details, dimension , drwaings of what these pannels should be please?

Thanks as always
Steve

Just before Christmas I took my block into have it bored from 20 thou to 30 thou as I needed to replace the pistons to get rid of the little end knock and I managed to get some new old stock 30 thou pistons.

I have spoken this morning to the engine reconditioned who tell me that the block hasn’t cleaned up at 30 thou - apparently the borer (as the engineer put it) didn’t touch the topic the bore.  He recommends. Either 40 thou pistons or another block that isn’t out to 30 thou already.

Has anyone got such a lock that they would be prepared to part with, or alternatively a set of decent 40 thou pistons?

Blatantly nicked from the internet (with due respect to the original author) and adapted to suit...


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I found an old A7 wheel in my shed.  It was bought as a spare but the rim was too corroded so I scrapped the rim and spokes, but the centre looks OK so if you need one let me know (I've no longer got an Austin). It's an Austin script centre - the script is well worn and barely legible; but the wheel stud holes and spoke holes look OK so may be useful to someone who wants to build a spare?  Free to anyone who can pick it up from Whaley Bridge in the Peak District..

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