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RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Chris Garner - 24-08-2020
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - bob46320 - 24-08-2020
A34 - I suppose that is what overflows are for although I thought it was actually an air vent to let air in as the fuel was consumed.
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Steve kay - 24-08-2020
Seems to have been petrol spill day. I always put the ignition back on and concentrate on reading the fuel guage, stopping the pump in good time to keep below the breather/spill pipe. In the process of 230 miles including some tour recce, this afternoon stopped for petrol at Much Wenlock. A delightful lady came to speak to me, but instead of just ignoring her or saying, hang on a minute till I've filled the tank, I allowed myself to be distracted from guage watching long enough to allow spillage to appear from beneath the Ruby. Far from being told off, the lass at the till thanked us very much for spreading sand over the spill, saying most drivers just ignore it and drive off. Moral, no matter how delightful the person who wants to tell you about grandfather's Seven, just concentrate on the task in hand.
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - squeak - 25-08-2020
My ruby always used to pour petrol out that breather until a little air would break the siphon. Cure was to bend the pipe sideways to the horizontal and add a length of copper pipe to it using a rubber sleeve. I took the copper pipe up behind the back seat and back down again to the level of the tank bottom. No more spills, happy day.
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - David.H - 25-08-2020
Same trick used on Rally cars, certainly in the 60/70s......not bending the filler pipe though!
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - squeak - 25-08-2020
David I thought I was clear, I bent the Breather pipe and added to it. The soft solder on top of the tank held firm and allowed the bending.
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Hugh Barnes - 25-08-2020
When wanting to brim the tank on the Cabriolet (such as on lengthy journeys) I always use the sign of fuel coming from the overflow as to indicate the tank is full. The trigger on the fuel pump never fires. The trick is to stop asap so as to limit the amout of overflow..
Am I doing a bad thing?
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Ivor Hawkins - 25-08-2020
On the box saloon, I just look down the filler pipe and as soon as I see the petrol approaching the fuel nozzle, that’s it...enough to get me to Cornwall.
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Hugh Barnes - 25-08-2020
Ah, but you can't do that with the Ruby version...
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - JonE - 25-08-2020
On same subject, I've been trying to work out what this addition to an early fuel tank does? Is it for fuel pressurising, or some form of measuring system? The filler cap is simple 1929ish bayonet with an air hole in the top. The outlet is in the conventional place at the bottom front edge of the tank.