The following warnings occurred:
Warning [2] Undefined property: MyLanguage::$archive_pages - Line: 2 - File: printthread.php(287) : eval()'d code PHP 8.1.28 (Linux)
File Line Function
/inc/class_error.php 153 errorHandler->error
/printthread.php(287) : eval()'d code 2 errorHandler->error_callback
/printthread.php 287 eval
/printthread.php 117 printthread_multipage



Austinsevenfriends
What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Printable Version

+- Austinsevenfriends (https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum)
+-- Forum: Austin Seven Friends Forum (https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Forum chat... (https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=14)
+--- Thread: What have you done today with your Austin Seven (/showthread.php?tid=1921)

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - andrew34ruby - 27-01-2022

(26-01-2022, 07:50 PM)Bob Culver Wrote: Intrigued by the stone walls. Had a few in some places here but smooth river stones, not so stackable.. Most now been sold for crushing for concrete.

That type of dry stone wall is extremely common in Yorkshire and in many other counties.

   

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Hedd_Jones - 27-01-2022

I'm a bit behind all this 'today'. But over the last few weeks I have put the 15years ago chance e-bay engine in the RP after. I couldn't get all the muck out of the H/C head so went with a good low comp head after all. With some fiddling got it to run half decent and went for a drive.

Clutch was a bit high but worked ok. No smoke, pulls well. Oil seemed to stay were it was supposed to, same with the petrol and water. Splendid.

Gave it half an hour and went to fetch some chips, and like a switch the clutch stopped working, well nearly stopped working as it went from fine, to barely catching in one gearchange. I managed to get it home barely. Thankfully I didn't need to stop.

I do not believe its getting any spring force on the plate. I did the roller mod as recommended on here, and I wonder if one has jammed something up. whilst the clutch linings are not new, they were certainly not worn out, nor actually was there much slop in anything, just the levers were too far in before adding the rollers.

So the swine will have to come out again. Hey ho. Life would be boring if there was nothing to do. I'm just glad I didn't put the floor back together

https://www.facebook.com/1069529276/videos/pcb.10224884101424360/470376854689681

[Image: 269665089_10224884098344283_897379049899...e=61F894DA]

[Image: 272092280_10224884098824295_859476833518...e=61F899E6]

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - jpsmit - 28-01-2022

(27-01-2022, 04:44 PM)Hedd_Jones Wrote: I'm a bit behind all this 'today'. But over the last few weeks I have put the 15years ago chance e-bay engine in the RP after. I couldn't get all the muck out of the H/C head so went with a good low comp head after all. With some fiddling got it to run half decent and went for a drive.

Clutch was a bit high but worked ok. No smoke, pulls well. Oil seemed to stay were it was supposed to, same with the petrol and water. Splendid.

Gave it half an hour and went to fetch some chips, and like a switch the clutch stopped working, well nearly stopped working as it went from fine, to barely catching in one gearchange. I managed to get it home barely. Thankfully I didn't need to stop.

I do not believe its getting any spring force on the plate. I did the roller mod as recommended on here, and I wonder if one has jammed something up. whilst the clutch linings are not new, they were certainly not worn out, nor actually was there much slop in anything, just the levers were too far in before adding the rollers.

So the swine will have to come out again. Hey ho. Life would be boring if there was nothing to do. I'm just glad I didn't put the floor back together

https://www.facebook.com/1069529276/videos/pcb.10224884101424360/470376854689681

[Image: 269665089_10224884098344283_897379049899...e=61F894DA]

[Image: 272092280_10224884098824295_859476833518...e=61F899E6]

so very clean engine and bay

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Malcolm Parker - 28-01-2022

Just as it should be.

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Andy Bennett - 28-01-2022

Twin 'air horns'
Very 1970s or the ultimate in redundancy

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Hedd_Jones - 28-01-2022

The car was last restored 32years ago, its only been here 5, Father kept it very nice. But I agree with Malcolm

The engine bay got a swill off with some white spirit before that engine went in. The engine got tarted up also, scotchbright and diesel on the ali, paint for the iron. Some red on the fan. I do not expect the paint on the manifold to last. I also 'blacked up' the Bosch clone dizzy, it had got decidedly tatty. 

I did smarten up some of the wiring with shrinkwrap also. But really its more or less as restored in 1990.

I have had some excellent advice re my clutch issue, suggesting the clutch bearing may be binding on the gearbox nose and thus not releasing the toggles. I shall investigate this before taking it out. One can live in hope!

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Steve Jones - 28-01-2022

(28-01-2022, 02:22 PM)Hedd_Jones Wrote: I have had some excellent advice re my clutch issue, suggesting the clutch bearing may be binding on the gearbox nose and thus not releasing the toggles. I shall investigate this before taking it out. One can live in hope!

Happens a lot, particularly with trials cars, Hedd. Lubricate the release bearing via the funnel lubricator (and, therefore, hopefully, the gearbox nose if the hole in the release bearing housing that leads the oil to the gearbox nose is clear) and work the clutch. If that is the problem, usually solves it.

Steve

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Steve kay - 28-01-2022

Hedd, have you got a very large truck with buffalo horns visible in the cab?

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Hedd_Jones - 28-01-2022

LoL no, only a 16year old Beetle

Father fitted the Klaxette to accompany the Rist. 

My grandfather made the rather blingy stainless trumpet on the Rist. Im assuming probably because British Aerospace had it in stock.

Having tried both, the Rist is by far the superior horn for frightening cyclists.

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Steve kay - 28-01-2022

Probably just as well that I didn't wave too vigorously at the driver of the truck with "Hedd Jones" on the cabside near  Caersws this morning, though as I wasn't in a Seven even you would not have known what the greeting was.