03-10-2017, 07:58 PM
(01-10-2017, 11:12 AM)Steve Berg Wrote: Hello ThomasHello Steve
No, I'm afraid I don't know an Austin specialist in Switzerland. British Intercars in Täuffelen, BE, have a certain amount of experience with Austin sevens but I have the impression that they are more oriented towards MGs, Jaguars, Triumphs etc. There are more of these cars on the Swiss roads than Austin Sevens. They have been very helpful when I had a problem with my MG-TD. I have usually done the work on my Nippy myself except for specialist engineering which was done in England. The 750 Club book "Austin Seven Companion" and its previous versions have always been a great help. Austin Seven friends on this forum and elsewhere are always a huge help :-)
I support the advice by Austin in the Shed about the Bosch distributor. On the advice of Nick Salmon in 2012 I modified the Bosch distributor on my Nippy slightly, putting a piece of neoprene tubing over the peg that limits the amount of automatic advance. See http://www.austin7.org/Technical%20Artic...0Set%20up/. When driving back from the UK in 2012 I had a problem with the engine overheating while driving steadily at about 80 kph. Was this due to the advanced ignition or the quality of French petrol? The engine no longer overheats after modifying the distributor and using Swiss petrol, even rushing up mountain passes in 3rd gear.
Best wishes
Steve
thanks for the answer.
normally I repair small things myself. prewar cars are just special.
now I'm happy that my Seven drives well and still makes fun.
I read the report about the Bosch distributor, but now I trust my coilconversion.
(I reed in my documents, it was installed by don rawson)
Regards Thomas