What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[David Stepney]

David, that is because the spray blown off Bala Lake isn’t salty.

But the car spent the a lot of the first 30 years of its life in Aberdeen.

[Belinni]

The Barlow sump is the same as the semi-deep sumps that we now manufacture. The semi-deep is favoured (particularly by those racing) as its design holds about the same amount of oil as the standard, but it is deeper at the oil pick up. This semi deep finned alloy sump can be removed along with the engine, whereas the deep type needs the sump to be removed first before taking out the engine. Holding the same amount of oil means it can heat up quickly enough and also can be cooled by the finned aluminium construction. It also helps stiffen the crankcase due to its solid construction and in built stiffeners, also less prone to leaking than the flimsy pressed steel type.
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[Steve Jones]

Here we are on the first of three A7 trips to Scotland this year. Parked in the centre of a small town. Anybody know which one?

   

Steve

[Ruairidh Dunford]

Toupee themed?

[Charles P]

Yes, I do, having worked in Dumfries and Galloway in my youth

[Steve kay]

Aye, Ruairidh, when we lived in lovely Lanarkshire, we regarded that as "The Deep South." I do hope the tour included visitng the nearby listed building that was the factory for Galloway cars. Perhaps passing Dumfries, the similarly listed Arrol Johnson plant invired a short excursion. And for excitement did you try the site of the High Auldgirth Hillclimb? Difficult to say whether it is a public road or track, but when I recently cautiously ascended it the chap using farm sheds at the top was quite happy to reminisce about hillclimbing days and how the village and the pub missed being being so busy. Now Charles, when living there did you put a fast machine up High Auldgirth, or do you have snaps of hillclimbs. Or were you still at primary school in the 1990s?

[Charles P]

Aye, Ruairidh, when we lived in lovely Lanarkshire, we regarded that as "The Deep South."  I do hope the tour included visitng the nearby  listed building that was the factory for Galloway cars. Perhaps passing Dumfries, the similarly listed Arrol Johnson plant invired a short excursion. And for excitement did you try the site of the High Auldgirth Hillclimb? Difficult to say whether it is a public road or track, but when I recently cautiously ascended it the chap using farm sheds at the top was quite happy to reminisce about hillclimbing days and how the village and the pub missed being being so busy. Now Charles, when living there did you put a fast machine up High Auldgirth, or do you have snaps of hillclimbs. Or were you still at primary school in the 1990s?

Oh you judge me as a youth Steve, and for that I thank you. 
I was there in the 80’s and my only transport was a company transit to venture out on an occasional day off.
By the 90s I was married with two children.

[Chris KC]

The thread drift is perhaps getting a little out of hand but permit me to add that I once measured oil temperature in a "deep" sump over the course of a road run, it never climbed above ~65C. Of course oil temperature at the bearings is another matter altogether - I can only say that it's never given me a problem (on a pressure-fed touring engine).

The flange at the front fouls the frame and some day I will get around to studying it and doing some careful trimming. For engine out I simply remove the sump first, then re-fit it in situ.

The upside of a "deep" sump - possibly true of the shallow cast sumps to some extent - is that they help stiffen the crankcase, though this is very difficult to quantify objectively. But more importantly they can carry more oil! My oil pressure gauge pipe broke loose on a stretch of cobbles in Germany and I lost about 5 1/2 pints over a kilometre of road before spotting the problem. That extra couple of pints saved me a 650 mile ride home on a tow truck...

[Steve Jones]

Our Scottish adventure continues. Sadly, the excellent pub here isn't open at lunchtime at the moment but the nearby community facility is and provided a perfect lunch.

   

Later, never mind Sevens to the Sea, this was Sevens at the Sea.

   

As yesterday, where were we?

Steve

[Steve kay]

This suggests that you erected the yurts in the Galloway Forest Park, and are setting out on daily excursions. Are there sufficient hours of darkness for you to see the brilliant night sky? If the name is to be avoided being mentioned in public, did you announce your arrival by ringing a bell, sounding a klaxon or blowing a…horn?