What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[Hugh Barnes]

For this Mag engine newbie, getting this far has taken all day! What a palaver!! It took me an hour to remove the fiddly little nut and bolt that holds the bottom pulley on (an 1/8th of a turn at a time) and then, just as I thought my task was completeted, I realised I had to loosen offf all the engine bolts and jack it up to get the pulley past the front forging. 

Next step it get the seal housing machined out to take a modern lip seal. I am eternally optimistic in that it will just go back together in about 20 minutes...