06-08-2021, 09:59 PM
I thought that I had tried to contribute earlier today, taking a break from this very job. Some of my thoughts have subsequently been mentioned by others, but briefly; the only reason I have split the block from the crankcase is because the workshop is rather occupied by what may one day become a Chummy, currently making the chain block inacessible. I completely agree with all comments about engine removal being preferable, lying under the machine offering up big ends whilst the rain wets the feet sticking out from the side of the car might have been fun decades ago, but is not now. I was recruited to the silicon tribe by what I found removing the sump gasket, bought from Jamie, and the valve chest gasket made on the bench. Both were as clean and free of leaks or the slightest dribble, as if they had been put on the previous day.
Work was interrupted by a visitor, with some old Seven newsletters and magazines. These told of The Seven Workshop at Denvers Yard, Barwick, or The 750 Spares Garage offering 18mm spark plugs for 57p a plug, or a head gasket for £2.80. And a photo of a sporting Austin, not one of ours but Louis Kings in the Twenty known as "Black Maria". Lots of Sevens to be seen at the Lawns this weekend, but sadly not a Twenty on the entry list.
Work was interrupted by a visitor, with some old Seven newsletters and magazines. These told of The Seven Workshop at Denvers Yard, Barwick, or The 750 Spares Garage offering 18mm spark plugs for 57p a plug, or a head gasket for £2.80. And a photo of a sporting Austin, not one of ours but Louis Kings in the Twenty known as "Black Maria". Lots of Sevens to be seen at the Lawns this weekend, but sadly not a Twenty on the entry list.