As some of you will remember my Ruby,s engine was loosely assembled when I acquired her.
The valve timing gears are one tooth out when looking at the dots.
Am I correct re-timing one dot in the middle of the two dots ?

Also any point in polishing the ports while access is easy ?
Regards
            Tim

It's raining too.

Are there any budding Rivet Detectives out there? See how many non standard items you can spot in this photo (it's my RP but don't worry about upsetting me because I'm not bothered). I can see at least a dozen!

Winner gets a free pass to go out a bit more.

Enjoy!

The special is now on the road and the only unknown is the engine, it performs well but it is very noisy and it seems to be coming from the front of the engine and sounds like badly meshing gears.  Here is a video I put on Youtube of me rocking the pulley with the timing gear cover off, there seems to be a lot of play in the crankshaft to cam gear and also cam gear to generator gear.  
The link to Youtube is here https://youtu.be/Wnd33CtfXq4

I’ve just started to strip down my recently acquired 1936 Two Seater (Opal) in order to find out the condition of the car before I embark on a rebuild.
One of the first problems I’ve encountered is the bottom radiator fixings, these have come adrift from the bottom tank. I am new to Austin Sevens and I have no idea what these bottom mountings should look like but it looks to me like an old repair has failed. The studs appear to be modified coach bolts complete with square nuts. On one side where the radiator has been vibrating against the broken stud, has worn through the skin of the bottom tank.
I would be grateful if somebody could let me know what the original setup was regarding the bottom fixing and offer an opinion as to whether this radiator is salvageable.

Many Thanks,   ..... Phil.

   

   

Apologies if covered before, but many cylinder blocks now have small cracks radiating out from the centre head stud. The general consensus seems to be use another one if you have the choice.

I'm curious, has anyone actually suffered an engine failure as a result of these cracks?
And if yes, what happened? (Water in the bore? Stud pulled out? Or something more dramatic...?)

Anyone found a way to repair them?

Thanks
Chris

It is my sad task to announce that Peter Relph sadly passed away yesterday, 12th October. Peter was a former editor of the Grey Mag and also of the PWA7C magazine. A long standing and staunch supporter of the Association, member of Pre War and the VSCC, he was a lover of all vintage machinery especially Austin Sevens. He will be sadly missed by many people. RIP Peter.

Chris Garner
Chairman - A7CA.

Hi,
    not sure if anyone would be interested but there are a pile of A7 bits at PSP Auctions Buckingham MK18 tomorrow.
Looks like mostly engine, front and rear axle, take a look.

Still looking for a Ewarts Main and reserve push pull petrol tap.

Good morning.

Can anyone confirm which model of trafficator is fitted to the Ruby? Is it the SF34?

Assuming spare lenses and other components for these to as elusive as I think that they are, does anyone know whether the arm, cover and orange lens from the Morris Minor SF80 type can be fitted?

Regards,

Jamie.

Hi all,  are there any books on Gordon England Austin 7 ?