Hi Ruairidh,

You mentioned on the dynamotor post that on this last trip you had No over heating or oil Problems.
On Last years trip there was over heating and loss of oil in the gearbox was this all due to Long Sustained Climbing in low gears or have you done any remedial work.
this one seems to have been a great trip.

Cheers Colin NZ

Hi, I have had my 1930 Austin 7 Chummy for about 6 months and then this is my first, so I'm currently pretty new to their common issues, just tried to get it going and no response. Appears to be an electrical fault as getting no response from starter motor or horn. When plugged into charger battery is shown as full. Was running fine when I last had it out a week ago, brand new battery too. Any thoughts/experience of this? Thanks

I have a problem with the brakes grabbing in reverse on my 1932 RP.  I have to reverse out of
my garage down a gradual slope. The brakes make a horrific noise when applied.  Has 
anyone experienced the same problem and if so how did you cure it ?

OK, so I'm lazy and don't want to remove the battery each time I re-charge it.
But the leads are so short, there was nowhere safe to rest the charger.

A plank of wood with beading screwed underneath, a bit of cord, some tape and 2 picture rail hooks later.....

   

Has anyone ever fitted an exhaust whistle to an Austin 7?.

I have one here. Just trying to get my head round if it were better fitted before or after the silencer.

Hello

I'm a longtime lurker on a forum called Retrorides and found this within its pages.

Save the Big Seven

Thought I'd post it on here as there is a hefty base of forum users that shoe horn all manner of modern engines into classic or vintage cars( in the sellers signature is a Mini Clubman with non standard engine), which would be a shame if that happened to this.



Cheers

Dave

Having cleaned umpteen years of grime from my gearbox (4 speed) I find these numbers on the top:
2 SYN 530 ....S
can someone tell me from whence it came!

 
North Shropshire Scatter Rally, Saturday 25th August
Humber Register as part of the Inter-Reg season. Based at  the Millennium Hall, Cockshutt, near Oswestry. Two classes;  Experts and Novices. Open to entrants who are members of any of the Inter-Register clubs, naturally including PWA7C, Austin Ten Owners Club and VSCC.
Full details and entry forms from Nigel Coulter; coulters.email@btinternet.com
 
VSCC Welsh Scatter Rally, Saturday 13th October
Based at the Scout Hut, Presteigne. Three classes, Championship, for cars with VSCC buff forms, Clubmans, for pre-1941 cars without buff forms but wanting the full navigational challenge, and Champagne, for crews of  pre-1941 cars preferring an easier roadbook.
Full details and entry forms in due course from the Old Post Office, Chipping Norton.
Whilst  of course I cannot reveal any details of this event, I can tell potential competitors that recceing is being done with a Ruby. No clue points will be on a double chevron, or a narrow unfenced road beside a deep reservoir.

I have just changed the gear box on my '30 RK and have something tapping the clutch mechanism so the pedal vibrates. This disappears when I disengage the clutch. Is there some adjustment that I have got wrong or does it look like an engine out again scenario. Welcome any help. Thanks.

On another thread, Ruairidh mentioned that he never fitted oil baffles ("tin lids") when rebuilding an engine. I always do, since they were fitted throughout the life of the Seven and, even allowing for the eccentricity of some of the features, I feel sure that they would have been omitted had they not been considered  necessary - or at least desirable.

What do the rest of you think?