Date: 14-06-2018

Midshires June Meeting

This month there will be a choice of venues for our meeting on Thursday 14th. June .

First for those people who would like a trip to Thringstone , Sue and Bob are holding a Plaice To Be Evening at 7 p.m. Forest Edge , 138 Gracedieu Rd, Thringstone , LE67 5AP . If you would like to attend please contact them on 01530 452 971 as there are a limited number of places. Price £5.50 per head .

Alternatively you can meet on 14th. June at the White Horse for a quick Noggin & Natter then off to Stoney Cove for a drink and meals are also available at the venue . It will be a pleasant run to Stoney Cove which is the World's leading Diving Centre .
We look forward to seeing you at either venue .

Ashby Magna Midsummer Vintage Rally.

Please do not forget the Ashby Magna Midsummer Vintage Rally on June 15th. and 16th. Phil has organised FREE passes for Saturday and Sunday so get in touch with him on 01858 446 300 or e mail harbail@ntlworld.com before 11th. so he can send you a Free pass .

Continuing the holiday theme, here's a late 1929 B-Type Coupe; presumably the caravan was a resident on the site because the number plate does not match that of the Coupe (and, indeed, doesn't appear to be a British number, although the location looks to be in the UK).

Hello - anyone like to guess what this is?

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Someone gave me this rather elegant screen thinking it was for a Ruby - which it's clearly not. I'm getting tired of moving it around the workshop and would like to pass it to someone who can use it - but without knowing what it belongs to that's difficult. Measurements are 43.5 " x 14" high at its narrowest. 

Any ideas? Austin 18 maybe? Anyone interested? 

Peter.

   

   

I recently had my engine out (1937 three bearing) fit a new rear main oil seal,clutch linings and recut valve seats etc — I didn’t look at the bottom end. Having got the engine back in it became apparent that one or two big ends were, shall we say, drawing attention to themselves. I couldn’t face taking the engine out again so ( with apologies to our Welsh/Yorkshire friends) resolved to become an oily coal miner and see if I could fit new shells from underneath. A couple of new ramps at half price from Halfords helped and after an hours work the sump and gauze were off. Removal of the end caps revealed a good deal of wear and cavitation in the shells so a day later I was back with a set of new shells, big end bolts and lock nuts. Then the fun started — I don’t think I’ve ever had such a fiddly job to do in my life as trying to get those new bolts into place from underneath, not helped by them being a tight fit. In the end I used the old bolts with new nuts, torqued up to 18lbs which I reckon is tight enough. 
Would I do this again? I guess I would but fitting new bolts is really a job to be done from the top before fitting the block back. Level of happiness having got job finished — massive!

Charles

Did Austin put engine numbers on the cast iron block on some models?

hi all,

Is there anyone out there perhaps a friend of the family. who can put me in touch with the late John gallons family.

Its about one of his old cars.

If there is anyone who can help, you are welcome to email me Tony.7ca@aol.co.uk

We're I can let you know why I need to contact them?

Thanks Tony.

Back to basics
I would asppreciate some advice regarding honing a freshly machined bore.
I have access to a Flex hone of the right diameter to just squeeze in (the type that looks like a loo brush with carbon balls on the ends).
A look at YouTube seems to suggest 5 or 6 quick passes through the bore with a WD40 type lubricant.

Before I do anything irreversible I would appreciate some thoughts and opinions from the learned, in that:

5 or 6 swift passes on a medium electric screwdriver speed of a second or 2 per pass, or more?
should I reverse the 5-6 passes to create a diamond scoring?

Assume I am just looking for a result of light just visible scratches to hold a little oil rather than scoring of the bore.

thanks
Andy

LWB special; running and driving; hydraulic brakes; Rod Yates body. Estimate£11,000 - £12,000

https://www.brightwells.com/classic-moto...24th-june/

Apologies for these being so late been very busy recently. Though it best to add them here as well so that they may get picked up in time for people to make plans. I will try to get on with adding more upcoming events this week.

Vintage Vehicle Show at the Beale Park Boat & Outdoor Show 1st to 3rd June

750MC Tunbridge Wells Centre Driving Tests & Picnic, East Sussex 3rd June