Any suggestions, my 1936 special keeps oiling up No.3 plug, this is now so bad it is covered in just a couple of miles. 
The engine was rebuilt no more than 1000 miles ago, rebored +20, new pistons, rings etc. Have checked compression and all four are between 7.0 and7.6 bar. No oil baffles are fitted.
I have pulled the offending piston suspecting broken rings but they are fine. I have checked ring gaps which were set at 0.006 to 0.008 when installed, and find the oil rings are now 0.010 and 0.015 which seems a bit odd.
If this was OHC I might suspect valve guides but vintage car friends (non A7) suggest with side valve oil through the guides is unlikely.
       Any suggestions?

With the wonderful assistance of Chris Garner, the engine is out of my Ulster Rep. We found that the gearbox does not have a blind spline(a good thing) and that there are double valve springs(also good). Unfortunately, in addition to the buggered crank case, number four has some very deep grooves. I am guessing that it is the little end gudgeon keepers(if there are these). How is the little end gudgeon fitted? Is it a press fit, or are there keepers? Austin pistons and Austin rods.

Erich in Seattle

I've now got a spare standard gearbox to learn to overhaul, and thought it might be good to create a different gear set.

Who are the suppliers of the gear pairs to enable something like an Ulster ratio, and is there anything else (other than simple part replacement through wear) that needs consideration?

thanks

Help...

I got the engine back together and it happily starts using “start ya bastard”. (Easy start) within a couple of seconds of starter motor.

I have taken the fuel bowl off and checked all jets are clear.

The manual pump lever sends fuel through the float valve. If the manual pump works I assume that the pump is working off the Cam as well. Any ideas welcome.

Does anybody have a spare or can anyone make one for me please? Fed up with wobbly winscreen as the bolt on the other side is never tight.

   

The best I could find was this from 2001:

http://www.avmz31.dsl.pipex.com/ht/fabbody.htm

Is there a video or a "photo story" anywhere?  

David

This just arrived in the post, awesome work!

   

   

   

Hi All,
Having purchased a 38 Ruby FX1491 I am looking for any history of the car.I have limited MOT's going back 5 years
but am wishing to find out the usual stuff like what year was it restored or how many times was it restored.It has a Belfast reg number and I have a photo in a classic car magazine of it being in a rally in 1993.The car is in excellent order all round and the paintwork is as good as I've ever seen,I just have small issues such as the sliding roof don't slide,all the internal rails and catches are intact but it has been fixed shut,so I would maybe like to get it working again.Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Is HX4683 still out there? This car holds a lot of memories for me as it belonged to one of my teachers, Tony Dixon, who used her as every day transport back in the late 70’s. Tony Dixon sparked my interest in vintage cars, including Austin 7’s. It seems that HX was still around up until about 2006 according to DVLA and previous attempts to find her suggested that she was owned by a 750 Club member. I wonder if she is still owned by the family. Any information or a picture would be welcome!

Jeremy

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I have come across a warranty for car number ARQ 8878 chassis 209898. Car supplied by Messrs Massey and Bridges of Norwich on 4thJan 1935. Price paid £120.00

Would this be of interest to anyone in particular?

Charles