Found this when clearing a garage. Is it part of an Austin 7 clutch?

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Hi, I wonder if anyone can advise me on how to get my 1931 A7 clutch back to normal. The pedal seems to be very slow coming back up and total lack of any speed when moving off. It's been getting worse over time.  The clutch is not old and has only done around 500 miles from when new clutch. Is it a clutch problem or something else? Any ideas?

I had a conversation with Ken Morton the other day. About a dozen years ago, Ken ate at a restaurant in Monterey, California that had a genuine Ulster hanging above the fireplace. The restaurant still references the car, but notes it is no longer there. They do have a photo of an Ulster in racing trim on their website. It has the reg number BF 6155 painted on the rad core. Does anyone know of this car?

Best,

Erich

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I’ve got the Opal on axle stands today ready to start some work to improve the alignment of the body.

Currently the vertical alignment of the coach lines between the hinge side of the door and the rear panel don’t line up too well. There is about a 3/4” drop and I want to try and improve this. I have fitted new hinge pins and the door shut lines are quite ok (although I have had to pack out the top hinge).

My plan is to add some hardwood packers between the body and chassis to try and slightly lift the body at the front half and hopefully then raise the door hinge point enough to improve the coachline.

Has anyone done similar work and do you have any tips? For example, should I add a packer under the cow horns or is it best to avoid this? Etc...

Thanks for your advice.

I've been working on this one over the winter.

The roof on one of the store sheds was getting dangerously close to collapsing, with the door and window frame already rotten.

I'll guess the shed is around 6 x 8 foot. Not big.

But we started emptying beginning of December, well tracy started as I was out of action.

And here is what we have.

This has happened a few times after leaving the car in the garage for a few winter weeks. From memory I have experience of drum brakes freezing/seizing on but only in low temperatures or when handbrake is left on. We haven't had really low temperatures.

Car is always left with brakes off.

Reversing out of the garage brakes are free

Drive off down the road, apply brakes firmly, big bang followed by brief binding...then frees off and all is well. No evidence of anything nasty.

Surely shoes can't be sticking to drums because the brakes have been left off when not in use?

Levers checked afterwards, all fine, they should be, I did a job on them in the summer.

Would a seizing cross shaft produce the effect?

Or am I missing something...what would the experienced experts diagnose?

Hi ,

I have been experiencing a high pitch noise from my 1936 Austin 7 Special, running on early 30s parts.
The car has been fitted with a electronic 6V SU fuel pump,  I suspect this is the source of the noise.

My motor repair shop has replace the bearing on the distributor, that solve the problem for few weeks, it seems, but now I get the noise again.
We checked and confirmed fan pulley was ok, and not the source of the noise.

Apart from the noise, the cars runs well, starts well, brakes well, no overheating.

I just do not want to run the car till something breaks apart, so if I can trace and rectify the source of the noise, I would like to get it sorted out.

Appreciate your valuable feedback.

Melvin
Singapore

Does anyone know if there exists a list of the Main Agents/Dealers for Austin during the period when the A7 was sold new?  I was trying to track down which Dealers there were in Surrey but realised that I could not find out much info on any other dealer unless you know the name.

I have a copy of an Austin Advocate Magazine which have some UK Dealers in the back and a list of the Dealers abroad. But is there a list in existence of the UK dealer?

Thanks

Now there's all that flipping sky and grass to figure out....

   

A friend asked me to do some work on his engine and also if I would remove it for him.

It was -9c when I left to fuel in Grantown on Spey this morning.

From here I headed up towards Bridge of Brown...

   

And then on to Tomintoul, there was no sign of Nick Salmon’s lady friend and her shovel however...

   

Finally I ascended the Lecht...

   

   

From here it was a swift journey onto my friend’s and after a coffee I pulled the engine out and bundled it into the back of the car.

   

   

Another coffee and some pheasant soup meant I was warmed for the return journey.  A few miles along the road I suffered a puncture however, stalled for a few minutes it was quickly changed and I headed back up from Cock Bridge to summit the Lecht for the second time today...

   

   

The wind must have been behind me from that point as I was able to get the whole way back up Bridge of Brown in second gear, with a bit of wheel spin on the last hairpin.  Car safely back and the jet wash hose is currently in a warm bath to defrost.

The oil pressure would not go below 6lbs which I put down to the cold - car drove really well and I felt considerably safer in the Seven than my modern which slides in such conditions.