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Good afternoon gentlemen,

I have a few A7 items left over from the rebuild of our Ulster Rep and cannot readily identify. The car started life as a '36 lwb Ruby and I assumed that the pair of seats were from that same saloon, but as the inflatable cushions seem a little too long to sit in the bases, I'm beginning to wonder.

I took these last week. Can anyone shed any light on their parentage please?


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Many thanks chaps.

Best,

Bill

Got one month before she is racing in Angouleme and still lots to do, started running the engine in yesterday and should be driving it by the end of the week.

i have been trying to move my Phoenix crank from one crankcase to another.

It was a right job to get the old bearings out, and even harder to get them on
The biggest issue seemed to be getting both front bearings onto the end of the crank, and they needed some help (of the heavy kind) to get in. The other end wasn't exactly easy.
I had the use of a hot air gun, but no thermometer. About 4 mins moving around to get some expansion.

Two qeustions:

1. Am I likely to heave ruined these bearings having to knock them in, and do I need to start over.

2. If yes, please can anyone offer the best of advice to achieve the desired result. All tips, secret recipes welcome.

Love the new forum.

Hi there I am new to the forum and I am looking for a car (a seven of course!) must be a tourer that will accommodate 2 adults and a spaniel sized dog, I assume it will have to be a 4 seater, unless someone knows otherwise. Will consider any but early chummy.up last ones made,and not green in colour. Must be nice example in drive home condition, not looking for concours,have reasonable budget for right car.
Look forward to hearing from someone soon!
Ian

Oops!

   

After welding a nut on the plug on my late style axle and using some force it gave up its tight grip and did the honourable thing and backed off. I've matched the thread to 1/4 inch BSPT and got a replacement from Colchester Hydraulics, but any plumbing merchant should have something that matches the original.

I have coil and battery, so this is not about Austin 7s. On another forum, selling a Matchless with a magneto, a poster has said that retarding the spark is not necessary and in fact that the magneto produces a weaker spark when retarded. I always retarded the spark on my motorcycles to avoid kick back. But more importantly, I don't see how retarding the spark would weaken it. Shouldn't the mag produce a consistent spark but retarding just causes the spark to occur at a different point in the engine's cycle?

Erich

Hello.

Please can someone assist me with a couple of questions.

On my 1937 Ruby I'm in the process of removing some of the play(not all) in the steering.

I've found the n/s track rod end where there is clear excessive play in the pin even when filled with grease.

I can see the parts I need from several of the cherished suppliers but the pin is solid in the track rod. So Im not wasting efforts/ causing damage, with the cotter pin removed but uppermost what is the correction direction to drive the pin out of the track rod end?

My other question is regarding suspension.

It has definite lean to the left side. Not just on one wheel but the whole left side.What components can cause this.

I've tried searching on the old forum but haven't found answers but that might be me searching with the wrong terms.

Thanks for any pointers

cheers Dave

Apparently the factory had a service van in their company colour.


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Does anyone know what colour it was ?  I thought I had read somewhere that it was Maroon, but no other details given such as wheel and wing colour and the colour of the "Austin " script.
Any help you can offer would be gratefully received.
Stephen