The following warnings occurred:
Warning [2] Undefined property: MyLanguage::$archive_pages - Line: 2 - File: printthread.php(287) : eval()'d code PHP 8.1.31 (Linux)
File Line Function
/inc/class_error.php 153 errorHandler->error
/printthread.php(287) : eval()'d code 2 errorHandler->error_callback
/printthread.php 287 eval
/printthread.php 117 printthread_multipage



Austinsevenfriends
What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Printable Version

+- Austinsevenfriends (https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum)
+-- Forum: Austin Seven Friends Forum (https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Forum chat... (https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=14)
+--- Thread: What have you done today with your Austin Seven (/showthread.php?tid=1921)

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Scarlet O'Hara - 02-02-2019

Thanks Chris and Colin - think I'll make it 9 1/2" long with a 4 1/2" long flat, put it in the hole and fill the sump with oil to see where it gets to and adjust lengths to suit - that's the plan for now anyway.

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Chris KC - 02-02-2019

(02-02-2019, 06:54 PM)Scarlet O\Hara Wrote: Thanks Chris and Colin - think I'll make it 9 1/2" long with a 4 1/2" long flat, put it in the hole and fill the sump with oil to see where it gets to and adjust lengths to suit - that's the plan for now anyway.

It's been said before, but if you are running a 6 pint Nippy sump you will struggle to get the oil up to temperature on all but long, fast runs. Better to part fill it.

I confess I've run a Nippy with deep sump for donkeys' years without it once crossing my mind that it should have a longer dipstick!!

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Reckless Rat - 03-02-2019

Having changed the rear axle oil last week, I've left the car on the axle stands so I can check over everything while the wheels are off. I used the old diff oil to give the rear springs and brake cables a bit of TLC, greased the spring pins and checked the rear hub tightness, using my electric hammer gun and a 3/4whit hex socket and replaced the split pins. I was also going to apply some fresh underseal to the inner and under wings but what was left in the tin had gone off, so a trip to the DIY store tomorrow.

Seems the valve chest cover is leaking again, so that's the next thing on the list.

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Nigel Ricardo - 03-02-2019

Trying to remove the small screws that hold the 2 parts of a Ruby/Pearl windscreen together, they won't budge.

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Colin Wilks - 03-02-2019

Feeling a bit chuffed having got all the studs out of my block without mishap preparatory it going into Park Engineering for new valve seats.
Not having removed studs for forty- five years I invested in a couple of Koken extractors (1/4 and 5/16). These give a very good feel for what the stud is doing and an "oh sh##" moment when I thought I'd snapped one proved to be the Koken's idiot proof feature that appears to cause the extractor to let go above a certain torque. Still needed to get the Stillsons out for the long one under the water inlet which had corroded so much it was in between the 1/4 and 5/16 sizes. Heating and hitting the reluctant ones did the trick.

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Mark McKibbin - 06-02-2019

Spent today messing about with the instruments, at last they are all present although I did need to recalibrate the new Oil pressure gauge as it didn't read below 10psi so not much good on a squirt feed car and the speedo is completely wrong I think the odometer and the speedo are not matched (An electic drill 60mph for one minute does not equal 1 mile) and 50mph in the car = 20mph on the speedo which I expected as I have a 4 speed gearbox so more work to do there.

The Air Fuel Gauge is still there as after the 5th SU needle (M1) it's nearly right.

And lastly I would like to find a black face for the clock but at least it does tell the time.

[Image: Resized-IMG_20190206_183503036.jpg]

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Jays - 06-02-2019

Well I’ve only had my Ulster Rep for a week.....my first Seven...so I just keep finding myself popping into the garage to have a look and an explore! Just drawing up a list of things I want to do to it....better horn, filter or mesh over open carb intake, replace the rather nice clock with a suitable period style tachometer ( I’ll be needing advice about wiring it up! ) isolation switch for the battery, move the oil pressure gauge to fit the patent plate.....and no doubt more things!

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Mark McKibbin - 06-02-2019

(06-02-2019, 10:22 PM)Jays Wrote: Well I’ve only had my Ulster Rep for a week.....my first Seven...so I just keep finding myself popping into the garage to have a look and an explore!  Just drawing up a list of things I want to do to it....better horn, filter or mesh over open carb intake, replace the rather nice clock with a suitable period style tachometer ( I’ll be needing advice about wiring it up! )  isolation switch for the battery, move the oil pressure gauge to fit the patent plate.....and no doubt more things!

I have used the reproduction (electronic insides) tacho from http://www.austinrepro.com/gauges.htm

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Tony Press - 07-02-2019

(06-02-2019, 11:25 PM)Mark McKibbin Wrote:
(06-02-2019, 10:22 PM)Jays Wrote: Well I’ve only had my Ulster Rep for a week.....my first Seven...so I just keep finding myself popping into the garage to have a look and an explore!  Just drawing up a list of things I want to do to it....better horn, filter or mesh over open carb intake, replace the rather nice clock with a suitable period style tachometer ( I’ll be needing advice about wiring it up! )  isolation switch for the battery, move the oil pressure gauge to fit the patent plate.....and no doubt more things!

I have used the reproduction (electronic insides) tacho from http://www.austinrepro.com/gauges.htm

looks good - but very expensive !

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Mark McKibbin - 07-02-2019

(07-02-2019, 12:00 AM)Tony Press Wrote:
(06-02-2019, 11:25 PM)Mark McKibbin Wrote:
(06-02-2019, 10:22 PM)Jays Wrote: Well I’ve only had my Ulster Rep for a week.....my first Seven...so I just keep finding myself popping into the garage to have a look and an explore!  Just drawing up a list of things I want to do to it....better horn, filter or mesh over open carb intake, replace the rather nice clock with a suitable period style tachometer ( I’ll be needing advice about wiring it up! )  isolation switch for the battery, move the oil pressure gauge to fit the patent plate.....and no doubt more things!

I have used the reproduction (electronic insides) tacho from http://www.austinrepro.com/gauges.htm

looks good - but very expensive !

Hi Tony,

My special like most of them has looks that only a mother would love so I thought have a lovely dashboard as that is what I see. Changing the body would be even more expensive!