What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[David Stepney]

Thank you Ruairidh, for your tip. I tried this and then tookthe car up Bwlch-yr-Eira on the B4391. The car climbed the steep bit in third all the way. Previously it required second for part of the climb. It then managed the rest of the pass in top at between 25 and 35 (depending on gradient) all the way to the crest, whereas, before parts of it required third. The little car seems to be going better than it has ever gone and so far no more clutch slip.

[Ruairidh Dunford]

Great news - happy days ahead.

[dickie65]

Hi Folks,
Today I stripped down a fuel pump cleaned it all out fitted a new diaphragm after spending a while getting rid of the wear marks on the lever arm with an oilstone.
The body is marked 7 hp T Type pump.
This pump is destined to go onto a Nippy Engine which is partially assembled.

[Ruairidh Dunford]

My father’s Chummy, the last A7 he bought (circa 1970), came up to be with us a few years ago after he found driving it around Bristol too busy and not enjoyable.

I’ve not used it for some time and was delighted to see it starting pretty much instantly today. It’s the car I came home from the maternity ward, went each day to school, learned to drive and went on honeymoon in.

20 miles around the Cairngorms today was supreme, the sounds and smells of the car bring a lot of memories back to me.

Ian and Jen will use it up here in the summer, it’s serviced and ready for them.

   

[Steve kay]

If he gives up Sevens, I reckon Mr Dunford could have a career as a romantic novelist or a script writer. What a lovely story.

[Charles P]

Married my new 10 stud crankcase (a previous machining task) with the new, freshly part machined 10 stud block for the first time.
Mighty relieved to find that the 3/8" stud holes in the block fitted onto the new crankcase. There's not much room for error with the bigger 3/8 studs.

Next onto reverse spot face the block mounting holes to get a flat washer surface and continuing to machine the valve and tappet arrangement. No rushing though because there's little-to-no room for mistakes.