24-02-2021, 08:42 PM
Because of the similarity I used that cartoon in a Jowett mag eons ago. I cannot remember the caption. Possibly a missing piston in a commode under the bed and the guy worrying where he left it...... Over 120,000 miles I had my Javelin engine in that state at least three times and partly dismantled a myriad more. In the innocence of youth I completely dismantled the engine and gearbox when first acquired. I thought , as with Seven, any incipient faults would be apparent. I did not then know how many were, unlike the Seven, due inadequate design and not apprent to the uninitiated. Work was 360 miles away and leave running out so there were things to worry about at night.