I took the Pytchley to the local VSCC meeting in Ripon. When I set off it was sleeting but it improved to steady rain then showers and when I left it was sunny!
The usual mixed assortment of cars including a nice early Chummy that has been in the same family for over 60 years.
Utterly watertight and draught-proof, the Pytchley is the most comfortable Austin 7 imaginable for bad weather, it even has a windscreen wiper that works!
I fitted a pair of strong return springs to the front brake levers yesterday. This has stopped any tendency for the brakes to bind on full-lock and the brake pedal and handbrake have a reassuring positive feel. The stopping power, however, does not appear to have improved to any extent.
We approach six hundred! Will trumpets be sounded, drums and cymbals bashed? Has a distinguished and senior commenter been appointed to take us into a new century?
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
(25-04-2024, 07:40 PM)Reckless Rat Wrote: Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Oh dear…..are you the harbinger of doom! Not many of the six hindred survived I’m led to believe!
I’ve struggled with the little van over the last few weeks. Engine out to investigate an intermittent knock / rattle which I thought was coming from the clutch area. Then installing the SU proved more complex than it should with an aftermarket filter starving the carb of fuel.
Finally, on a more successful note, I’ve covered the rear part of the van with Everflex vinyl. The reason being that, whilst the sign writing was lovely, I’m not Jack Acott and I don’t hail from Kent (the original builder put his name and location on the van). The sign writing is part of the history of the vehicle so it is undamaged and protected by the vinyl which will come off easily.
At last I got the carb sorted with a vintage filter replacing the new one. But on its first short test drive today the clutch again caused problems. The cotter holding the pedal lever has proved really difficult to pull in tight and allowed the lever to move on its shaft just enough to allow clutch slip. I got it sorted by the roadside! But the knock is still there. I now think it’s the dynamo drive gear that has a huge amount of backlash. I’m using borrowed dynamo whilst the original is rewound so I don’t want to swap drive gears just yet. The rewound dynamo should be delivered next week so I’ll give work on the van a bit of a rest.
