04-03-2025, 12:58 PM
What have you done today with your Austin Seven
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04-03-2025, 01:31 PM
Hi John
To misquote Michael Cain “You’re not supposed to blow the doors off”. Cheers Howard
04-03-2025, 05:41 PM
04-03-2025, 07:43 PM
It's been eventful today.
I started off in a bewildered state planning to go into Galashiels to get a printer cartridge and get petrol on the way. half way to the petrol station I realised I didn't know what cartridge I needed, so had to return home for the information. I then set off again intending to go to the petrol station on the Melrose bypass at Tweedbank. However the Austin is used to going a different way over the old Lowood bridge and took me that way. On the hill up from the Tweed the petrol ran out. I knew it was low but enough to get the the intended petrol station if there had been no diversion. I put in the spare gallon I always carry and then went on and completed the mission. As I was driving I realised a brake was dragging - rear O/S, The hub was hot. I returned home using the hand brake as the rear brake didn't release. I have now freed the seized brake cam on the rear offside. It was absolutely solid. This keeps happening and I'm not sure why. I replaced the cams and bushes (Oilite) failrly recently and know they are good. After lubrication, heat and hammering all was freed up, lubricated and reassembled. I hope they stay free. I expect using the car all year round does tend to make these thing happen. I have various trips over the next 2 days so I hope it will perfom well. Dragging brakes limit velocity.
Jim
Yesterday, 01:49 AM
(This post was last modified: Yesterday, 01:50 AM by Tony Griffiths.)
As we all know, left to its own devices over an extended period, the brake system defaults to leave only one working - the OS/rear. Might it be that the heat built up was enough to fry the oil in the oilite bush, which then caused the seizure?
Yesterday, 10:15 AM
One of our members showed me this photo is on a railway bridge in Hale which has had traffic light controlled traffic light controlled one way system over a railway bridge for the last 3 months with no apparent activity.
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Yesterday, 12:29 PM
But why do they always put these signs on the footpath? How are we meant to walk home when the 7 let's us down?
Yesterday, 04:47 PM
Nah, the yellow sign shows a man not even pretending to work.
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