Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 297 Location: Kelvin Valley,Scotland
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:59 pm Post subject:
MVPeters wrote:
Richard H
This is an odd one:
Check the V angle carefully on the belt - if it's not correct for the pulleys it 'snaps' out as it turns. The noise is horrific. Spray it with water & see if it changes.
Should be an 'A' size belt,approx 13mm across the flat side - may have been fitted with a 'B' size belt(in an emergency?) which is approx 17mm across the flat side so obviously the 'V' doesn't fit the 'A' groove properly,cheers,JD. _________________ Use 'em or lose 'em.
1960 Ford Zephyr.
1968 Triumph 2000.
Joined: 12 Mar 2012 Posts: 20 Location: North Lincs
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:48 pm Post subject: 1914 Saxon
mikeC wrote:
I am slowly working may way through re-commissioning (or should that be comissioning, since I don't think it has been run since restoration in the 1980s) of my newly imported Saxon. Much of the work so far has been finding/modifying things to make it UK-legal (lights, horn, registration plates, etc) and I am now going through the mechanics prior to MOTing so that I can get it registered. I fired it up for the first time last week, which revealed a flaw in the fuel system, so I have now reworked that, and it looks like I may now have to adjust (hopefully) or rebuild the clutch, and then we are just about there...
Meanwhile, I am also doing some building work on the garage itself, which explains the tip in the background
[quote]
Super looking car. may I ask if you have it running on the Atwater Kent distributor or a modern one as I see you have a coil fitted. Mine is still on the original and on 6 volt. The restored condition of your car has made me rethink that I should possibly restore mine which I had been loath to do as I had been rather disposed to leave it original. John
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 11732 Location: S. Cheshire
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:09 pm Post subject: Re: 1914 Saxon
[quote="earlyamerican"]
mikeC wrote:
I am slowly working may way through re-commissioning (or should that be comissioning, since I don't think it has been run since restoration in the 1980s) of my newly imported Saxon. Much of the work so far has been finding/modifying things to make it UK-legal (lights, horn, registration plates, etc) and I am now going through the mechanics prior to MOTing so that I can get it registered. I fired it up for the first time last week, which revealed a flaw in the fuel system, so I have now reworked that, and it looks like I may now have to adjust (hopefully) or rebuild the clutch, and then we are just about there...
Meanwhile, I am also doing some building work on the garage itself, which explains the tip in the background
Quote:
Super looking car. may I ask if you have it running on the Atwater Kent distributor or a modern one as I see you have a coil fitted. Mine is still on the original and on 6 volt. The restored condition of your car has made me rethink that I should possibly restore mine which I had been loath to do as I had been rather disposed to leave it original. John
This is an odd one:
Check the V angle carefully on the belt - if it's not correct for the pulleys it 'snaps' out as it turns. The noise is horrific. Spray it with water & see if it changes.
Should be an 'A' size belt,approx 13mm across the flat side - may have been fitted with a 'B' size belt(in an emergency?) which is approx 17mm across the flat side so obviously the 'V' doesn't fit the 'A' groove properly,cheers,JD.
Top marks chaps, it was the belt! Fitted an original spec one and the noise stopped straight away. Cheers _________________ 1952 Austin A90 Atlantic
1958 Austin A35
1959 Austin A35
1958 Austin A55 Cambridge MK1
Joined: 12 Mar 2012 Posts: 20 Location: North Lincs
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:53 pm Post subject: Re: 1914 Saxon
[quote="Rick"]
earlyamerican wrote:
mikeC wrote:
I am slowly working may way through re-commissioning (or should that be comissioning, since I don't think it has been run since restoration in the 1980s) of my newly imported Saxon. Much of the work so far has been finding/modifying things to make it UK-legal (lights, horn, registration plates, etc) and I am now going through the mechanics prior to MOTing so that I can get it registered. I fired it up for the first time last week, which revealed a flaw in the fuel system, so I have now reworked that, and it looks like I may now have to adjust (hopefully) or rebuild the clutch, and then we are just about there...
Meanwhile, I am also doing some building work on the garage itself, which explains the tip in the background
Quote:
Super looking car. may I ask if you have it running on the Atwater Kent distributor or a modern one as I see you have a coil fitted. Mine is still on the original and on 6 volt. The restored condition of your car has made me rethink that I should possibly restore mine which I had been loath to do as I had been rather disposed to leave it original. John
Do you have any shots of your car to add in? it'd be neat to see some if possible.
Rick
I have tried to follow the path to put pics. on Rick but it just isn't working for me. I could have rebuilt about a dozen engines in the time I have spent trying. Feeling less frustrated now having spent the afternoon shaping some Model T wings. John
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:19 pm Post subject: Re: 1914 Saxon
earlyamerican wrote:
Super looking car. may I ask if you have it running on the Atwater Kent distributor or a modern one as I see you have a coil fitted. Mine is still on the original and on 6 volt. The restored condition of your car has made me rethink that I should possibly restore mine which I had been loath to do as I had been rather disposed to leave it original. John[/b]
Hi John,
I have only just seen your post - it is still on the original Atwater Kent distributor, and it runs fine with the modern coil, although I am hoping to re-instate the AK coil box eventually. I think if your car is still presentable, then leave well alone - you can restore it sometime in the futue, but you can never regain an original...
Joined: 12 Mar 2012 Posts: 20 Location: North Lincs
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:24 pm Post subject: 1914 Saxon
I had thought to keep it original but cannot help thinking how nice your car looks. Mine has remained untouched and laid up since damage while racing in 1917 I have all paperwork since then as it passed through 3 branches of the same family. Now with some parts gently repaired new bearings and tyres she is back on the road.
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 11732 Location: S. Cheshire
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: 1914 Saxon
earlyamerican wrote:
I had thought to keep it original but cannot help thinking how nice your car looks. Mine has remained untouched and laid up since damage while racing in 1917 I have all paperwork since then as it passed through 3 branches of the same family. Now with some parts gently repaired new bearings and tyres she is back on the road.
That's stunning as it is - it'd be worth starting a new thread in the Your Cars.. section of the forum, I really like that
R _________________ Rick (Admin. oldclassiccar.co.uk)
Various 1930s-1960s relics - Austin, Morris, Bedford, Dodge etc.
Earlyamerican, keep the car as it is. I will always remember my Morgan 3 -wheeler as a vintage car. I enjoyed driving as it was, not a 2-pack resprayed thing, it never was.
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1813 Location: Herne Bay
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:03 am Post subject:
The car has real style and it would be nice to keep it as it is. _________________ If you tie a piece of buttered toast to a cat's back, then drop it off a high building. It will hover just above the ground rotating slowly.
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