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kevin2306
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I will get in with this pic taken yesturday in gloriously sunny Llangollen
Hope to be posting some out and about pics in the Singer soon
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gillberry
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We went out today in Our volvo but to a local humber car club meet
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Ashley
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I went out in the Healey today, but it would have been safer to jump up and down in a hi viz jacket on the Somme in WW1.
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peter scott
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Normally on a Sunday afternoon I drive 25 miles down into East Lothian to help Ken Page (sleeping forum member) get his 1939 MG SA on the road but being a nice sunny day I decided to take the old SS Jag out for its first run of the year and here's how the SA and SS looked this afternoon. The SA is getting there but there are still a few problems to solve.
Peter
Here's the SA in 1952 at the foot of the Honister Pass whilst taking part in the Daily Express RAC rally.
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Ashley
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peter scott
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There's also another photo of the car at a checkpoint on Brighton sea front in the same event. I keep telling Ken that for originality he needs to leave off the near side rear door handle but he isn't buying it!
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lowdrag
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| That lovely photo of the Jaguar and MG show the grandeur of cars in those days. I hope the MG takes to the road soon! |
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peter scott
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We were away getting some parts for it over the last couple of days so should be able to get the brakes working properly now that we have a sleeved master cylinder and charging now we have a working dynamo. After that we need to renew the rear axle gasketing and sort a coolant leak and it should be fairly driveable. We've also got the headlamps back from the chromers so that should improve its appearance a bit.
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peter scott
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As received the rear axle leaked oil from both sides of the banjo and was a real growler! At some time in the past someone had clearly attempted to adjust the pinion meshing and when we came to it the pinion was stiff to turn and felt lumpy as you rotated the input shaft.
We needed to remove the diff. unit to replace the banjo gasket anyway so a proper examination of the internals commenced. We thought that resetting the tooth meshing of the crown wheel and pinion might sort things but after various attempts to achieve correct meshing we concluded that the bearings needed to be replaced.
Our first thoughts were that the lumpy roughness must be due to the rear pinion bearing but after separating the diff. assembly from the pinion casing it was clear that the pinion bearing was smooth and free from play after relieving it from its excessively tightened penetration. The real problem was the ball bearings holding the crown wheel assembly. It is a little strange that ball bearings were used in this application as there are significant end trusts. Taper roller bearings would seem more appropriate.
Anyway, we fitted new ball races and it was then possible to achieve something like a correct tooth meshing pattern. This had been impossible with the old bearings as I suspect the adjustment range was not able to cope with the excessive side play.
With the new bearings the rebuilt assembly is no longer stiff and lumpy and we now have a nice quiet running axle.
http://www.scottpeter.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/new_page_30.htm
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peter scott
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We thought with replacing the gaskets front and rear we were making this axle oil tight but it wasn't to be.
The banjo casing is made of two pressings that are riveted together with a seam top and bottom. Unfortunately leakage from the bottom seam appears to be a known problem with these cars and the suggestion of a leading expert is "just live with it"!
There does appear to be soft solder along the seam and I had tried hammering it in the vane hope that it might compact slightly but I still get a wet finger in one spot.
I think I'll try applying an oxy fame to see if I can make to solder coalesce but it is more likely to just run out. We have drained the casing but there is bound to be oil in the solder cracks. Might try petrol patch after failing with the oxy.
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peter scott
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Well, the SA is now taxed and insured but I can't say it's a pleasure to drive. The steering is heavy and lacks castor action and it tends to wander rather than following straight course if left to its own devices.
I'm suspecting that its geometry is set with toe out rather than in so will check that this evening.
Peter
Well ,it wasn't toe out geometry that was the problem but two spring loaded ball joints in the drag link that had insufficient spring compression.
We couldn't fully adjust them for lack of the correct tool but hopefully I can make something better than the butchered G glamp that got us part the way sorted.
The car still has heavy steering but now has very much less wander.
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Thinking about the lack of castor action I thought it might be interesting to increase the castor angle. We did this this evening and it has transformed the car. It now returns to the straight ahead when you release the steering wheel and shows virtually none of the tendency to wander that it had previously. It also appears to have much lighter steering in the straight ahead region and is now a much nicer car to drive.
Peter
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great pairing there Peter
