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- Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:03 pm
- Forum: Members Cars & Projects
- Topic: Austin A35 Project
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Re: Austin A35 Project
Pair of new seals arrived today and have been fitted to the idler and steering box. I rebuilt the idler and filled it with EP75/80 and it's now standing upright to see if the oil weeps past the seal. It should be EP90 but it what was in the garage, and I assumed if the thinner stuff stays put, EP90 ...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:34 pm
- Forum: Members Cars & Projects
- Topic: Austin A35 Project
- Replies: 125
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Re: Austin A35 Project
So .... somewhere in the depths of my garage is a small package with two Nitrile Rubber Oil Seals .. but do you think I can find it?? :x So a new pair have been ordered ... The old ones will no doubt turn up where I least expect them either just after I've installed the new ones or as I'm rummaging ...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:41 pm
- Forum: Members Cars & Projects
- Topic: Austin A35 Project
- Replies: 125
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Re: Austin A35 Project
Steering box and idler now stripped down and cleaned. A bit more wire-brushing (or something on a drill!) to clean off the outside of the box left. The cork washer from the idler is out .. there wasn't a lot of cork left! So I'll got two jobs to do: - bend back the edge of the box/idler around the s...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:06 pm
- Forum: Members Cars & Projects
- Topic: Austin A35 Project
- Replies: 125
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Re: Austin A35 Project
It's been a while since I drove it but don't remember much play. When I did find any it was a ball-joint. There is a truck where you knock out the peg that runs in the cam slot and reverse it which wears on a different face. The wear though is usually down to the oil having leaked out! So 140EP or a...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:57 pm
- Forum: Members Cars & Projects
- Topic: Austin A35 Project
- Replies: 125
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Re: Austin A35 Project
Been done but lots of work. It would have to be cut-down to fit which could be a safety issue if not completed properly. The steering box/idler does work ok and with a small change to the track rods from fixed to adjustable (as fitted to the A40 Farina) you can get a better alignment helping the cor...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:07 pm
- Forum: Members Cars & Projects
- Topic: Austin A35 Project
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Re: Austin A35 Project
Had my Midget stub axles rebushed today. We tried several kingpins but one unit had too much wear so rather than have one with new bushes and one with old, had both refurbished and reamed. Another item off the to-do list. Also borrowed a Pitman Puller and loosened the arm on the steering box to repl...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:57 pm
- Forum: Members Cars & Projects
- Topic: Austin A35 Project
- Replies: 125
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Re: Austin A35 Project
I'll have to reduce them as my normal 1mb photos are loo large for this forum.
You might be able to see some on my Club forum though .. you shouldn't need a login to view my project 'blog'
https://forum.austina30a35ownersclub.co ... =10&t=6660
You might be able to see some on my Club forum though .. you shouldn't need a login to view my project 'blog'
https://forum.austina30a35ownersclub.co ... =10&t=6660
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:15 pm
- Forum: Members Cars & Projects
- Topic: Austin A35 Project
- Replies: 125
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Re: Austin A35 Project
Last Saturday: Happily tack welding a patch into the car and ... oh, no gas sounds. The time 11:50. Time my gas supplier closes: 12:00. :roll: So off to their yard today and 9 litre cylinder of Argon mix loaded into the boot. And the "car fund" is £50 lighter. Something that hasn't gone up though .....
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: Members Cars & Projects
- Topic: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5
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Re: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5
I'm with you on the rain, since October I've been working outside and I'm getting a bit bored with it now.. one of my fields is now a lake.. I keep thinking I ought to get a boat... I'm on the top of the side of a small valley and my back garden is waterlogged so goodness knows what it's like for t...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:14 pm
- Forum: Members Cars & Projects
- Topic: Austin A35 Project
- Replies: 125
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Re: Austin A35 Project
I managed to spend a couple of hours straightening the damage on the rear panel which looks a lot better. Needs a bit of welding where the steel has split and to patch up the torn spot-weld holes.