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Advice
Dec 20, 2019 19:01:45 GMT
Post by Penguin45 on Dec 20, 2019 19:01:45 GMT
Mr CW's current car: 1928 Humber 9/20 by Penguin 45, on Flickr Beautiful 1928 Humber 9/20. Al tells me that once this sells, he'll be finding himself a 'Crab. It's for sale on Car And Classic for those interested. Chris.
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Post by Penguin45 on Dec 20, 2019 18:57:24 GMT
Nice one - worth knowing.
Chris.
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Advice
Dec 20, 2019 0:10:09 GMT
Post by Penguin45 on Dec 20, 2019 0:10:09 GMT
Welcome aboard, Chalkywhite,
Enjoy the forum.
Power steering was standard on the Wolseley 18/85 which appeared in 1967, and became an option on the Austins and Morrises from that point onwards. So, your early "C" reg would not have had power steering. I have driven a number of cars with p/s and have to say that I find the original set-up over-light with little "feel".
If you are looking at converting your car to p/s, the original system used a pump mounted on the back of the (special) dynamo, a pair of hoses and a power steering rack. These parts aren't particularly difficult to track down with some patience, but bear in mind that the upper suspension arms on the front were specifically p/s or non-p/s - the steering geometry is different between the two.
Late cars (MkIIIs) were alternator cars and used a separate p/s pump driven by an auxilliary belt. Some parts were shared with the following Princess, so again, most things can be found if required.
Nowadays, electric power steering can be added by specialists who add an electric motor to the steering column with some fancy electronics. These seem to be mostly sourced from Corsa cars and by all accounts work well.
From my own experience, I find that the cars are nicely balanced and weighted with manual steering once you get over a few miles an hour. They are heavy at parking speeds, but, hey, we all need the exercise!
It would be nice to see some pics of your current car when you get the opportunity.
Chris.
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Post by Penguin45 on Dec 16, 2019 15:43:51 GMT
The unit is held by double-sided sponge tape at the moment. When extra facilities are available it will be screwed down properly. Heat sink compound a good idea. Good tip with the live feed as well; I will investigate that further.
Been out and about today and she's running nicely.
Chris.
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Post by Penguin45 on Dec 15, 2019 14:27:39 GMT
Fitted a new electronic ignition this morning. Very neat little unit from Gammatronix. Car fired up first turn of the key. After I remembered to put the rotor arm back in. Gammatronix by Penguin 45, on Flickr Pretty good value at £36. Chris.
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Post by Penguin45 on Dec 15, 2019 0:17:00 GMT
Well. Enconsced with friends. Not ideal, but we're rubbing along. It's not home.
We have bought a house in Padiham, on the edge of Burnley. Two bedroom end of terrace, nice bit of garden, freshly decorated, backs onto a big park and we should be able to simply move in and live for a while. It also has a double and single garage; not that this influenced my choice in any way at all......
All now in the hands of solicitors for conveying, so perhaps moving in early February? It ticks off 5 1/2 out of 6 things that we wanted and I suspect that we won't get much nearer than that.
Chris.
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Post by Penguin45 on Dec 7, 2019 17:40:11 GMT
But seriously, folks.
Big thanks to Mark for use of garage and help. You can see Mark's pump in the pic - levelled up the suspension in no time. Fitted a standard ignition coil seeing as we were back on points and tweaked the timing slightly.
I've been feeling slightly parnoid without garage facilities. This morning's activity was house hunting in Lancashire (and we may have found the one) before indulging in a bit of Snoopy bothering. Delighted to find that the twins had had training - a pair of little heads appeared over the living room barrier going "Hello Cwispy".
Chris.
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Post by Penguin45 on Dec 7, 2019 17:27:04 GMT
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Post by Penguin45 on Dec 6, 2019 18:29:34 GMT
Still garageless. Actually, we're homeless and staying with friends for a while. Car has behaved itself, until this morning. Died outside Morrisons on the main road through Guiseley. Well, it's always the ignition with me, isn't it? Sure enough, no volts at the coil (See, I'm getting good at this!). Disconnect electronic box and reactivate the points. Don't go. Reconnect condenser - now she goes. Feeling like a drowned rat at this point as it was hammering down with rain, when a lady from the Tony Woods Butchers (I kid you not) across the road appeared with a lovely hot sausage roll. Most welcome. She'll have to stay on points for the moment until I can get some workshop/garage time somewhere. House hunting in Lancashire tomorrow, so I'll drop in and annoy that Snoopy chap. Anyway, it's always the ignition. Chris.
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Post by Penguin45 on Nov 20, 2019 17:24:58 GMT
Thanks, James. Must've taken a day off work if you read all of it! The heater didn't get fitted, due to the imminent house move and has gone into storage with the rest of the contents of the garage. And then, wouldn't you know it, the other drive shaft decided it didn't want to play any more. So that had to be fixed on the side of the road; leaving me with just a broken lower engine steady to sort. I had kept back the welder, some larger spanners, an angle grinder and a hammer, so let's get creative. Engine lower steady bar by Penguin 45, on Flickr Broken remains. The left hand part was bent through 90° and had to be bashed straight with the hammer in order to work out the correct overall length. Chop off the middle bit and then mutilate a length of angle, set welder to "Stun"* and behold! Engine lower steady bar by Penguin 45, on Flickr Engine lower steady bar by Penguin 45, on Flickr That's unlikely to break (he said, tempting fate) and we're mobile again. Just got to run these remaining tools up to Ilkley and that'll be it for this garage. Rather sad. Sorry about the awful phone pics - the camera has already been packed away. Chris.
*Four power levels on my welder - Tickle, Hot, Stun and Kill.
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Post by Penguin45 on Nov 20, 2019 17:04:15 GMT
Starter motor is a bit lazy on mine - doesn't like the cold much. Like yours, usually starts second turn.
Good to hear positive news on the health front. Trust it works out for you.
Chris.
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Post by Penguin45 on Nov 20, 2019 1:21:05 GMT
Good luck with the move (and with finding somewhere speedily). When I saw the thread title, I was afraid you were abandoning landcrabs for a future with Teutonic moderns! Heart rate now returning to normal! Cheers and thanks, Mr F. We've given ourselves three months to try and get sorted. I'll accept tent and huge barn. MrsP wants a two bedroom bungalow, quarter acre garden and if the grumpy old sod she's married to insists, space for an 18' x 7' garage. I will win. Eventually. Possibly with scars..... And a big garage. I've never actually owned a German car. Been in plenty, driven some, but they just don't move me (Metaphorically speaking - they do move. ). Anyway, the Red Dog is in bad odour. The drive shaft failed on the drivers side. Garage is as above, so spent the evening lying under the car on the roadside. Did eventually manage to change the joint, but the lower engine stability bar has been smashed, so that needs to be sorted before we're back on the road properly. Is it possible that stress levels can hit 11 out of 10? Chris.
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Post by Penguin45 on Nov 19, 2019 17:38:50 GMT
Good luck with the house hunting, David Good luck. Hope you find somewhere suitable soon Dave Cheers and thanks. Good luck with the hunt - we may be in same situation....I'd be quite happy with 10 car garage/tractor shed with mobile home inside or next to it.... Mobile home? Luxury - MrsP's got a trailer tent. We could put it in a barn. Don't let her see this - she'll start getting ideas! Nobody break anything serious for a while...... Chris. That was a stupid thing to say, wasn't it? O/s drive shaft failing. New joint to be fitted.... Chris.
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Post by Penguin45 on Nov 19, 2019 0:00:56 GMT
Ahahaha! Long gone. Although your James (As opposed to our James here) plunging his hand into it was very funny. He did look rather pleased at the mess...
C.
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Post by Penguin45 on Nov 18, 2019 18:14:42 GMT
Or from my pont of view, the end of the world as we know it. End of the World by Penguin 45, on Flickr End of the World by Penguin 45, on Flickr End of the World by Penguin 45, on Flickr 23 years coming to an end. House sold, homeless from Friday, off to stay with some friends locally for a while, then the joys of house hunting. Contents of garage going to be stored in a lock-up in Ilkley for the moment. Can't exactly say that I'm happy, but it's time to down size and top up my pension fund. Nobody break anything serious for a while...... Chris.
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