Cornish Rattler

Hi guys Can anyone tell me the closest feeler gauge setting please in Imperial as I don't have any metric feeler gauges

The scrapman came and took the old chassis away inc all the old springs and stuff today

Rebuilt the bottom end up on Saturday after checking the crank and con rod's for play last weekend then today I removed the head check for play in the bores and that there are honeing marks which there is so everything looks ok there, the only thing I was a bit curious about was no 3 piston had more build up of carbon than the rest it other than that it looks ok, when I removed the rocker cover I found a round plate and screw in there don't know what it's off as it was nothing to do with the engine it didn't look damaged but there was only one screw and there was two holes in the plate but I couldn't find anything in the Pistons so I think the rocker cover had been off for some reason and some how the plate and screw was placed in there why I don't know, then before fitting the new Elring H/G I replaced the push rods just as a matter of course as they don't always get replaced then replaced the H/G and replaced the head bolts just need to fit the manifolds and it's ready for going in

Ok no probz

I bought the BP Teflon ones from paddocks been on now for the best part of two years now with no probz. It's a shame they don't do them for series models as I would fit a pair on the series we are rebuilding

Mine are better and ready to be picked up when your ready

As for refitting everything back on ( gaskets ) are they all dry gaskets meaning no gasket slonk needed as when I removed the timing cover, case, sump and ladder frame there was no gaskets one either the sump or the ladder frame but loads of slonk, the timing cover and case had gaskets fitted with loads of slonk used

Years ago in my then s111 swb i managed to melt a clutch release bearing cage when i got stuck in a hole at Castleford yorks so switched to a s11a box and never had the problem again, I hate plastic caged bearings

Removed the sump and ladder frame today, checked the con rods for play and with the engine on its side i can see that new pistons have been fitted although i haven't removed the cylinder head yet as i had to go out but than will be removed at the weekend now , the oil pump strainer looks clean, and other than the remains of the oil the sump is clean so up to now everything seems ok

Chassis has been ordered just waiting till it comes but in the mean time we can rebuild the axles and fit new springs and stuff to the axles

I have removed all the externals of the engine today just need to remove the sump, ladder frame and cylinder head then once i know everything is ok i will refit everything with new gaskets and seals and hopefully paint it but if it needs work i will carry on stripping it

Is the other tranny box a higher geared one if so and is ok you could swap it over or keep to the setup you have and later fit an O/D

Possibly an early tranny box, the trouble with series boxes there are loads of them with different Suffixes on them but all inc the tranny boxes are all interchangeable so tend to get miss matched a lot. The higher the suffix A-XYZ means the higher the gearing in both g/box and tranny box so if you are after higher gearing idearly you need an higher suffixed tranny box your g/box is the average geared box meaning its not to low and not to highly geared but your tranny box mite be holding you back and feeling like you have lower gearing if you know what i mean, bit like fitting the highest gearing there is then fitting small wheels on

Could be a faulty coil getting hot, had this on my s111 years ago driving from Manchester to Cornwall towing a caravan lookerly my bro was with us in his s11a so we got to the services and found a local motorist shop and bought a new coil fitted it and everything was ok again, hope you get it sorted

So does that mean petrol is dropping to 50p a gallon and we can all fit V8's in our landy's

PM sent

Yeah i can send PM's but can't receive them so if you want to come over on either Saturday or Monday ( my days off ) i will cut them off for you ( F.O.C.) if you can i will PM you with address and mobile number

You mean cut round where the engine mounts are on the old chassis ?

No prob's dave think it was just too hot in there and i just wanted to get everything out so i could have a good sweep up but realised i had left them on but i had put everything away by then so i will get them off in the week ready for the new chassis

Both the dumb irons have been replaced in the past and the ones that are on now are rotten as pears

The tow bar is an home made affair, the grab handles are coming off and the relay is quite stiff and notchie so will need replacing

I managed to cut the 2a chassis up today so hopefully this weekend coming I can start checking the disco engine over and ordering bits for it

Just finished removing the axles, removing the springs from the axles and cutting up the chassis ready for the scrapman to collect

And these are from yesterday when we removed the engine, bulkhead and gearbox

Here are some pic's of when we removed the rear body sections