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by SHyslop
Tue Dec 02, 2025 8:55 am
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Jaeger Clock adjustment
Replies: 6
Views: 609

Re: Jaeger Clock adjustment

It's hard to be precise without seeing but the two things to reconcile with quartz movements are :1) fitting the movement to make the battery and adjuster accessible and 2) retaining the original clock case to maintain the fixings points for the original clamp. 2) seems to usually win out over 1) so...
by SHyslop
Sun Nov 30, 2025 7:55 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Jaeger Clock adjustment
Replies: 6
Views: 609

Re: Jaeger Clock adjustment

All will be revealed once you get into it! (Personal biased views following !!) Quartz movements are a quick fix for a non working clock but the standard quartz movement has a sort of nasty 'crunch-crunch' sound compared with the nice 'click click - click click' of the original. There are quieter ne...
by SHyslop
Sat Nov 29, 2025 11:04 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: 1937 P2 Front Seats
Replies: 2
Views: 296

Re: 1937 P2 Front Seats

The cushion should just pull straight out. This is usually the most worn piece of upholstery in the car. I've had quite a few recovered but if the leather is intact, it should be a straightforward job to repack it with firmer stuffing. If it is tight to pull out from the seat, lift it up at the fron...
by SHyslop
Sat Nov 29, 2025 7:18 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Jaeger Clock adjustment
Replies: 6
Views: 609

Re: Jaeger Clock adjustment

If this is FPD, someone has been at it already and fitted a quartz movement. These are usually powered by an AA battery but a cleverer arrangement can be made with a transformer down from 12v to 1.5v, to save guddling about behind the dashboard. It should be a wind up Jaeger,look for the right one t...
by SHyslop
Wed Apr 23, 2025 7:56 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: How remove fuel sender - bolts are stuck
Replies: 6
Views: 7901

Re: How remove fuel sender - bolts are stuck

Which ones ? On the car or Meccano ? The Meccano ones are steel. By the way, the tapping size drill for 5/32" W is 3.2mm.
by SHyslop
Wed Apr 23, 2025 5:25 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: How remove fuel sender - bolts are stuck
Replies: 6
Views: 7901

Re: How remove fuel sender - bolts are stuck

One of the problems of today are metric sized screwdriver blades in imperial size screw slots. However, for it it's worth, here's how I've found these. You get one good go at the screw heads but they may be past that point. A good tool to try is the biggest screwdriver blade in cheap 1/4" socket set...
by SHyslop
Mon Apr 21, 2025 10:38 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: 1947 cars optional extras, is Les Spencer on here?
Replies: 4
Views: 11453

Re: 1947 cars optional extras, is Les Spencer on here?

Thank you, yes, I know those pages from the post war brochures and it is good of you to have looked them out but was there a post war price list for options, maybe kept by the dealers? I think I remember seeing one in the paperwork with a previous car but it would be 30+ years ago. I always remember...
by SHyslop
Mon Apr 21, 2025 3:56 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: 1947 cars optional extras, is Les Spencer on here?
Replies: 4
Views: 11453

1947 cars optional extras, is Les Spencer on here?

A chance conversation last year brought up the subject of a 1947 14 six light saloon I used to own. The car had the twin horns and central pass light of a sports saloon and my recollection was of details with the car that it had been supplied with these from new. This, I was told, was fanciful but i...