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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- Wed Apr 23, 2025 7:22 pm
- Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
- Topic: Electrics leakage/drain - 1937 TEN P2 Can anyone help?
- Replies: 5
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Re: Electrics leakage/drain - 1937 TEN P2 Can anyone help?
Absolutely positively , Positive !
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fri Apr 18, 2025 2:30 pm
- Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
- Topic: British Jaeger Clock Repair Kit for P2 Tourer #179
- Replies: 5
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Re: British Jaeger Clock Repair Kit for P2 Tourer #179
Cheering news !