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by partviking
Thu Sep 17, 2020 6:28 am
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Oil Pressure Gauge Pipe
Replies: 14
Views: 8815

Re: Oil Pressure Gauge Pipe

Rubythursday wrote:
Wed Sep 16, 2020 9:45 pm
The fitting is longer where it screws into the block as it extends down and locates the cam bearing.
...............so clearly a fitting the supplies the oil pressure to the hose but doesn't extend down to locate the bearing will lead to problems with the bearing at some point?

Alan
by partviking
Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:22 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Oil Pressure Gauge Pipe
Replies: 14
Views: 8815

Re: Oil Pressure Gauge Pipe

Thanks Tony,

I appreciate you taking the time to reply and include the photos.

Yours looks identical to mine so I think I'll go down the replacement hose keep the fittings route.

Had a look at your car in your post. A real credit to you....just hope I can get there. ;)

Regards

Alan
by partviking
Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:22 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Oil Pressure Gauge Pipe
Replies: 14
Views: 8815

Re: Oil Pressure Gauge Pipe

Thanks Tony, I'd really appreciate that.

I've also reallsied I gave the wrong thread type it's actually 1/8 BSF not 1/4 BSP at the guage end.

I didn't think the adaptor would be critical to the rear cam bearing but better safe than sorry.

Regards

Alan
by partviking
Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:15 am
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Oil Pressure Gauge Pipe
Replies: 14
Views: 8815

Re: Oil Pressure Gauge Pipe

Tony Thank you for your reply. Yes I had considered the 'new hose on old fittings' route and that was probably going to be my next option. The adaptor in the block certainly looks original but my concern was that if I removed it I might somehow affect the integrity of the camshaft rear bearing but a...
by partviking
Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:47 am
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Oil Pressure Gauge Pipe
Replies: 14
Views: 8815

Oil Pressure Gauge Pipe

I have a 1940 Twelve and the oil pipe feed is 7/16 BSF block end and 1/4 BSP into the back of the gauage. I can get a pipe made up by doing away with the adaptor (7/16 BSF to 1/4 BSP) that screws into the block but the parts book calls this adaptor a "Oil Feed & Rear Cam Bearing Locator". How critic...
by partviking
Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:35 pm
Forum: RSR Discussion
Topic: Sir Michael Edwardes RIP
Replies: 2
Views: 4325

Sir Michael Edwardes RIP

Very detailed obituary in today's Daily Telegraph ( well done D.T.) 're Sir Michael Edwardes who passed away on 15th Sep. His appointment as Chairman at British Leyland in Nov 1977 was IMHO a game changer and he left the company in a better condition than when he found it. Sadly history shows it sti...
by partviking
Mon Nov 09, 2015 2:06 pm
Forum: I want and I 've got..
Topic: WANTED C45 PV6 Dynamo (not woirking OK if complete)
Replies: 0
Views: 2070

WANTED C45 PV6 Dynamo (not woirking OK if complete)

I've managed to snap the mounting lug on the commutator end of my 1959 P4 90 dynamo

Anyone got a dead dynamo they want to offload, only need the end bracket, happy to consider a fully working one.

You can email me direct on partviking1@gmail.com

Thanks

Alan
by partviking
Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:09 pm
Forum: RSR Discussion
Topic: Forum discssions
Replies: 20
Views: 15894

Re: Forum discssions

What I meant John was I feel voting for your own Class is IMHO fairer than voting for all and sundry by virtue of the fact owners of the same or very similar vehicles are more likely ( though I accept it's not a certainty) to have better knowledge and understanding of their own vehicles. When it com...
by partviking
Sat Jul 05, 2014 7:34 am
Forum: RSR Discussion
Topic: Forum discssions
Replies: 20
Views: 15894

Re: Forum discssions

There are X number of cars in a class and you are asked to vote for a car "other than your own" which is fair enough, so you do the right thing and vote for a car you like! but you are the only one to do so so the car is given the class win because you are the only one who bothered! Is this a fair ...
by partviking
Tue Jul 02, 2013 12:46 pm
Forum: Meetings, Rallies and Events
Topic: Jubilee Rally 30th June 2013
Replies: 9
Views: 9283

Re: Jubilee Rally 30th June 2013

I echo the comments.

A fantastic job done by Mike Maher and the team.

Superb day out, even the weather complied as my burnt forehead confirms.

The standard of display cars seems to get better every year.

Alan