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Lots happening in the shed, translating to not much happening on this blog.\u00a0 First off, the Fulvia has been occupying me with a small fault but has turned into a huge production.<\/p>\n

I thought the car was missing at light throttle openings like cruising down the freeway so as I was going to change over to electronic ignition anyway this was the first of many things that I replaced and it made no difference so here is a list of what was checked or replaced:<\/p>\n

Sparkplugs replaced
\nPlug leads checked
\nDistributor Cap substituted (Thanks Garry)
\nRotor replaced
\nIgnition Timing checked
\nCarburettor Float Level checked\/corrected (Thanks Marnix)
\nFuel pump pressure checked
\nfuel lines checked
\nFuel tank venting checked
\nCarburettor Balance checked\/corrected
\nIdle Mixture checked\/corrected
\nLoose venturis fixed
\nValve Clearances checked
\nValve spring pressure checked<\/p>\n

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The alleged culprit<\/p><\/div>\n

All these adjustments resulted in no change. \u00a0It was suggested by a certain Mr Bondini that \u201cAre you sure it\u2019s not the nut behind the wheel?\u201d a comment that as it happened was very close to the truth. \u00a0I was having my doubts, was it really a miss?\u00a0 I had been pouring out this tale of woe on a Fulvia forum when it was postulated that maybe my engine mounts were shot, making the engine wobbly so appearing to be a miss and that sounded about right, new mounts are ordered we will see.<\/p>\n

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The Futile Fulvia Fiasco has kept me away from the Austin 7 Special for too long but I\u2019m back on it.\u00a0 Last time I checked in the Austin was a rolling chassis, now it\u2019s a rolling running chassis with most of the body complete see below, the timeline for the project is to be completed by December although I think that was originally December 2017, never mind I had better get my skates on.<\/p>\n

The Austin 7 as purchased was a heap of junk, the only redeeming feature was its photo in the advertisement, the actual car was rubbish. \u00a0The process so far has been to replace or recondition everything.<\/p>\n

In summary<\/p>\n

Differential: renew everything except the case
\nBrakes: replace dodgy leaking hydraulic conversion with \u201cSemi Girling\u201d shoes and backing plates and replace drums with cast iron ones, new cables etc.\"\"<\/a>
\nFront axle: Replace with lowered one, new kingpins, sexy double shockers renew all swivels.
\nChassis: Box in Top hat section, sandblast and paint.
\nGearbox: now close ratio
\nEngine\u2026 seems good?
\nBody frame reshaped to look less like a \u201cUte\u201d, seat moved back 125mm so I can now fit.
\nDashboard: Machine turned, new fake Ulster instruments Tacho and 100mph Speedo!<\/p>\n

For the body I have gone for the bare aluminium riveted look, initially thinking aviation but the more I look at the finished product the more I think a tank sans gun turret, Oh well I guess I will not notice once I am actually driving it.<\/p>\n \n

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