1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)

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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)

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I've spoke to Ken but never met him, he does seem a decent chap.
I helped him get a boot floor for something once.
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)

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I've met him in person through DAF-bothering.
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)

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I think the boot floor I collected & posted to him was Dolomite, but I wouldn't swear to it.
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)

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He is such a nice guy and someone I can call a good friend.

If it was a Dolomite floor, he very graciously gave it to me for mine and currently sitting in my garage.
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)

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Black & kinda circle ish? if so aye.
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Hooli wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:00 pm Black & kinda circle ish? if so aye.
That sounds like a tyre?
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)

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Is he free of his Mrs yet? That sounds a nightmare.
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)

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SiC wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:24 pm Ken of Purplebargken fame came for a visit today. He tried scrubbing up the interior but despite vigorous action and some strong chemicals, it appeared to be already clean. What looks like ingrained dirt appears to be what the seat material is supposed to be like!

He also gave it a drive around on some local back roads and found it suitably fun. We both agree that the revs seem way to high in 4th at 30mph and feels like it could do with another ratio..

Front calipers definitely must be sticking as even after a short drive, the front wheels are noticabley hot. Even in this weather they feel much hotter than they should be. I'll take the calipers off, clean off the moving parts and possibly lob new pistons + seals on it. 

Engine temperature gauge after the drive was just above the normal marker. Higher than on the previous run. But then it's currently 32C outside and probably at the top of the original design limit for the standard thermostat! Possibly if it was this temperature more often it should have a hot climate one in. Certainly didn't appear to be boiling over, so quite happy with the cooling system. 

Finally the volts seem normal after a run (12.7v to 12.9v after a few minutes shutdown), so the dynamo appears to be doing its job. However I don't have a whole lot of trust on the system to not cause me grief and especially fear those cut-off contacts welding themselves together after a run. For the sake of the cost of a £40 alternator plus £15 of bracket and bolts, I'm seriously thinking of just lobbing an alternator on for piece of mind. 

Need to figure out exactly what I need to do it though. I think it's just an A-series alternator bracket that supports the rear of the stud and associated hardware. Then expected simple rewire of the electrics to remove the control box. 
I've had good results from these things.
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Allows you to keep the dynamo. I had one on a lorry which would have been difficult to convert to alternator as it had 2 large fanbelts. It coped fine with the higher output Lucas commercial unit. It's usually a regulator fault that cream crackers dynamos, they last well with electronic regulation.
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)

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I quite enjoyed watching this
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)

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From Cars and car conversions dec ' 73 Stuboys dad ?
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