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by RobHomewood
Tue Oct 25, 2022 9:19 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Solex Carburrettor 30FFA1
Replies: 14
Views: 4517

Re: Solex Carburrettor 30FFA1

David
I have taken it from the other carb temporarily (and the ball and spring) but I want them both to be complete and usable. Is that too greedy? If I decided to sell the spare then the purchaser would almost certainly expect completeness
Rob
by RobHomewood
Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:03 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Solex Carburrettor 30FFA1
Replies: 14
Views: 4517

Re: Solex Carburrettor 30FFA1

Hi Richard Your comment about the mounting flange made me stop and go back and look. Its true that the top of the mounting flange looks distorted in the photo but in fact I bought this carb as refurbished and it appears as though the mating face has been planed down to flat and so that isnt the prob...
by RobHomewood
Tue Oct 11, 2022 12:09 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Re-wiring
Replies: 8
Views: 3016

Re: Re-wiring

Hi David I have to say that my rewiring took a lot more than one day! Admittedly I did not dismantle the car at all except for removing the dash, I was single-handed and a novice but it took me any number of days (OK not full days). I had certainly spent many more days drawing up diagrams of the wir...
by RobHomewood
Tue Sep 27, 2022 11:44 am
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Boot handle locks
Replies: 4
Views: 2355

Re: Boot handle locks

Forgot the pics!
by RobHomewood
Tue Sep 27, 2022 11:05 am
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Boot handle locks
Replies: 4
Views: 2355

Boot handle locks

Could anyone help in identifying these 2 boot handle locks which I dug out from my spares? They dont match my '39 14 nor apparently a 38 sportsman saloon. I wondered if the single handed one was from a tourer? They are marked as follows: single handed one shows 'FM558/3' double handed one shows 'H47...
by RobHomewood
Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:46 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Travels in a Tourer
Replies: 8
Views: 2755

Re: Travels in a Tourer

Back in July I was greatly encouraged by David's report of his succesful european tour when I was struggling to get my DHC fit for travelling on holiday. I had to spend a lot of time but I got there - just. The new rocker cover gasket arrived broken in 5 places. The new drip tray arrived just before...
by RobHomewood
Thu Sep 22, 2022 11:00 am
Forum: RSR Discussion
Topic: Petrol Tank sender unit
Replies: 11
Views: 26890

Re: Petrol Tank sender unit

sorry typo - not 'water' unit but 'fuel' unit of course
by RobHomewood
Thu Sep 22, 2022 10:59 am
Forum: RSR Discussion
Topic: Petrol Tank sender unit
Replies: 11
Views: 26890

Re: Petrol Tank sender unit

This sender type is available from Holden and maybe others. It is quite easy to change the float if you wish to keep the metal one (new ones are plastic). You may find that only one side of the yoke is connected on the new unit but it doesn't seem to matter. There are two types listed- one for top a...
by RobHomewood
Fri Aug 12, 2022 11:20 am
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Solex Carburrettor 30FFA1
Replies: 14
Views: 4517

Re: Solex Carburrettor 30FFA1

Hi Luli I have been looking long and hard at the photos of the bi-starter disc etc and concluded that I cant reverse the disc because the holes would be in the wrong sequence. My thinking is this: the the large rrounded rectangular hole is the air vent. Opposite this on the disc is a medium size rou...
by RobHomewood
Fri Aug 12, 2022 9:26 am
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Solex Carburrettor 30FFA1
Replies: 14
Views: 4517

Re: Solex Carburrettor 30FFA1

Hi Luli
Sorry I have only just seen your other response about the gasket- I think it must have been delayed somehow
regards
Rob