I've noticed that when our Mk1 346 (C342161) is still hot after a reasonable run, it can be quite difficult to start the engine again, and there tends to be a...
Hello Martin, Possibly there is a bit of dirt in the float valve, or else said valve needs replacing. Ivan [Non-text portions of this message have been...
hi Martin, It may be the float needle valve / valves in the carb / carbs. The workshop manual gives this as the most common reason for not easily starting when...
I am familiar with this problem, with my saphire 346. The real likely problem is an overheated engine as a result of the older Coventry radiators. You might...
HI MARTIN Your problem suggests to me that the double asbestos gasket between the carby and the manifold is missing or faulty, what I have found is that on ...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Feb 6, 2007 6:13 am
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Belated thanks to Ivan, Keith, Max and Penn - I'll try the various options in turn, starting with the float valve in the carburetter, and see how I get on. ...
HI MARTIN Hope your starting woes will be over, as the cooler days approach the vaporisation at the carby will naturally diminish. The AS site has been very...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Feb 11, 2007 10:14 pm
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I have a 1957 AS Sapphire 346 fitted with a Clayton Dewandre type VOM.1/687 Brake servo. Could anyone help with availability of overhaul/repair kits or...
hi joe . there is a new clayton servo on ebay just now ,maybe worth looking at.regards keith... ... From: gibney_joe To: Siddeley@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Hello Still fairly new to this group (& the Marque!)i am looking for some spares for the car and wondered if you have a spres section, or if i can ask here for...
Hi Colin, Welcome to the group (and the cars!) - we don't have a spares section in the group as such, but some members may have spares that they can make...
Hello all, I was just looking at the Star rear inlet manifold and notice that the little connection tube for the vacuum hose that goes to the brake booster has...
HI JOE My view after lots of trouble on many cars, is that Clayton Dewandre brake servos should be replaced with a suitable capacity unit such as the ...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Feb 12, 2007 10:18 pm
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HI COLIN AS spares are available from the Australian, Uk, and New Zealand AS clubs, all clubs have good stocks of new spares or remanufactured items, eg the ...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Feb 12, 2007 10:24 pm
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hi penn and joe. on both of my 346 sapphires i have done away with the clayton servo and fitted rover 2000 or mg servos with amaizing results.the brakes are...
Hello Thanks for the info, I do have the member joining form, which I have yet to fill in and send back!! if you look at my recent photos you may be able to...
Penn is it an easy job to covert an early 346 to have power breaks Joe ... From: Robert Penn Bradly To: Siddeley@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 13,...
HI IVAN I am sure that there is no hole in the vacuum line, you should also have the goose neck addition as in the AS tech bulletins, any loss of vacuum will ...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Feb 13, 2007 8:16 am
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HI KEVIN Great to hear from you I had hoped to catch up at Inverell, lets hope you can make Canberra next month. Yes you can add a booster to Mark 1 brakes...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Feb 13, 2007 8:55 am
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Thanks Penn and Brian. I am glad that hole is not original and will eliminate it. Will also follow up on the goosneck thing. Can't find any sign of it in the...
I think group members have so far missed the point that this is the pre-war (1938/39) Sixteen Six Light that was fitted with the modern turbo-charged diesel...
Hi Colin, I have just looked at your pictures and the car looks great. It is so good to see another Siddeley coming back into use. The missing rad cap and...
Hi, The special inlet pipe for the servo and the absolute necessity for its fitting was detailed in Sphinx a short while back. The part number and price were...
16HP with 6 light body can ONLY be a Lancaster.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOING BOING BOING I have an Arrmstrong Siddeley 16HP 6 light sat in my garage and it...
The "radiator filler cap" is easily replaced by an alternative method as it is a non-pressurised system. However if you are referring to the hinge up base with...
Thanks for the information John. I'll get our NZ parts Div to sort it out for me. It is just possible though unlikely, that my spare engine has this item, but...
Hello Colin and John, Some years ago I had some reproduction upright sphinxes cast in bronze and I have 2 left, for which I am asking $NZ40.00 each plus...
Hello Keith Thanks for your message, my "Sphinx" in a hinge up base with mascot atop as you said, I'm assuming that the radiator cap is built into the...
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