Hello again Mick As I said before, the car looks very nice in the photographs. Why don't you think about doing a short report for the Sphinx magazine with some...
Hi to the group! I have not contributed for a while but would like to get some opinions on a couple of matters. I have just replaced the windscreen on the 18...
HI PAUL The ASCC has windscreen rubbers in stock, the ute uses the same profile as the Whitley (not the Lancaster) just ask Geoffrey Tuckwell Cheers PENN ...
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Aug 3, 2007 6:34 pm
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Hi all, The Hurricane is due its MOT on Wednesday so I fixed all of the electrical "issues" today. Whilst scrabbling around under the front apron I noticed...
hi , as you will all have seen in this months magazine i have managed to revive the scottish section of the club,as a result we have started a monthly news...
Evening Paul I had a problem with a tiny leak on an 18hp cylinder. I took the engine to get the head skimmed and had hardened valve seats fitted new valves and...
Richard The gaiter I think you will find is made from leather not rubber it is usally mistaken for rubber because the ingress of grease gives it the texture...
I do not think that any region of ASOC has had its own newsletter in the time I have been in the Club - from January 1966! Congratulations. The Sphinx mag...
HI RICHARD You can replace the old leather gaiter with a drive shaft boot from a Citroen, there are at least two Citroen part numbers for gaiters that will be...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Aug 4, 2007 11:17 pm
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Hi! Penn, thanks for the reply, I have fitted a new seal for the windscreen. I guess I wasn't clear in my description. The whole windscreen is new and the...
hi peter and bette many thanks for your kind remarks, hopefully we will have a bigger calender next yearit was a bit of short notice this year, but i will keep...
Hi Ian, That's a very complete answer! I'll check for wear today and look into making up a temporary cover. I'll also order the parts for a proper overhaul...
Hi Penn, The Citroen gaiter idea sounds good for the permanent fix. Do you have the part numbers? Other wise I'll have a trawl through their parts book for a...
Richard The ASOC Stores has a supply of the correct rubber gaiters. Brian _____ From: Siddeley@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Siddeley@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Morning Richard I spoke today with the chap that does my MOT. The joint is checked for signs of wear by checking the ball joint for movement with the lower...
It is critical that gaiters are fitted to the front suspension ball joints on the 16/18hp vehicles. If the gaiters are damaged or missing, water and road grit...
Hi Ian, I've uploaded a couple of pictures of the vertical link, before and after getting the old gaiter off, to the Berkshire Siddeleys album, plus a rather...
HI PAUL You should not need to caulk the outer rubber seal to the body as the rubber goes in under significant tension, and mostly you need either several ...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Aug 6, 2007 1:45 am
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HI RICHARD The numbers I have but may not now be useful are: 426618 3d-f-5410-072 5-410-072 (perhaps the 3d prefix in not required) Cheers PENN _____ From:...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Aug 6, 2007 1:47 am
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Morning Richard I took a look at the photographs jeepers there was a lot of grease everywhere, still it is looking better now. shouldn`t really be any outside...
HI I NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE CHASIS NUMBER ON ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY SAPPHIRE MKII 1955 .TANK YOU VERY MUCH.REGARDS JOSE ... Sé un Mejor Amante del Cine ¿Quieres...
Our daughter's year at her school currently has a project that might generally be described as "life 50 or more years ago" and the kids have been encouraged to...
Hi Martin, What is the actual registration number of your school visit 346? It looks very much like the car pictured in an article in an English local paper...
Hello Chris, AU2831. I'd be surprised if she turned up in an English paper, but you never know! Can you post a scan of the article to our Files section for...
Hello Juan (and welcome to the Group), Have a look on the top of the chassis rail just in front of the firewall. It should be the right-hand one if you are...
Hi Martin Well, big surprise! It is your car in the article as you will see. I have no idea how it would have got into the Solihull News (Solihull is on the...
Wow - thanks for this. I took that picture outside my wife's house here in Upper Hutt about ten years ago and put it on my website. All I can imagine is that...
HI JUAN & MARTIN The description of the chassis number placement on this site is correct so long as the reader knows the “fire wall” term, we tend to use...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Aug 9, 2007 10:27 pm
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Siddeley group. File : /chassisno.JPG...