Tommy's A-series Misery - More Austin 7 Work

[Tickman]

Some things are more important than a trip.

[Supernaut]

36 minutes ago, Tickman said:

Some things are more important than a trip.

What he said.

I was at a show on Sunday and was reminded of you, @Tommyboy12 by this little gem.

I stood there for a good 5 minutes thinking "there's a turbo, and an intercooler crammed in there, blowing through the SU carb?!" 

Madness.

[Tommyboy12]

24 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

What he said.

I was at a show on Sunday and was reminded of you, @Tommyboy12 by this little gem.

I stood there for a good 5 minutes thinking "there's a turbo, and an intercooler crammed in there, blowing through the SU carb?!" 

Madness.

Ooof. Its got the bagsport fabrications side manifold by the looks of it. Side mounted turbo over the flywheel housing. Ive been contemplating converting to this setup as it offers better, more modern turbos plus I might want to be a total chav and have a screamer pipe out the bonnet...

I love the fact it looks completely standard on the outside apart from the wheels.

[Tommyboy12]

1 hour ago, Tickman said:

Some things are more important than a trip.

100% agree. It was never a question of whether I should cancel or not. I was absolutely going to cancel when we found out but im not going to let it dampen the desire to do a road trip in a near 100 year old car.

[Tickman]

We have no doubt about your sanity levels when it comes to utterly daft roadtrips perfectly sensibly use of your car.

[Supernaut]

And here I am, convincing myself that a cars and coffees event 40 miles away is "too far" to take the series one Land Rover...

I am weak!

[sharley17194]

On 30/06/2026 at 09:30, Tommyboy12 said:

100% agree. It was never a question of whether I should cancel or not. I was absolutely going to cancel when we found out but im not going to let it dampen the desire to do a road trip in a near 100 year old car.

just gives me longer to fix mine! 

[Tommyboy12]

So I am back from the family funeral now and spent last night tinkering on the Austin 7. I pulled the tank off and it was full of crud as suspected. I gave it a good hose down and rolled some gravel around it for an hour until my arms became very tired and bolted it back onto the car. I have however ordered a tank sealing kit and fully intend to take the tank back off (it takes longer to drain it than physically remove it) to seal the tank up. Problem being that although I washed it out and filled it with gravel, it is actually a baffled tank, which surprised me somewhat given its age, so i suspect that some of the areas I couldnt reach are still full of shite.

I gave it a run round the outskirts of the village for about 10 miles and it didnt give me any issues so im hoping that has resolved it. I did notice however that I lost water during my drive round.  I didnt check it beforehand so have no idea how much I have lost but it didnt give any signs of overheating like bubbling or steam so I am wondering if I am losing it somewhere. Something to investigate at least.

I did manage to fix the speedo too! I got up to a heady 45mph yesterday. It didnt have a lot more to give but it cruised quite nicely at that speed. I have read that standard cruise is 40-45mph anyway and it happily sits at that now so the engine is clearly in reasonable health.