Thread: Oh Dear, I bought another one.

old and smokey is good, i can rebuild

Tamworth's not that far, we also have a property near warwick for conveniance

Keep me posted if/when you are in search of more funds

Thats a top find, you have to be happy with it Looking forward to hearing how you go with get the old girl running sweet again.

Well after a little work today the '54 siamese bore fired up quite happily, until she spluttered to a halt and we realised she wasn't sucking any juice up from the tank (I suspect a fair bit of crap in the fuel lines and air leaks).
After a bit more work we got her going with the pump drawing fuel from a tin, I was quite surprised how well she went. She seems to be blowing a fair bit of smoke though, does'nt seem to be oily more of a combo of too rich a mixture and crud.
Any wise words from others who have a bit more experience with these charming old beasties.

All the smoke that you saw might be the crap thats been sitting inside the motor as by the sounds of it hasnt been run in a while. You can let it run for around 30mins as it will get up to opperating temp and get every thing moving again. If it is still smokey try looking at spark plugs as they could be gumed up or budded. Also might be worth doing a comp test while the motor is warh as it give a more acurate figure as oppsed to taking a reading with a cold motor. Do a "dry" test 1st then do a "wet" test the dry test will give an idea of the over all cond & a wet test will show if you have any ware in the bores. Hope this helps.

Heres the couple of diesels I got with my '57 for those who are interested.

Heres a couple more pics, one of my not too bad d-lights, a bit of paint on my 57's bulkhead.
Pulled the carby apart today and gave it a good clean too.

Some progress on the '57, reset springs (endorsement for Tamworth Spring Works) and some work on the axle/diff housing.
Slowly but surely...

Starting to look quite promising now, I think I might even be surprised how well she is going to turn out. I'm starting to tire of spending most of my spare time on her but now I'll finish if it kills me.
Does anyone know if Classic Fasteners are still operating, tried to call them a couple of times after some bolts but so far have not been able to get hold of anyone.