Thread: 1954 Royal Review 47160049

Screwed a self tapper into it and hit it with freeze spray a few times. Got it out and sure enough the ball was stuck. Cleaned it all up and put it back together. This time when I fill the bowl with petrol and work the lever it pumps fuel out the injector pipe.
These new springs for the diaphrams are stronger than the Tickford ones.
Moving the throttle lever here wont move the pump lever untill near the end of its stroke, whereas the Tickford one the spring on the pump rod starts to operate the pump straight away.
Might have to fiddle a bit there.
With the kit I put in new diaphrams and springs etc.
Anyway, hopefully that has fixed the problem. Wont be able to try it till Sunday as we have a shooting match tomorrow.

Te other thing you have to take care of is removing theAir Correction Jet , if its tight it brakes the tower off the carby body. I glued mine back together & glued a tube over the out side so if it were to brake off while driving it wont fall down into the motor. I've seen others where the people have taped thread & fitted the jet lower down. Wayne

Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

Blocking off the oil ports for the bypass filter, may be ok on a old motor.
I am thinking that the bypass oil needs to go somewhere if the filter isn't fitted, so just loop the two ports together and try the pressure test again.

Most bearing shells have the oil hole in both halves, was yours like that?
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Maybe replacement bearings now have oil holes in booth half's but mine had a hole in the top only on the 80" & P3 . My 80 has still got the origional bearings in it that Rover put in in 1949, the shaft is std & I plastie gauged the bearings & clearances were OK, so i put them back in , My P3 was the same. Wayne

Freeing the injector ball helped a lot but was not quite right.
Remember I said the springs that came in the kit seemed stronger. I pulled the pump end off and replaced the new springs with the older, softer original springs. Bingo much better.
Starter motor seems to be working OK so bolted the oil filter on as well.

Hi Keith, I thought you needed a easy job on the Royal , all you have to do is work out how to fit these. I'll bring them to Samford . He also gave me 4 spares. You may be able to sell 2 to the guy in Adelaid with the other Royal .Wayne

Woo Hoo . They look flash. Ill see you there. The bloke in Adelaide is not talking to me. We will have to see what happens.
Been trying to work out the front seats so getting ready to do some sewing with the new/ old machine.

Hemay have his nose out of joint with you having a complete Royal

You must be very bissy with your new/old sowing machine you havn't posted anything for a bit. You could get Ann to take a photo of you sowing that i would like to see