Thank you for your responses. The gear drive is fine, it's definitely driving the thing round. I haven't tried bench testing it, I take it to bits, try something different and reinstall it. I could perhaps drive the input with a socket and drill so may try that next time it's off. Thanks for...

Thanks for the response Lynall. Yes there is an Austin 7 forum but most on it are heavily into 'originality' - and I get abused for wanting to do away with the fragile low charging 6v dynamo. I now probably know more about this alternator conversion than anyone else other than whoever put it...

Hi there, 500 'Views' but nobody has any advice? I can't believe that the collective experience on this forum doesn't cover basic tests of an alternator. Or has the Replacement Society taken hold and we just ditch anything where a bolt in part is available. From other ingenious solutions to...

Hi, I normally hang out on the Discovery forum for my D4 with occasional forays into the Defender world when helping my youngest with his TD5 110. I do have other cars, and as you can imagine - problems. Latest is an alternator problem on an Austin 7. Yes I know they're supposed to have a...

Hi Guys, I usually watch the Disco4 and formally the P38 areas but I'm helping my son with his TD5 110 and hope I can tap into the depth of knowledge and experience you have. The steering box is leaking and expecting the usual steering arm location I set myself up to do it. However on closer...

No; it's not sold as such - but better than putting them in dry if you've nothing else to hand. I suspect Copaslip etc is more angled towards steel on steel threads, nuts and bolts etc. With the aluminium head its as much to deter corrosion as it is for long life lubrication.

I've done a couple of these for the same reason. I inherited a dodgy one with the car that came off first time I checked the plugs. I've done a second since as the guys above suggest - a crimp and solder - it is very tight with only about an inch of reluctant cable accessible outside the...

Sounds like you're fixed up - but Allen headed screws might have been a better option if your crap experience were to continue and you needed to get it off again?

Hi, I've a 2001 DHSE and have the short condenser you describe. See these two threads for my experiences. I doubt you'll find a replacement - and if you do it'll be eye wateringly expensive. My fix is still tight after a year. I did think that the earlier square condenser would go in with a bit...

My blockage was the non return valve behind the near side rear lights stuck shut. You can reach it by groping through the small removable hatch, it looks / feels like a 5p sized round thingey in the tube up behind the foam insulation. I thought mine was bunged up with dried washer fluid. I blew...

I too have an annoying drip from one of the flexy's under the main radiator, I'm pysching myself up to fix it when the box needs an oil change soon. Crimp on engine cooler hoses have been a cheap and chearful success for me (see the How To's). What sort of pressure is in these gearbox pipes, I...

A constant weep eventually makes a right mess, it's satisfying to fix something and know it's better. I found that it was the O ring on the body. The leaker I removed was fat at one side and thin (undersize) at the other. It was visually obvious without measuring. I've now got some spare O...

No problem; you've contributed to the collective knowledge on here - this is our payback. A picture of the mangled remains of the plug and what finally worked always goes down well.

Have you tried an Allen key mounted in an impact driver, similar to getting disc screws out. The extra whack from the hammer on the driver may take the key further in to reach part of the hex that hasn't been rounded off. If no good I'm with the others on the bigger hammer and harder whack...

2 bar is fact. I agree with you, it seems high and would suppress boiling beyond where something else would happen. But there must be millions of various model Beemers around the world with 2 bar systems. I suspect initial over filling to compensate for air elsewhere in the system was part of...