Austin Ten Drivers Club

Thanks Rod, they did not come up in my internet searching.
I’ll try again not withstanding I have a couple coming from the UK.
Good to also have a local source,
Cheers
Gary
Auckland VAR

Thanks for the advice guys.
I have ordered a couple from club spares.
I did some small research to obtain some suitable felt in NZ but most is thin sheets 2 or 3mm thick designed for home craft use.
It is also all acrylic. So not suitable in a a hot oily environment I would think.
cheers

Gary

Progress update. Newly made STD rings have arrived and I need to get the corresponding piston slots widened to fit. My mini Lathe is not up to this as I don't have the right cutting tool bits. The rings have been made slightly wider in thickness so the slots in the pistons can be enlarged to maintai...

As promised this is a new thread, hopefully not as long as the last one. After the valve grind I wasn’t happy with the compression measurements on cylinders 3 and 4. Decided to extract #4 while the car was still up on its stands. I have discovered I have 4 x ring pistons and the bottom oil scraper w...

Thanks Bob. yes I agree, old cars/motorbikes etc consume oil. I have had a few over the years. However while I have the car up on stands I decided to check out the rings situation. I stripped the engine again and removed piston # 4. First thing noted was the poured metal big end bearing looked in fi...

Thanks Simon,
Yes I suspect the next exercise will be a ring job. After the engine is warm there is some bluish smoke from the tail pipe.
Can’t be the valve guides as I have installed new ones and new ex valves!
Cheers
Gary
Auckland VAR

Update: Head back on and tightened down using the 8 “ ring spanner and sensing tightness by feel. Surprisingly I think I have all the nuts about right. I applied a small amount of copper grease to the stud threads and the nuts pulled up tight easily. The test for the success or otherwise of this who...

Thanks for the replies and advice all.
Very much appreciated.
I will leave the torque wrench in its case and do it the traditional way by hand.
I have a set of suitable 8 inch ring scanners and plan to put the head back on later today.
Cheers
Gary
Auckland VAR

Further progress.... All valves are now in and gapped. New head gasket lightly greased with copper grease and ready for the head. Then thought I would check the head with a steel straight edge for flatness first and discovered I have a slightly banana shaped head. Both ends , front and rear show lig...

Hi All, as promised a quick update. New Valve guides arrived. The inserted end of the new guides looked quite sharp and I thought they may get stuck going in with the drift so I mounted each in my lathe and very slightly rounded off the sharpness with a fine file. Then into a zip lock plastic bag wi...