Austin Ten Drivers Club

All the best with your very interesting project. There are lots of knowledgeable Ten expert members, but the Tickford bodies are as rare as hens' teeth. If you need help, I'm sure you will get it. Your car has much in common with the Lichfield so helping hands should not be in short supply. Good luc...

Hello again, Interesting, reading the above comments re protecting the bottom hose against damage caused by a slack fanbelt. In both the Cambridge and the New Ascot Parts lists you will find a listed part number for a "Shield for rubber connection". The Cambridge Part # is 1G99 and the New Ascot Par...

Hello, Maybe a bit late in this discussion, but I have a lot of experience with the New Ascot and I've always been interested in the "Fourteen" which shares much of the design of the New Ascot. I have a collection of Austin Parts Books and Handbooks for Thirties Austins and I note that regarding a T...

Hi Duckling (Duckie would sound rude!), You are right, the pre-war cars with the 'Signal Box' handbrake levers always had a leather (or leathercloth) gaiter to keep the noise and dust out. Some of the later cars only had a rubber seal, - cheaper to manufacture. Congratulations on your purchase, Sher...

Hi Gary, I'm not a Ten man, but the felt you refer to is common to a lot of pre-war Austin engines. Crude it may be, but as long as it is 'proud' of the surface it acts as an oil seal bridging the area between the rear main bearing cap and the corresponding break in the rear rim of the crankcase. Re...

Hi Hans, I am not familiar with Nuffield Group cars, but I'm fairly certain that the chain link hinged windscreen winding mechanism was a proprietary component manufactured by Wilmot-Breedon and that similar equipment was used on many British cars in the '30s and '40s. In my personal experience they...

Like many others, I am frustrated by the absence of activity on this website. I check it out every day, but usually find I am the only member online.
Apathy kills.

Peter C. [6515]

Hi, While I bow to Phil's considerably greater experience with Tens than mine - I've never even driven a thirties Ten although I have driven a 1946 GS1 and a 'Tilly' - this seems to be an Austin thing. I can make it happen on my '36 Twelve and in my youth we often noticed this behaviour (mostly in r...

Hi Marcel, The advice of our technical guru, Tony Mealing, is quite clear. If you refer to pages 31 & 32 of his (ATDC Publication) Guide to Owning, Running and Maintaining an Austin Light Twelve, you will see that he says "The hub nut has to be done up really tight, say 150 ft/lbs and you may need t...

Hi Mike M, It would be helpful if you would quote your Chassis Number. Your handbook refers to the gearbox having a combined Filler Plug & Dipstick. It may be that you have the wrong Handbook or that the Dipstick has become detached from the cap or Plug. The Overflow Plug on the right hand side of t...