Austin Ten Drivers Club

In a word , probably . My car is a 12/6 . Easiest if you give me a ring on 01327- 87 77 86 , any time in waking hours .

For anyone interested , I can produce 42T chainwheels ready to fit to the camshaft for a moderate price .

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Check your contact breaker gap , again . It can happen that the points are just not making contact at all , so that there is no circuit to break . You will still get a spark when opening them by hand . This defeated me once when I just set them by eye carelessly , they looked shut , but they weren't .

Old cars always did burn oil , so just keep an eye on consumption . No 3 is not badly down at all , so maybe just live with it . You still have plenty of fresh air down under .
Happy New Year !

Just don't use a long spanner , and your wrist should tell you .

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Thanks for that Gary . Come spring I shall tackle it , before I replace the head .

Sounds like engine mounts , possibly interacting with pedal linkage .

The tappets would likely be work hardened in way of the valve with the hammering . Is it possible to lift the tappett and tappett block out with the engine in the car ? I forgot to sort mine when I had the engine in bits