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Post by andrewa on Feb 10, 2015 10:11:39 GMT
Will have a go at pinging the valve - good idea - will keep my head out the way and a cloth handy!
The rear engine mount is the landrover derived one from Tony Wood and the front one is the plain rubber one that they came with originally.
I intend to put a couple of sleeved bolts through it as per some of the rally cars.
The steady bar's interesting - the engine does cant back a bit when you rev it but not too much so I'll leave it for a bit.
Competitive events for this year seem to be turning into sprints and Hillclimbs (and the odd tour) not rallies after all, so not too cruel to the car.
Will keep you posted!
cheers
A
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Post by Nick RS on Feb 10, 2015 22:42:54 GMT
I think that using the bolts is an excellent idea just in case the mounting fails when you are jumping the car. Nick posted a photo of a Morris 1800 rally car recently and I see there is an additional engine steady bar from the engine block to the front of the car next to the bonnet catch. I can't remember seeing that before on a crab although I believe it is not unusual on some American vehicles in standard trim. 1800 steady bar regards David David, It won't come as any surprise to you to learn that my car has an engine steady bar a bit like the Brightwells example. I'm sure mine was destined for a more exciting life at some point in the past. Nick |
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Post by Penguin45 on Feb 11, 2015 0:29:07 GMT
 You can see the bar running from the engine to the slam panel in the picture above. I'm not sure just how strong that would be on the Austin and Morris cars. It's a fairly light panel retained by a few bolts and nuts. Oddly, I suspect that this could be a really solid job on the Wolseley due to the extra front panelling. It's not aligned to either of the vertical support bars either. I'm probably completely wrong, the design department will have worked it all out at the time. Anyone clocked the state of that ignition coil, BTW? It appears to have broken in half. Chris. |
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Post by dave1800 on Feb 11, 2015 13:27:25 GMT
Nick: Does it transmit any noticeable vibration or noise to the body? I guess it takes the strain off the engine mountings. I must admit in the past when my crab had clutch judder due to a leaking rear engine oil seal, I fitted an additional engine upper tie rod from a "S" until the weather improved and I could fix it. I think it was a little harsher.
Chris: Sure the Wolseley construction is stronger and as a result more difficult to remove/replace the engine etc but if the engine mounting are good I don't thnk there will be too much force on the panel - but I could be wrong! The coil certainly looks really odd, anti-theft device?
David
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Post by Nick RS on Feb 11, 2015 19:52:01 GMT
I've not noticed any vibration or harshness inside the car. My steady bar is attached to the triangular piece that connects between the water pump housing and the radiator surround so is over towards the nearside of the car.
Nick
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Post by andrewa on Feb 12, 2015 10:20:07 GMT
On reflection I think I must have one! I wonder what car it was off originally? Brackets look like the ones off a mini...
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Post by andrewa on Feb 13, 2015 8:36:27 GMT
Thinking about it a bit more, logic would suggest that unless you beef up the slam panel big time I can see it'll get pulled about a lot, which could get worse as other mountings wear slightly and the engine steady has to work harder...don't know, think I'll sit on the fence for a bit and see how my current set up fares after a year of abuse!
Cheers
A
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Post by dave1800 on Feb 13, 2015 10:45:42 GMT
I think that anyone seriously into rallying would need to keep their engine mountings 100%  ! Interesting point, the tie bar would prevent the engine twisting backwards under hard forward drive but where it is mounted has a fair degree of leverage against the twisting momentum. The car in the photo has I believe performed in harsh conditions so maybe not an issue in practice - please let us know? regards David Thinking about it a bit more, logic would suggest that unless you beef up the slam panel big time I can see it'll get pulled about a lot, which could get worse as other mountings wear slightly and the engine steady has to work harder...don't know, think I'll sit on the fence for a bit and see how my current set up fares after a year of abuse! Cheers A |
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Post by andrewa on Feb 20, 2015 23:40:41 GMT
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Post by Penguin45 on Feb 21, 2015 0:12:35 GMT
Nice one, Andrew. Chris. |
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Post by Nick RS on May 4, 2015 16:10:22 GMT
 Andrew, You need this to keep the 1800 company. Similar colour and the registration is from the same series as yours. eBay HERENick |
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Post by Penguin45 on May 4, 2015 16:44:35 GMT
Like it - got to be done.  Chris. |
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Post by andrewa on May 4, 2015 19:13:03 GMT
Thanks gents - probably the last thing I need!
But it would be good!!!!
Will get in touch with him tomorrow.
Cheers
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Post by andrewa on May 14, 2015 11:21:48 GMT
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Post by Penguin45 on May 14, 2015 23:32:24 GMT
I was looking at the Mini picture and thinking "It's not quite right"......
Chris.
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! Interesting point, the tie bar would prevent the engine twisting backwards under hard forward drive but where it is mounted has a fair degree of leverage against the twisting momentum. The car in the photo has I believe performed in harsh conditions so maybe not an issue in practice - please let us know?
