Scrunt & Farthing

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I like the jig Dave for lifting the canopy. With integrated castors, too! Nice work. 

What is the car beside the trailer?  It has that 1960s sports car look, but I can't identify it.  Is it a kit car tub?

Look on the brightside, KTH you have an air-conditioned cab... at the moment that would be very desirable.  Whilst there is a lot of rust on your lorry, cab-aside, it looks to be all there.

This will make an interesting thread as you tear into it.

S&F

What was the reason for splitting the brake drum do you think? Is it to aid assembly onto the output shaft or to simplify broaching those deep keyways.  Either way it seems a complication that had purpose.

Dave

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5 hours ago, Tomo.T said:

Just about got away with that ! Twat.

 

Yes, but the man that never had a ****-cart, or made a mistake never made anything.  These jobs are only for the brave... and its looking good.

Dave

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Are those the steam take-offs for the cylinder in the last photo, Dave.  In which case interesting to see they look they are nutted.  Or is it something else.

Dave

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Sounds like it might have been a latrine.  The overflow pipe taking the clear run-off.  The remainder decomposes like an earth closet.  Simple and effective where there are no mains drains.

S&F

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What gland packing do you need, Andy? 

I have some thin stringy stuff that I packed the valves with on my Aveling. 

I am due up to see your brother in the near future (i.e. a few weeks away) and can bring a hank up with me.

Dave

Ah,  I see your point. Thanks Hedd.    I had seen the ones on pre-war car.  It is a shame that Hans Compter in NZ is about as far from the Scrunt and Farthing Scrap Lorry Works as it is possible to be without actually leaving Earth.    He does have some nice stuff, including a good range of Leyland shaped magnetos.

Dave

Thanks Hedd, I think the much earlier CAV headlamps were more bell shaped.  As you say Lucas acquired CAV and Rotax in 1926.   

I am interested in point your about different sizes.  I had naively assumed that there was a limited range of stirrup sizes, say 8,9 and 12 inch that were commonly agreed upon (a sort of industry standard).   I had not considered they may vary between manufacturer.  Since I don't have the stirrups it is academic - when you find me some, I will make brackets to suit. 🙂 

Dave (S&F)

What foundry are you going to send them to, Ben?  I have no experience of Alu in v.low volume, only Bronze.  I need to make some similar bits for my Leyland at some point.

Dave

Magnificent,  doesn't that radiator set it off nicely! Well done.

Dave 

Can anyone shed any light on what model this headlamp may be?  It is as fitted by Leyland to their 1920s buses and lorries. 

At a guess I would imagine it is a Lucas, but since Lucas used a bewildering array of part numbers (about 48 pages worth by 1937 according to a catalogue I have (for cars)) it is hard to guess.  They are described by Leyland as 24 watt.

And, just as importantly if you have been sitting on a pair of these awaiting just the sort eager chap to come along convert them into beer tokens for you please PM me.

Cheers, Dave. (S&F)

Now there is a thing of beauty.  

6 minutes ago, Doc said:

 The angle grinder cup brushes were particularly poor value for money.

There appears to be loads of rubbish crimped-wire cup brushes on the market now, mostly from usual shed outlets.  When I did my engine I found the only ones that did not shed their wires almost instantly and painfully into my overalls were the SiT brand (I believe they are Italian) or Lessman (German).

Lorry is looking good (better than mine).

4 hours ago, MatchFuzee said:

Is it self service only for information or is there an archivist? 

I don't really know.  I shall be making enquires this week of the committee... I think its for future developments!

34 minutes ago, MatchFuzee said:

Have you tried the Leyland Society? 

http://www.leylandsociety.co.uk/

I have looked back through old Journal/Torques but not much.  I am a member, but dont know how to get into the members area of the website to access technical data.  I am not certain it has been enabled yet.

Cheers

Dave

Does anyone have a list or table of Simms Magneto Types that shows the principle characteristics (i.e. rotation direction, coupling etc) against Type designation.

There are a large number of different Simms types and I cannot unravel what the various codes mean.  i.e. SR4LFO, SR4LE etc etc.  The number obviously relates to number of cylinders but googling does not flush out what the other numbers mean.  Lucas seemed to use a similar designation system.

I am looking for a magneto for my Leyland and want to work out what would be a workable alternative.

Thanks
Dave (S&F)