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  1. Keith_J

    Working on the FV1801A or Truck, 1/4 Ton, 4×4, CT, Austin Mk.1 AKA Austin Champ

    I was not close to giving up ;). My goal was getting at least one engine running. Some people donate blood for medical good. Others play rugby. I spin wrenches at Mark's. My right hand and wrist look like I had encountered a bad kitty. Guess a battery tester is needed in the 1031.
  2. Keith_J

    Working on the FV1801A or Truck, 1/4 Ton, 4×4, CT, Austin Mk.1 AKA Austin Champ

    383 Woodland is the best. That Rolls Royce runs nice with all 4 plugs firing aua. Otherwise the vacuum is not right and the over-engineered carb goes full rich. If had more than 2 engines using spark plugs, I would invest in a spark plug tester. Especially if the plugs are $15 a cylinder...
  3. Keith_J

    Working on the FV1801A or Truck, 1/4 Ton, 4×4, CT, Austin Mk.1 AKA Austin Champ

    I can wrangle something with the alternator. There are about a Brazilian parts from that company named after a South American river ;)
  4. Keith_J

    Working on the FV1801A or Truck, 1/4 Ton, 4×4, CT, Austin Mk.1 AKA Austin Champ

    Got good brake pedal now. The front adjusters are like a M35 but coarser. The rears are very fine. All 4 needed adjusting. Now the only issue is glycol soaked linings. A trip through a toaster oven at 300 °F overnight will fix that.
  5. Keith_J

    Working on the FV1801A or Truck, 1/4 Ton, 4×4, CT, Austin Mk.1 AKA Austin Champ

    I think the leaking left front wheel cylinders caused air to get into the right rear wheel cylinder. I need to look at an RV in your neighborhood so noon tomorrow?
  6. Keith_J

    Working on the FV1801A or Truck, 1/4 Ton, 4×4, CT, Austin Mk.1 AKA Austin Champ

    Its ALIVE!! After two days of carb fiddling, I can say I know how this Solex carb works. All circuits clean and passed vacuum tests but it was still running rich and improper so I hooked a vacuum gauge to the manifold, 14.5 inches of mercury is sick. I bumped timing to max with only a minor...
  7. Keith_J

    Working on the FV1801A or Truck, 1/4 Ton, 4×4, CT, Austin Mk.1 AKA Austin Champ

    The part that broke is the pushrod end mounting boss. Thin gray cast iron, its gray because the excess carbon in the iron precipitates out as graphite, making it quite brittle. The break was into the piston bore but this is the low pressure side of the piston so the repair had to be...
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