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Keith,
I am delighted for you. Good that you are taking it easy for the first few hundred miles – a sensible plan. Keep an eye on the engine temperatures. Remember that the mechanically driven water pump is pretty inefficient unless upgraded, and that it?s output varies with engine speed. So, when running gently at low revs the pump isn?t circulating a great deal of water. You might expect a fair amount of crud to be dislodged and this can block the cores. My advice would be to fit an inline filter into the top hose to the radiator.
Best of luck and please keep the group informed.
David Bracey
Kieth, all of Mark?s helpful comments are spot on. I also have an S1 LG45 so there are a few of us in the club that will be happy to answer calls and offer advice. The club has a good supply of spares for the 4.5 and those of us that have been through the restoration process have a few pieces left over so you should be onto a safe bet.
The engine is the biggest unknown by the sounds of it though. Good luck and please post some photos.
David Bracey
An excellent evening tonight at the Bottle House Inn, Penshurst, Kent. Thanks to those that attended.
David
That would be really great Richard.
Hi Mark,
How big is th cradle? I would have thought it would be to hold an inspection lamp. Is there a two-pin plug socket fixed to the bulkhead?
David
Dear Mark,
I?m sure someone with an M45 will be able to help you. My LG45 came with an almost complete toolkit. I would hazard a guess that the tools were identical for the M and LG but someone might prove me wrong. There is a list of contents in the handbook and I can send you photos if you contact me.
David
It’s not a complicated thing Richard, but it is a bit fiddly. A few ball bearings, springs, a diaphragm and graphite cord top seal the shaft. I think the piston has a square section o-ring that could need replacing. Once you start stripping it you’ll need to perservere though. I have some graphite cord left over from when I did the one on my Aston. You’re welcome to it.
I’m by no means an expert but if there’f no resistance my guess is that the spring/ball is gummed up and will just need cleaning. I am pretty sure that some vintage tractors used these as well and that you can by a service kit. aerovintagespares.com used to sell replacements once but I’ve no idea if they still do.
Good luck,
David
What?s wrong with it Richard?
Thanks everyone.
The pivoting cradle is riveted to the refelctor and as I have had my reflector nicely silvered I don’t fancy hacking it about unnecessarily. It sound like Colin will be able to help so I’ll hold off until then and hopefully I can offer mine to a V12 owner.
The Lagonda Club – at the sharp end of recycling and turning motorists into mechanics for a hundred years…
One extinguishes and the other dips.
Unfortunately, no. My extinguishing one does not have the dipping brackets or fixings to accept them, I?ve got another dipping reflector with working solenoid but it?s for a rear mounted lamp rather than a front mounted lamp and so it cannot be swapped over.
Colin has said that he thinks he may have what I need and has invited me to visit him at some point and rummage through his boxes of bits.
If anyone wants a dipping reflector with rear lamp then let me know.
David
Your journal is a credit to you Chris. All I?ve accumulated are box files full of notes and sketches scribbled on the back of envelopes and a hard drive full of photos. None of which I have any hope of cataloguing so that another person could benefit from it.
Well done.
I think you should buy it
HI Barry,
I’m sorry to hear that the Lagonda was too much for you, but well done for realising it and passing it along the line. All too often unfinished projects languish in damp workshops and deteriorate. That’s far worse. I look forward to seeing her when the new owner has completed what you started.
Glad you kept your membership going.
David
Thanks Barry. That?s a glowing endorsement if ever I saw one.
I think I?ll try some in my gearbox and see if I notice a difference.
How?s your car coming along?
David
Hi Laurence,
I use Penrite GB40 gear oil which is a 25w75. I think the important point is regular changing. The box only holds about 3 litres so it?s pretty cheap. Just awkward to get to the filler.
The only problem I see with modern synthetic oils is that the various additives could well include cleaning chemicals such as chlorine (bleach)which could harm bronze bearings.
David