1959 Austin a35 restoration

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Managed to get some welding done today, got the n/s hinge reinforcement fitted, the door opens and closes great now, door gaps look good to so I'm pleased with my progress even if it is a little slow, I also got the rust off the surrounding area and treated it with hydrate 80 which i like a lot, it leaves a film over the metal which protects it from rusting again, I tried it on the granny about a year ago to see how good it was and the rust hasn't come back and that's just with hydrate 80 no paint and I use the granny all year round, I also stripped and cleaned the head just need to lap the valves in and it can go back on, it looks like the lack of compression was down to damp getting in the engine from the car being outside for so long and rust forming on the valves that where open, but that's all cleaned off so no damage done thank god, there's a little play on the exhaust valve guides but not enough to worry about at the moment, I've also cleaned up the cylinder that had rust with some oil and fine wet and dry paper and that came off No problem at all, so Fingers crossed all cylinders should have compression when I refit the head, and should run,

what's the firing order ?
And I can't see any timing marks on the crank pully or a pointer ???

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Re: 1959 Austin a35 restoration

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Alan wrote:1, 3, 4, 2
Thank you
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Bigdaz wrote:
Alan wrote:1, 3, 4, 2
Thank you
1 at water pump end. I see lots of posts on mini forums thinking it is left to right and it's the same engine :shock:
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I assumed one was the pump end, so is there timing marks on the crank ?
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TDC for No 1 piston is marked by a notch in the front crank pulley. There are corresponding pointers attached to the bottom of front cam drive chain cover for TDC, 5 deg BTDC etc.

Pointers were omitted from transverse A-series front chain covers.
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Thank you
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Apologies for straying off-thread, but talk of firing orders always reminds me of a helpful way to remember the 153624 firing order of the classic Jaguar straight 6 engine, if you ever need it. No1 cylinder is at the rear of that engine BTW:
15 - too young;
36 - too old;
24 - just right.

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Except 36 is also too young these days... :whistle:
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Chris T wrote:...reminds me of a helpful way to remember the 153624 firing order of the classic Jaguar straight 6 engine
Chris - What's your technique for the Jaguar V12 engine :?:
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Finished the head today took bloody ages to lap the valves in, some of the valves where quite pitted but there all ok now, valve clearances set and rechecked the compression and there all between 160 psi and 170psi which is a good start, been through the ignition and that's all good to so it will run once I've rebuilt the carb, oh and I found the pointer for the timing marks underneath the bloody car last place I looked,
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Bigdaz wrote:...and I found the pointer for the timing marks underneath the bloody car last place I looked,
Big Daddy wrote:There are corresponding pointers attached to the bottom of front cam drive chain cover for TDC, 5 deg BTDC etc.
... :whistle:
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Missed that bit lol, still a stupid place to put it though
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It,s there so that it is easy to point a strobe at it, rather than trying to aim past a revolving fan.
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gazza82 wrote:
1 at water pump end. I see lots of posts on mini forums thinking it is left to right and it's the same engine :shock:
There's worse oddities out there... No. 1 on a Triumph Stag V8 is neither the front cylinder, not the rear cylinder, but the front cylinder of the right hand bank, looking from the front, presumably the reason being that this was No. 1 cylinder on the 4 pot Dolomite engine from which the Stag unit was developed... :whistle:
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