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I had a mate request the Austin for a wedding recently, what an honor! It was also a really good excuse to sort out the growing list of needed repairs. First up was the ignition coil. The old Lucas sports coil had failed a while ago but I love the look! so I carefully gutted it and managed to fit a modern coil inside quite nicely.

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After doing that and fitting some NOS points the ignition system seems to finally be reliable. For some reason the new "Lucas" points were only lasting maybe 200 miles before burning out.

 

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It's had a nasty shudder on take off for a while now. I'd been driving around the problem thinking it must be a clutch issue and I'll sort it after the wedding. On the way to work however it decided to sudenly loose almost all drive! I managed to limp home and after a quick look figured I'd broken an axle. On closer inspection the rear hub had fractured clean in half. It looks like the wheel bearing had walked off a fraction, loading up the hub until it gave up. Luckily it happened now and not on the wedding day!

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My boss is into his Austins himself and came to the rescue with another hub. After replacing and securing the wheel bearing, and closely inspecting the other side we had drive again. I now thought it might be best if I go through the whole drive line & get rid of that shudder to try and reduce the chances of another issue.

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So me and my boy wipped out the floor and removed the gearbox. It's super easy to work on this thing! Almost like a model car. The clutch was covered in oil and the clutch fingers were badly worn. The clutch lining was new however and not buckled, so I used a heat gun and plenty of break clean to draw out the oil till it was nice and dry. Then I went ahead & replaced the pressure plate fingers, giving them a few adjustments to make them sit at the same height.

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The oil in the clutch was gear oil, so even thought the engine is leaking a heap I focused on getting the gearbox front seal dry.

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