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It's easiest to buy a whole new sender assembly from Rare Spares. Petrol's less dense than water, so I doubt that a dowel floats in petrol. About the only thing I could suggest is balsa, sealed well with shellac. Or the polyurethane spray buoyancy/gap-filler, sprayed into a toilet roll tube.

Just a ...

There are a couple of people in the FE/FC club running EH front brakes on their kingpin front suspensions . . .

Rob

Clay,

You wrote, "I can’t quite get my head around the need to use the later steering arms, considering the backing plates fit the original stubs."

Yes, they do, but -

In FE-EK brakes, the braking effort from the primary shoe is taken by the big anchor bolt at the 6 o'clock position, and then ...

Clay,

An editorial change first: HD/HR front drum brakes have 2-1/4" width linings, EJ-EH are the same width as FB/EK at 1-3/4", although EJ/EH brakes are duo-servo and FB/EK brakes are semi-huck.

I have an HD front drum brake, with backing plate, stub axle and upright. So I can check the ...

The A30 is a dead ringer for the one my grandfather had, after his Austin 7 ("Oscar") and before his Datsun 1200 ("Danny the Dat"). By the way, he named the A30 "Dirty Gertie".

Rob

Clay,

If you could put the wiper motors, FB/EK brake shoes, and the partial Stromberg aside, I'd like them.
Do you have any FB/EK front brake backing plates?

Rob

Stephen,

The internal and external threads in the idler arm bush are of opposite "hands": one's left-hand, and one's right hand. Wait . . .
(Re-reads posts)
Yes, you're aware of that.

You'll need to take the idler arm and support off the car as an assembly (undo steering linkages, unbolt idler arm ...

At a rough guess, the grey wire is connected to the wrong terminal on the headlight switch. Do the instrument lamps dim when you turn the headlight knob? The correct terminal for the instrument lights is the one which comes from the rheostat.

Somebody will (hopefully) post a diagram showing the ...

Neil,

I've done the top control arm modification that Blacky describes. It takes a fair amount of angle-grinder and welder work. I have a sketch showing what you have to do, which I can send to you. If you're going to use larger diameter rims then the Camaro top ball joint option is definitely ...

Joe,

How good it is to hear from you. Umm, I still have a Stromberg belonging to you at home.

Rob

The relief hole in the oil pipe union is there so that there's just enough (but not too much) oil to lubricate the rockers and valves at highway speeds. But "just enough" is only the case for new rocker shafts and bushes. Once they wear, the oil leaks out too fast and none gets to the rocker tips or ...

"Lasers.... I needs me some lasers."

- "Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die."

Rob

Ah yes . . . the Streaky Bay pub. Stayed in the motel and eaten at the bistro many times. And walked the jetty, and partaken of the oysters . . .

I hope that the wind won't be (or won't have been) as bad as it was when I drove over to Exmouth last year. To wit -

Started at Wudinna and pulled into ...

Scotty,

Yes. Steering boxes are the pure essence of disappointment.

Statewide Bearings in Smithfield has replacements for the sector shaft bushes. To remove the old ones, I used an M27 tap to cut threads in the old bushes, and a length of M27 threaded rod, an M27 nut and an old clutch throwout ...

I've used Supertrim in Charles St (?), Coburg.

Rob