28-09-2021, 01:16 PM
Thanks for the stories.
My driving career was nothing like as exciting. I learned to drive during the petrol shortage in the 1973/4 and somehow passed my test first time. I inherited my dad's Austin 1100 when his eyesight became too bad to drive. A neighbour taught me about servicing. The clutch was always horribly juddery. Only found out why when it was time to fit a new friction plate. The leaf spring had cracked. Getting the clutch housing off in an Austin 1100 isn't easy. You can't get at one of the bolts. It also tended to overheat if you went above 50mph for very long. Never managed to cure that.
My driving career was nothing like as exciting. I learned to drive during the petrol shortage in the 1973/4 and somehow passed my test first time. I inherited my dad's Austin 1100 when his eyesight became too bad to drive. A neighbour taught me about servicing. The clutch was always horribly juddery. Only found out why when it was time to fit a new friction plate. The leaf spring had cracked. Getting the clutch housing off in an Austin 1100 isn't easy. You can't get at one of the bolts. It also tended to overheat if you went above 50mph for very long. Never managed to cure that.
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