28-09-2021, 01:37 PM
We had several 1100s. Pam had one when we first met but later sold it. We inherited another one from an aunt of mine. It had a ruined gearbox but I spotted an 1100 engine and gearbox in a scrap yard and fitted that. This sorted out the gearbox but the engine was rough running. I had only paid £25 for it and perhaps should have paid more attention to the fact that it had been sitting out in the open with no spark plugs fitted. Eventually I split the thing and fitted the original engine onto the scrap yard gearbox and that worked perfectly. When I opened up the scrap engine there were deeply pitted corrosion rings in each bore where rain water puddles had been.
Peter
Peter
