Heiko: Roger's referring to the sales literature area of teh doc repository: http://www.arielownersmcc.com/members_only/ariel_library/DocumentRepository/Ariel/SalesLiterature.htm See (eg) the 'Technical Data' page of the 1953 Sales Catalogue. However, some of the information you might need just won'...

Simes - it's been a while, remind us please which cases you're using (CNLF or LF) and which crankshaft, big journal or small journal?

SG

A Forum search will find quite a few refs to VH balance factors. 65% gets a lot of mentions (seems to be what the factory used). David Anderson (who has done a lot of work on Ariel singles) prefer to use 66.66%. http://forum.arielownersmcc.com/viewtopic.php?p=84714 http://forum.arielownersmcc.com/vi...

Vincent.vanGinneke wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:24 am Wanted:
...2 of those 'winged motif' badge surrounds used on 1951-53 tanks.

See Drags??
https://draganfly.co.uk/shop/69060/moti ... e/#5004-51

SG

Use 2090-53?
https://draganfly.co.uk/shop/59704/arma ... 2/#2090-53

2091-38 is just a stiff paper washer that fits on the armature shaft behind the sprocket. I think it acts more as an oil thrower as it doesn't really 'seal' anything.

SG

The rod will work OK as long as you change it so the lever (on the brakeplate) is 'upward pointing' not 'downward pointing'. There's quite a bit of discussion on this on the Forum, see for example: http://forum.arielownersmcc.com/viewtopic.php?p=62979 http://forum.arielownersmcc.com/viewtopic.php?t=...

Never mind the aftershave - a fine ship that had a short career and a tragic end!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_(clipper)

SG

hi Dickie , get on to MORGO for a uprated pump they make oil pumps , and they are very good and helpful :) Do Morgo make a pump for the Huntmaster/A10? As far as I can see, Morgo don't do A10/Huntmaster oil pumps, the usual 'uprated' pump is from SRM. However (rounded prices - Drags is excl. VAT, t...

A10 strainers don't fit - the hole is in the wrong place, but unfortunately the difference isn't so much as to be easily noticeable. When I last rebuilt my FH engine (3 or 4 years ago) I was incorrectly supplied with an A10 strainer by Drags and went through the same sort of puzzling that Simes is d...

I spent months trying to sort out a dyno that motored fine but wouldn't reliably produce a charge. (I think it even passed the light bulb test.) Eventually fixed it by replacing the armature with a new one. Motoring a dyno isn't a foolproof test for it having good components - I suspect the commutat...