MK1 Singer Chamois

[Dave Lane]

Someone mentioned sticking a Thermax on the sump and seeing as they come in a pack of 10 i thought id give it a go,
Stuck one on the oil filler canister and one on the sump of the Singer , will be interesting to see what they tell me

[John A. Ross]

Dave, not sure on the oil filter but could be very telling on the sump but it would have perhaps been better under the pickup ?

On the flat 4 I have temp gauges on the oilway and on the sumnp plug which is bang in centre of the sump. It has no actual oil filter but does have a oil coller as the oil does all the work. I actually decide how to drive the car based on the oil temp.

Pat mentioned other day that the car had a leak at back, no problem I said, it just wants the oil changed

It is really surprising how some oils can change viscosity at temperature

[John A. Ross]

Dave,

Mike might chip in but oil tends to sink heat to almost every surface it touches and the flow rate with regards to how often th imps whole oil capcity is ran through an imp engine is one for the experts, say perhaps 5-10s per litre so whole contents in sub 1/m depending on revs although I think the pumps flow rate craps out about 4k rpm (thats just something stuck in my head,)

On some sumps its common to see cooling fins cast into them to increase surface area and perhaps some air flow from under the car as the sump is an easy large surface area over which the oil sits.

As you already seen water and oil temnps track pretty much in an imp but sometimes different ttypes of transducers seem to read more latent heat from the cast than actual fluid which is why I emntioned sitting the thermocouple sort of mid space in fluid. Does not harm at end of the day as the casting will catch up.

John

[Dave Lane]

I could of stuck it on the bottom by the pick up however looking at it with my back such as it is would be even more tricky than where ive stuck it which in itself is bad enough

[John A. Ross]

Ah, I wondered. Look after the back Dave, looking fiorward to see the results

I might fit actual tempo gauges rather than L-H in the 356 when it gets its mackeover, depends if I can get a good looking under dash pod

JOhn

[Dave Lane]

Thermax sticky temp thing stuck on Barnabys sump showed this after a 25 mile blat , Rad one remains at 82˚C

[Dave Lane]

So experimenting again .
This time on the Singer .
Way way back in 87 when I got it it had rear mudflaps fitted - well I say flaps but the reality was bits of rotten rubber screwed to the arch .
These I removed but left the holes - a few years later I did get some NOS flaps which i fitted however 20 years later these too fell apart - back to just the holes again
Anyhoo as this thing is gonna get some use and as im sick of stone chips on the lower rear valance ive come up with some " mini flappage " thingies.
Made of plastic the same colour as the car and held on with plastic clippy things these " might " help a tiny bit , plastics quite bendy so cleaning behind em wont be an issue - besides they will come off in minutes .
Looks better without them however it might help with the chips

[John A. Ross]

That actually looks like it was meant to be there Dave

[Dave Lane]

That actually looks like it was meant to be there Dave

Cheers , just some old bins i had

[John A. Ross]

Dave

I had original singer ones on DDG, in fact thats the reason the arches rotted in those places completely but I would like to get another set if I can.

If you want to protect those areas I can recommend a good thick coating of Gravitex and overpaint white (you can get it in white as well but still needs painted)

[Dave Lane]

As it appears to be almost impossible and equally expensive to get a working transaxle I thought id give the Singers " never been apart " one an oil change - its been many years .
Barnabys rebuilt one is still fine so ATM I actually have two that work .
Go figure

[John A. Ross]

I sent two good but oily ones to get refurbed, so far both failed Dave, if the SIngers works, leave it alone.

I found Bobs idea of sticking a magnet in the drain plug very telling......

[Dave Lane]

I sent two good but oily ones to get refurbed, so far both failed Dave, if the SIngers works, leave it alone.

I found Bobs idea of sticking a magnet in the drain plug very telling......

No magnet on this one , oil looked OK as it happens , no teeth floating about for a start , i even fitted two new copper plug seals - THE EXPENSE

[John A. Ross]

Holy crap batmnan, your pushing the boat out , no expensive copper for me, cheap ass dowty seals

[Dave Lane]

someone kindly sent me a non working partly dismantled but NOS ignition switch .
Anyhoo it didnt work as the contacts were basically green with water ingress .
Cleaned up fine though and tests OK on a meter at least .
Ive posted for you the image of a dismantled ignition switch