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Thanks for your replies Keith, Richard and Chris. We will be fitting a replacement clutch rod (the worn pin has been rebuilt), and adjusting the clutch again with more free travel in an attempt to eliminate the spring clash. Hopefully, the bite point won't be too close to the floor! I will let you k...

I've been working on my brother's RHD PC Javelin fitted with engine E1PC17863 and an unknown clutch & gearbox (probably a Meadows box). Since getting the Javelin back on the road recently, it has had an issue when the clutch pedal is depressed right to the floor with the the engine running and t...

100% agree with you Paul. The new owner (like you) feels it is wrong to modify the rear guards by fitting the later PB brake/tail light assemblies (although he has a pair that came loose with the car), or VW Beetle rear lights, or any similar lights either. He said he is going to fit an LED High Lev...

I've been helping the ex-owner and new owner of Javelin E0PB8092 recently, and have a couple of questions about unusual details that we noted: Brake/Tail light assemblies: this PB Javelin does not have the usual rear Brake/Tail light assemblies, and apparently there is no evidence that they were eve...

One major problem with your son's suggestion David; the starter motor on the Javelin/Jupiter rotates in the opposite direction to the majority of starter motors! The best solution to retain the ring gear is to Scotch key it to the flywheel. I've seen numerous examples down this way, and the benefit ...

When I restored the fuel tank in my Jupiter (E1SA433R) it had a lot of internal rust through sitting empty for decades, but no holes. I used the age old method of sharp rocks and lots of bolts to loosen the rust, then washed it out many times, dried it very thoroughly, and then used a POR15 Fuel Tan...

Checking the timber door cappings on 433, I can see holes where the weatherstrips were attached originally, and hence my Jupiter had them both inside & outside of the glass.

Chris is correct, the factory added them to the inside at some point. Neither 62, 118 nor 140 had them, but 523 did. Thanks Scott. It makes sense now that you have informed me that initially the weathershield was only fitted by JCL on the outside of the glass, but at some point they added one to th...

I think the brush type should be on both sides so the glass does not rattle or get scratched. Hi Keith, thanks for your reply. Isn't the glass prevented from rattling already - is it located securely by the vertical Bailey channel on front & rear edges or will if still hit the door capping occa...

This should be an easy question to answer: can anyone tell me if the Mk1 SA Jupiter originally had horizontal door glass weatherstrips on both the outside and on the inside of the sliding side glass, or only on the outside. The weatherstrips are the 9/16" wide felt lined strips with the stainle...

G'day Barry, Peter Coakley gave me the hub. Your 10 hp is an ex-Ray Hoey car, and Peter's 10 hp went to Ray Hoey, and is now with Brian Hehir over there in WA with you, and so I guess the hub was a part that Peter had acquired somewhere that was missed when the cars were collected from Moe. Peter wa...

A friend in the Jowett Car Club of Australia gave me this early rear axle hub recently and said that he was fairly sure it was off a Pre-war Jowett. It has the usual keyed taper to hold it onto the end of the half shaft, but it has 6 studs in the flange on a 4" PCD. My Pre-war 7hp has 5 studs o...

Hi David, I think you are perhaps confused by the Subject of this thread. The original post in the thread was loaded by Keith when Morgan collector John McNulty of New York State USA contacted him to advise that he had a Jowett badge that he was prepared to swap with someone. I contacted John and bo...

I can't answer your question about the merits of the fixed vs adjustable camshaft end-float system David, but I recently read about a case where the locknut on the adjustable peg came loose, and the peg/screw wound in as the camshaft turned, and of course it overtightened and smashed the timing cover!

Dear Mike, I'm surprised that you set the liner protrusion on each crankcase half prior to assembling the crankcase and tightening the tie bolts. Am I correct in my understanding that after assembling the crankcase and tightening the tie bolts, you have never re-checked the gap between the head &...