Goodwood Revival 2023

[Keith Clements]

Julian Crossley has an invite for the St Marys race at the Goodwood Revival..Tiff Needell in the car on the Saturday, Julian on the Sunday that's on the 9th and 10th of September.

The Jowett Taxis will be plying their trade as usual.




Notice the car's number celebrating its age and the 30th anniversary of the Jowett Car Club.

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Julian's Javelin suffered a head gasket failure probably caused by a cracked head at the end of the first race on Saturday. It was put back together by the young mechanics but I think failed on the first lap of Sunday's race.

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Race highlights can be found on youtube.

https://www.goodwood.com/grr/event-cove ... YZ,YNQI8,1

[Keith Clements]

Amy's SC did not get to Goodwood this year because its starter motor failed the day before. The starter motor required a modification to make it miss the chassis as the block used in the engine had been wrongly machined. All good now after I changed the failed brush.

A hook was used to retrieve the springs which were released to allow removal of brush. The commutator was also turned down to get flat in the lathe.

The brushes need to retracted to refit commutator. The new brush had to be filed down slightly to make it fit. The soldering required a powerful soldering iron. The spring needs to be positioned between the wires to push the brush against the commutator.
Luckily the failure occured in the garage and not on the trip to Le Mans. The starter was a spare not the one on Amy's engine that was replaced by this Le Mans spare engine.

[Keith Clements]

A noise from the front of the SA was found to be a collapsed water pump bearing. Drummond told me the number of the one he had used so this webpage showed three possibilities.
I chose the GJN high temp as a replacement.
Getting the old one out was a challenge. A knife and a couple of screwdrivers separated the housing.
Then the water seal was carefully pushed out with a plastic drift from my sawbench. Then I made up another drift from an old exhaust valve on the lathe to push the remains of the bearing out.

[Keith Clements]