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Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 01-01-25, 11:18 PM

Replies: 4 Crack in engine block below exhaust manifold Views: 457 Posted By HughMiller Cold stitching Cold stitching can work. If you look at the web guidance nowadays there are fancy tapered taps and plugs available which look really good. Nearly 50 years ago, I did a similar crack in the low-tech...

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 15-06-23, 04:25 PM

Replies: 1 401 Rear Lights Views: 811 Posted By HughMiller 401 Rear Lights I'm not sure if you want the chrome 'letterbox' which holds the glass in place, or the lamp body with the bulb sockets. I have a pair of fairly dingy glass surrounds (about 12cm across mounting...

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 16-03-21, 04:19 PM

Replies: 3 Worringly high oil pressure Views: 1,270 Posted By HughMiller Worringly high oil pressure Hello, all. I recently ran some flushing oil through the engine of my 403, which had had little use for many years, though it's been run quite often in the last year or so, and refilled with 20/50....

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 15-12-20, 09:58 PM

Replies: 2 401/403 carpets Views: 1,341 Posted By HughMiller Thanks for that, Antony. I've just looked, and... Thanks for that, Antony. I've just looked, and Coverdale's website doesn't give Bristol as one of the Marques they do sets for, but we can ask. I don't know if two sets would be cheaper, but again,...

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 12-12-20, 01:00 PM

Replies: 7 403- area around spare wheel holder Views: 1,858 Posted By HughMiller Here are photos of the area on my car. Also... Here are photos of the area on my car. Also repaired (you can see the seams), but I think pretty accurate. The spare wheel tray works correctly with them.

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 06-12-20, 12:56 PM

Replies: 2 401/403 carpets Views: 1,341 Posted By HughMiller 401/403 carpets Hello, everyone. Does anyone know of a source for carpets for a 403, or if there is anyone who has patterns? Thanks, Hugh Miller

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 12-04-20, 12:25 PM

Replies: 11 401 exhaust manifold Views: 1,574 Posted By HughMiller I think this is the same problem as appeared in... I think this is the same problem as appeared in this forum in October 2018 as 'Another 403 problem'. In that thread, Dave Dale said (I hope it's OK to quote you, Dave): "A few years ago I had the...

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 30-10-19, 04:37 PM

Replies: 3 White 401 Knobs wanted Views: 1,423 Posted By HughMiller White 401 knobs wanted I'd definitely be interested in a set of knobs - but in the usual more-or-less brownish black instead of white. Not sure if that would be useful in spreading the cost. Hugh Miller

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 10-01-19, 10:45 AM

Replies: 8 403 Water Pump Views: 2,554 Posted By HughMiller I know that INRacing in Nottingham (Engineering... I know that INRacing in Nottingham (Engineering and Machining - INRacing (http://www.inracing.co.uk/services/engineering-and-machining/)) will recondition Bristol water pumps, though it's quite...

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 03-08-16, 10:58 PM

Replies: 2 Door lock Views: 2,460 Posted By HughMiller You may be trying to do it the wrong way round.... You may be trying to do it the wrong way round. The way the locking lever should work is to release tension on the wire that operates the door lock, so that pressing the door buttons doesn't pull on...

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 01-09-15, 03:47 PM

Replies: 13 Help! 1953 Bristol! What model Bristol is this? Views: 3,616 Posted By HughMiller The bonnet & boot badges are red, which suggests... The bonnet & boot badges are red, which suggests a 403 (401 badges, and most other Bristol models, have an amber background), although 403s usually *do* have '403' on the bonnet sides and boot. The...

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 19-02-14, 01:08 PM

Replies: 39 Bristol Engines Views: 23,606 Posted By HughMiller InRacing in Nottingham seem to be energetically... InRacing in Nottingham seem to be energetically using new technology to simplify the manufacture of replacement parts in all kinds of impressive ways, so they might well be using 3D printing to make...

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 30-07-13, 11:43 AM

Replies: 1 Help needed please Views: 1,896 Posted By HughMiller I've sent images from the 401 handbook (my car is... I've sent images from the 401 handbook (my car is a 403, but I got a 401 handbook with it - I suspect they're much commoner) to Michael. Hugh Miller

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 02-12-12, 10:19 PM

Replies: 3 wood rim steering wheel for 403 Views: 2,441 Posted By HughMiller I've got a spare wheel with a badly corroded rim... I've got a spare wheel with a badly corroded rim you could have. Hugh Miller

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 10-08-11, 05:38 PM

Replies: 25 Fuel starvation (403) Views: 13,470 Posted By HughMiller Fuel starvation (403) Inracing in Nottingham does a repair kit for the Bristol fuel pump (along with a wonderful - or frightening, depending on your finances - range of other engine parts) at...

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 04-07-11, 09:29 PM

Replies: 25 Fuel starvation (403) Views: 13,470 Posted By HughMiller Apologies is this is a horribly basic and obvious... Apologies is this is a horribly basic and obvious comment, but I don't think there should be bubbles in the fuel pump. I got that on mine when the seal around the glass dome started leaking, so the...

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 21-03-10, 11:05 AM

Replies: 5 401/403 Views: 2,572 Posted By HughMiller 401/403 Just to be fair to Setright, because I thought my joke was a bit mean in retrospect - conventionally, mathematically, it's customary to round down below 0.5, so 152.4 becomes 152, but practically,...

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 20-03-10, 04:37 PM

Replies: 5 401/403 Views: 2,572 Posted By HughMiller 401/403 Setright gives: length 191.5 in, 486cm width 67in, 170cm height 60in, 153cm. That agrees with what the Bristol workshop manual says (though, oddly, the manual doesn't give length) - except that...

Forum: Bristol News & Other Bristol Discussion 18-08-09, 01:05 PM

Replies: 6 Cutaway drawings Views: 7,156 Posted By HughMiller Not such a find, after all I've just checked further and found that 'my' drawing is reproduced in the Brooklands Books 'Gold Portfolio' on pp18-19, so many people will have seen it already. My original doesn't go over the...

Forum: Bristol News & Other Bristol Discussion 18-08-09, 12:54 PM

Replies: 6 Cutaway drawings Views: 7,156 Posted By HughMiller 401 cutaway I have a copy of the The Motor Year Book 1949 which has, in the section 'Technical Drawings of the Year', a full-page cutaway drawing of the 401. There are also drawings of the Hillman Minx (The New...

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 03-07-09, 02:22 PM

Replies: 7 Steering wheels: more Views: 2,544 Posted By HughMiller Anthony, Yes, I would be happy to sell the wheel,... Anthony, Yes, I would be happy to sell the wheel, once Myrtle have finished with it (though maybe they don't need it - see Peter's post). It is the early type, which I think goes on the same...

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 02-07-09, 06:38 PM

Replies: 7 Steering wheels: more Views: 2,544 Posted By HughMiller Steering wheels: more Update on rebuilding steering wheels (and reply to the post about a replacement 400 wheel). Thanks for all the information and advice on the 'rebuilding steering wheel' thread - and there's comment...

Forum: 6 cyl Bristol cars 23-04-09, 04:02 PM

Replies: 27 Rebuilding Steering Wheel Views: 25,033 Posted By HughMiller Rebuilding Steering Wheel I am trying to get my 403 back on the road after many years in the garage. The rim of the steering wheel has decayed badly and I talked to Paul Banham of Myrtle Products about a repair. He said they...

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