[Sunbeam Talbot Email List] Parts wanted and needed pictures to answer questions, other info

[Wes Stewart]

David,
A wealth of info.
The previous owner did not have much mechanical prowess. The drain pipe 
has no pin, no ball, and is loose in the fitting. The previous owner 
complained of a carb problem too, this might explain.

I'll put wiper seals on my Bamforths list, thanks.

Todays task is to change tires from really old and cracked bias ply to 
new radial (that look like bias ply) I got from Diamond Back Tires.
Great looking vintage tread pattern, too.
This will also get the car on jack stands to get the clutch job and oil 
leak investigation underway. I want to inspect brakes while I have the 
wheels off.

Thanks again,
WES

 David Reina wrote:
> Hi Wes,
>
> To answer a couple of your questions, the tube coming off the intake  
> manifold is a drain tube  for when the manifold gets  flooded.  At  
> the bottom of the tube should be a short sleeve of metal and in that  
> sleeve should be a ball bearing which is is kept from falling out by  
> small cotter pin.  When the engine is running the ball bearing is  
> sucked up against a seat in the sleeve, closing the opening in the  
> tube.  Sometimes things get dirty in the sleeve or on the ball and it  
> doesn't seal properly affecting your carb mix.  Rootes always seemed  
> to aim these drains over the exhaust which used to make me nervous,  
> but I guess they did this intentionally.
>
> For sealing the wiper shafts where they come out of the cowl, there  
> are available ( I've bought them from the Bamforth's) rubber pieces  
> which go over the shafts and lip over the sheetmetal opening sort of  
> like a puffy grommet.  A word of caution when installing, on the  
> first set I tried to install I managed to rip the new rubber and I  
> have heard of others have the same problem.
>
> For changing the clutch, the front floorboard can come out and you  
> can work from above.  On reinstallation remember to adjust the  
> accelerator cable to get full carb opening and also to set the stop  
> properly so as not to overstress the accelerator cable.  I once drove  
> my Sunbeam from NY to S Carolina with the carb only opening halfway.   
> It was a real revelation when I found this out.
>
> Also a problem I have had on two of my ST's was a failure of the  
> sheetmetal gas pedal.  Worth looking at if the floorboard comes out.   
> They are very fragile just above the pivot point.  I had one keep  
> bending at this point, again restricting acceleration.  Steve Cota  
> helped me fix this on a visit to his shop.  And last year at the  
> Sunbeam meet in Daytona Beach I had one break off completely during  
> my hottest run in the club autocross.  With the help of a neighbor of  
> a club member I welded and reinforced it from the back side the same  
> as Steve did on my other car.
>
> Regarding stomach room when in the drivers seat I think I've heard,  
> but have not yet tried this that  the seat anchors can be reversed  
> giving a few inches more clearance.  I was looking at this yesterday  
> and I am going to try it on my car even thought the leg room for a  
> back seat passenger will suffer.
>
> Enjoy you new car!
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Reina
> 53 Drophead ST  (for sale)
> 54 Drophead ST
> 55 Alpine
>
>
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