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Re: Info please on Riley pre-selector

To: DB35PA@aol.com, mg-mmm@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Info please on Riley pre-selector
From: Dduncombes@aol.com
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:57:26 EST
Hi Don
Castrol XL was a straight 30 grade oil ie not multi grade and it  was also 
used for engines before the multigrades were introduced, usually during  the 
summer in the UK where ambient temperatures were around the 65 to 75  C.  On my 
ENV preselector I use 10w30 Castrol multigrade  (less drag when starting from 
cold and viscosity same as 30 grade when  hot).  There are others in the UK 
running Armstrong preselectors so you  might hear from them!
Regards
Paul
 
 
 
 
Hello gents,
Yesterday, buried in a garage not 8 minutes from home, I  got a look at  a 
1935 Godsal built in the UK. Serial # 001. It has a  one-off aluminum 
roadster  
body, on RR running gear and a Ford flathead  engine.  My Internet search  
didn't 
give me anything but a brief  mention on a Morgan site commenting on  it's 
front sliding pillars and  axles. 

One of the owner's questions (I'm now an expert on older English  autos  
after 
a 100 of you real experts guided me through the PA) as to  his pre-selector  
Gear box. In particular, he asked about a modern  equivalent gear oil... and 
the 
correct amount to fill properly. As you can  imagine, no owner's manual or  
paperwork of any kind.

The brass  cover plate on the transmission reads:
Riley (Coventry) Ltd.  Coventry
Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd
Gears Investment trust  Ltd.
Patent Castrol XL (summer) essolube 40
Patent Castrol AA (winter)  
Mobiloil A  Motorine amber P.S.
Buckham's aero N P2

All  adjustments to be made at RILEY (COVENTRY) Ltd. service depots   only

I saw no part # or model #, only that seemed huge to me, and  the  
pre-selector lever was quite heavy and mounted on the steering  column. On a  
separate 
brass plate, there were patent info for UK,  France and USA. GB patents  were 
164042/1919 and 220021/1923.   

Any help or suggestion for more info?
Don B.
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