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Re: Info please on Riley pre-selector

To: <Dduncombes@aol.com>, <DB35PA@aol.com>, <mg-mmm@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Info please on Riley pre-selector
From: "Peter Green" <p.green@mgk3.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:14:10 -0000
Paul,

What part of the UK do you live in? I have never had an ambient temperature of
65 to 75 C where I live.

Peter.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Dduncombes@aol.com
  To: DB35PA@aol.com ; mg-mmm@autox.team.net
  Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 8:57 PM
  Subject: Re: Info please on Riley pre-selector


  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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