Reply To: Welcome to the dedicated "6" area of the Forum
Philippe Allison
Bernie, Thank you for taking the time to set this up, I am sure lots of 6 owners will find it useful. I have a 1950 Slough 6 that was sold new to South Africa, it was repatriated in 2013. I had no idea what I was taking on, a few people warned me but thinking I knew best I went ahead. The car has been subject to a total rebuild and now has been on and off the road for 2 years. I am still trying to sort out all the teething problems! This weekend I think I may have fixed the radiator leak and also the gearbox oil leak. Oil seemed to be escaping from the speedometer drive, one or two people said “impossible unless the gearbox was overfilled”, well it turns out the high pressure pipe from the gearbox oil pump that feeds into the centre of the pinion shaft had sheared off allowing the high pressure oil to fill the pump body and having no place to go it was forced out through the speedometer drive!! Happy days, sorted now just need to put the grill back on!
Happy tractioning! Philippe