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Dear R. Wilson

I can confirm that you are right about the two Threads. They are 5/16 BSF - as I found out yesterday, on a frieds spare sump :o)

Anton
YT, Switzrland

I emailed mgoc, and received a reply.

Question about part: AHA8093Q – Leaf Spring Midget 1275.

Can you tell me the origin of manufacture of these springs please. Or at least the origin of the steel used.

Answer.

"Hi.
We have these manufactured in India."


Is that a good sign for quality or not.

I'll ring Jones Springs tomorrow.




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I recall a conversation about 1/2 elliptic leaf spring replacements many years ago pre BBS and pre internet and the recommendation was to get OE springs with interleaf strips to reduce friction and provide a better ride, IIRC it was mentioned at the time that many aftermarket replacement springs didn't have the interleaf strips and gave a harsher ride.

A quick search found this mention h...

Thanks for the correction! :-)

This guy specialises in trim clips - he might be able to help - https://www.bresco.com/

I had some made at rossendale road springs in lancashire good quality but not cheap.

In vintage days they would be periodically dismantled, cleaned, lubricated and reassembled complete with string binding and new leather gaiter. Cracked or worn leaves might be replaced as well.

OTT for a Spridget certainly, but if you plan to run a car long term and can't be certain of future parts availability then the situation changes.

The two threads are 5/16” BSF, because all parts of the clutch operating system, for RHD or LHD, were fitted at Abingdon, where they only used Imperial threads.

Shouldn't we be talking about KW HOURS rather than just KWs. The panels produce 0.8 Kws but for how long? It can't be for 24 hours since there is no light at night. Also we can expect more output in the south of England then in Scotland. I think it would be useful to see tables giving the the average KW Hr over each month for different parts of the UK.
Also many years ago I was an engineering ...

"when maintained"

How does one maintain a leafspring?
Never doen anything to them except paint outside against rusty look...