A Wolseley at last!!!!

Been out tonight and picked up a WD8
Pics tomorrow, it all came about through some friends of my fathers who I met up with on Sunday at the brickworks. On the face of it she has a load of surface rust as the paint was removed by the previous owner (before the person I got it from), the piston is seized in the bore (no biggy), mag has a spark but plastic cover is broken, a valve is stuck and a new zorst be required. Watch this space................and lets hope I don't get too many call outs this week so I have more play time .

sounds like what i would buy
nice one
wait for pics
kev

You lucky man! Looking forward to hearing about this one

Me too, sounds like just my kind of thing.

Bit special this to be honest, my Granddad had a WD2, it is still in the family as my brother has it, but its sat under cover at my parents in running order. Hopefully it will be back on the rally field next season. This is the whole reason I wanted a Wolseley, ok his was a wd2 and this is a wd8, but they look pretty much the same, also this one is a 2 1/4 hp @ 900 rpm which I am lead to believe isn't that common. A little research puts her at around 1956-7.

Will get it out in the morning for a minor photo shoot

blackvanman wrote:Bit special this to be honest, my Granddad had a WD2, it is still in the family as my brother has it, but its sat under cover at my parents in running order. Hopefully it will be back on the rally field next season. This is the whole reason I wanted a Wolseley, ok his was a wd2 and this is a wd8, but they look pretty much the same, also this one is a 2 1/4 hp @ 900 rpm which I am lead to believe isn't that common. A little research puts her at around 1956-7.

Will get it out in the morning for a minor photo shoot

pre operation scans and x-rays more like mate
they will keep stu happy too
not that i look at any pics on the forum
i think you need to be carful with the guvernoirs on the wds if i remember right
STU im i correct or am i wrong
others on here have done wds since i did mine a few years back they should jump in with this one or any other info the book dont tell you
as my wolseley manual is short on words i under standed and the parts book part is half and half to me also
but it was a easy rebuild and not tomany bits and bobs in there
kev

Cracking news mate, hope there's nothing to serious wrong with it and you should have it up and runningi in no time.

Stu.

PS it's a pain in the ass trying to get the paint from between the head fins.

stationary stu wrote:Cracking news mate, hope there's nothing to serious wrong with it and you should have it up and runningi in no time.

Stu.

PS it's a pain in the ass trying to get the paint from between the head fins.

Unloaded, tank off, head off, piston free'd, valve free'd (crap cleaned from seat, holds parafin for a min or so, just wants lapping in), bore honed, time for lunch

Wow you have been busy this morning, you should have it up and running by tea time

Nice work,

Stu.

blackvanman wrote:

Unloaded, tank off, head off, piston free'd, valve free'd (crap cleaned from seat, holds parafin for a min or so, just wants lapping in), bore honed, time for lunch

Hey, if you want a race, I'll give you a race!

Cracking work, hope she's running soon.

BTW, can anyone tell me the difference(s) between a WD2 & a WD8???

nutgone wrote:

blackvanman wrote:

Unloaded, tank off, head off, piston free'd, valve free'd (crap cleaned from seat, holds parafin for a min or so, just wants lapping in), bore honed, time for lunch

Hey, if you want a race, I'll give you a race!

Cracking work, hope she's running soon.

BTW, can anyone tell me the difference(s) between a WD2 & a WD8???

Larger crankshaft for one thing, WD2 has 11/4" Diameter and the WD8 has 11/2".

Pete.

Mainly pressed cover plates instead of cast iron ones......

Had to go and do some work this afternoon, but had another hour or so on her, mag is back on and timed up (with any luck) head is back on to check compression, zorst valve is letting by (sucks and blows) so will need to pull the head off again for a bit more lapping . here's the pic's from this morning:





Lets take a look, "Through the mag hole!"



In the 'opper


Stuck piston and zorst valve, with a little paraffin and my friend Mr Tappy (Mr Boom Boom stayed at home),



and there she blow!

Ah, brings back memories.

nutgone wrote:

BTW, can anyone tell me the difference(s) between a WD2 & a WD8???

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Stu.

stationary stu wrote:

nutgone wrote:

BTW, can anyone tell me the difference(s) between a WD2 & a WD8???

6

Stu.

Best answer yet!

Been very busy today so no progress

blackvanman wrote:Been very busy today so no progress

Shame on you

Stu.

stationary stu wrote:

blackvanman wrote:Been very busy today so no progress

Shame on you

Stu.

I'm saying nothing.

Well what a poor excuse, there's 24 hours in a day I'm sure he could have spared a couple to work on something so important.

Stu.

stationary stu wrote:Well what a poor excuse, there's 24 hours in a day I'm sure he could have spared a couple to work on something so important.

Stu.

LOL

Had several call outs this week, didn't get back in until half ten last night, may get on it Saturday though, rest assured when I do it will be hit in the usual style, if fate be willing and all goes to plan I'll have it running tomorrow

Yes have to keep the wolf from the door by working even though I'm sure you'd rather be in your shed all day.
Good luck and fingers crossed you have it up and running today.

Stu.

stationary stu wrote:Yes have to keep the wolf from the door by working even though I'm sure you'd rather be in your shed all day.
Good luck and fingers crossed you have it up and running today.

Stu.

it gets boring in my shed all day
thats why im trying to a job again
kev

stationary stu wrote:Yes have to keep the wolf from the door by working even though I'm sure you'd rather be in your shed all day.
Good luck and fingers crossed you have it up and running today.

Stu.

Don't have a shed Stu, bricks and mortar The garage is my workshop, my den and my peace haven (in fact I think I shall put that in my signature).

Been a crap week for engines, plenty of work and both kids have been ill, Alan got a nasty cold that made even him sit still on the sofa for 2 days, then Jessica our ten month old got it, no sleep for 3 days isn't great lol.

However! Managed an hour out there this afternoon and have regained compression to a reasonable level, so 1 out of 3 isn't bad, just ignition and fuel to sort May whip the mag of again later if a chance arises and have a look at that impulse coupling

Fudge it!
as said in my mag thread, impulse is fubar I believe, there are no springs, and one of the arms is missing