Hi Jesse - Welcome

Lots of useful info and spares can be found for 1930s Austins can be found on the Austin ten Drivers club website

They are a good source of technical manuals and advice for the bigger Austins.

You will find several pictures of 6 cylinder Austins of various sizes in the austin cars section of my own website - these may help identify the correct year for your own car

best wishes

David

P.S. Good work with the kids!

Location: los angeles

Location: los angeles

Hi Jesse,

If it's a DJ6A then it will take the Lucas 400833 contact set which the Distributor Doctor has in stock - see illustration of the set from his website below.

Rotor Arm: Lucas number 401122

Condenser: Lucas number 484249

Distributor Cap: was numbered over a period of time by Lucas firstly as 400181 then 400315 and finally 403842



Jeff.

Location: Almost but not quite, the far North East of England

Jeff Taylor

Hi Jesse,

If it's a DJ6A then it will take the Lucas 400833 contact set which the Distributor Doctor has in stock - see illustration of the set from his website below.

Rotor Arm: Lucas number 401122

Condenser: Lucas number 484249

Distributor Cap: was numbered over a period of time by Lucas firstly as 400181 then 400315 and finally 403842



Jeff.

Location: los angeles

Great news, let us know how you get on when the parts arrive.

Best of luck,

Jeff.

Location: Almost but not quite, the far North East of England

Location: los angeles

Jessie I have an original illustrated list of spare parts for the April 31 Austin sixteen available if you don't have one. Others may know if it suits your car. cheers Russell
(edit) I just noted from David's excellent Austin 10 site that six cylinders were in many other Austin models as well, from 12 through to 20. I will have books for them as well

Location: oz

Location: los angeles

Jess I suggest we wait and see which model you have, I have mailed you. regards Russell

Location: oz

Hi Squeak,

I just mailed Jesse these photos I found on Flickr showing what is described as a 1933 16/6 Open Road Tourer taken at a rally in Dorset this July - apart from a few minor detail differences in the lighting department, it would otherwise appear identical to his, which of course also fits in with early 1933 registration plate his car carries - surprisingly this car also sports a similar AA badge but attached to the bumper bar !

Unfortunately I'm not familiar with the engines in these cars, in particular which of the other 6 cylinder models in Austin's range had the same engine. An original handbook and parts list would be of great benefit to him.

Jeff.

Location: Almost but not quite, the far North East of England

There are some possibility critical differences for dating the cars in the photos

Jeff's car has later side lights and if the semaphore indicators are original then the car would be later than early 1933

This is from memory, all my references are in store

hope it helps

David

Hi Jesse,
just to say you should be able to sign up to join the ATDC without entering car details
(I am a member myself).
You should be able to leave vehicle details blank and enter them later when you have them, by updating your member profile.
I did this for my 12/4 Ascot.
You will find Austin owners are a friendly bunch as you have seen here and people will usually try to help.

Regards,
Steve V.

Location: Polegate, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Stephen Voller

Hi Jesse,
just to say you should be able to sign up to join the ATDC without entering car details
(I am a member myself).
You should be able to leave vehicle details blank and enter them later when you have them, by updating your member profile.
I did this for my 12/4 Ascot.
You will find Austin owners are a friendly bunch as you have seen here and people will usually try to help.

Regards,
Steve V.

Location: los angeles

Jess firstly I must declare I know nothing of Austin sixes, however...
from the relevant parts books the 6 cyl motor for the Austin 12 and Austin 14 differ markedly from the motor in the Austin 16 and will be easy to spot.
The SIXTEEN appears to be an aluminium crankcase with cast iron block,the tappet covers (possibly aluminium) have cast Austin script.
The 12 and 14 are 1 piece cast iron blocks with Austin script cast in.
My source books are, for the twelve 1931 thru to 1935 and for the 14, 1937. As previously stated the 16 is from 1931.
An additional pointer is the position of the top water outlet from the head. The 12 and 14 exit from approximately the center, the SIXTEEN from the front, and the TWENTY from both the front AND the back. Source various Austin sales catalogs 31 to 38.
Hope this helps with dating, regards Russell

Location: oz

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steve, i have been trying..it is asking me to answer questions like (what is the code on newsletter) i have no idea what code or what news letter?[/quote]

Might be worth clicking on the 'Contact Us' button and filling that out requesting
assistance.
Someone should get back to you (Monday -Friday).

Steve V.

Location: Polegate, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Does anyone know the firing order to my car.. it has a 6 cylinder

Hi Jess,

What I can tell you is that some of Austin's 6 cylinder petrol engined commercial vehicles had the firing order 1,5,3,6,2,4 whether your car had the same firing order I'm not sure. Hopefully someone else on the forum will be able to confirm.

Jeff.

Location: Almost but not quite, the far North East of England

Jess - I'd suggest Jeff is correct, as the 6cyl 1171cc engines of the mid-30s 14hp and 12/6 Austins both had the firing order as he quoted. I have a list of suggested engine numbers which may be of use if you let us know yours. Good Luck with a good-looking car. Cheers, Bill in Oz

Location: Euroa, Australia

Jess,

Although this pdf page link applies specifically to Austin 7's and not to Austin's larger engined cars, it may give you some clues as to where to look and the type of format the Engine / Chassis and Car Numbers take. You may also find that your Rear Axle is numbered / dated in a similar fashion to Austin 7 back axles - note you may need to attack the back axle casing with a wire brush to reveal any numbers that may be stamped into the cast iron casing. Although I'm not familiar with the larger engined Austins, I'm sure they would adopt a similar "Quote This Number" principle as used on the Austin Sevens.

http://a7ca.org/downloads/QuoteThisNumber.pdf

Hope by now you've got her fired up !

Jeff.

Location: Almost but not quite, the far North East of England

Jess,

I think you must join the Austin Seven Register and then ask on their forum for advice applicable to your car.

Tony.

Location: Malvern, Victoria, Australia.

Jess,

Yes, number 1 piston is traditionally at the front and number 6 near the firewall.

Re the radiator cap you require - Austin Reproduction Parts Ltd produce new ones for the 16/6 (sixteenth item down - Rad Cap 12/4 16/6) - however I suggest you email Willie McKenzie the owner of Austin Repro and send him photos of your car to confirm that the cap he manufactures will fit your model. You'll notice Austin Repro's list also contains many other parts for the six cylinder cars - again check with Willie before ordering to make sure they are the correct parts for your car.

http://www.austinrepro.com/other-vehicles.htm

Willie McKenzie's email address is:

arpmckenzie@hotmail.co.uk

Have just noticed, the photos I posted earlier in the thread of the blue 1933 16/6 Open Road Tourer registration VE 8616 appears to be fitted with a Boyce Motor Meter (a water temperature gauge) and Calometer Wings in place of the standard radiator cap - it would appear that Austin Repro also stock these new reproduction parts.



Jeff.

Location: Almost but not quite, the far North East of England

Location: Almost but not quite, the far North East of England

I suppose you have tried 'The Home of the Austin 12, 16 and 20' website-

http://www.austin12.org.uk/

which doesn't look to have a membership charge and has quite a bit of technical material on Maintenance and Repair, pictures and copies of many Handbooks and Spare parts Books for purchase.


The 'Vintage Austin Register' has a £35 non UK fee, so it seems odd that you need a UK address - but then I haven't tried to join.

Maybe this is why there are few forum members.

Tony.

Location: Malvern, Victoria, Australia.

well guys yesterday i got her finally fired up.. and she sounds healthy..i would share some pics but honestly have no clue how to..

Location: los angeles

First you need to get a 'Photobucket Album'

I will give you the url when I open my Photobucket Album to recover my 'avatar' which has gone walkabout-

http://s862.photobucket.com/

Then follow the instructions at the head of the Forum.

Tony.

Location: Orstralia