Driving your classic car means frequent maintenance & repairs. Sometimes it is easy and you will get away with adjustments but - quite often - the 'little issue' change takes the form of a ' small project'. Often you want to exchange tow worn or broken part. This comes with a new set of problems. Jeff Jones had this problem with his 1924 Fiat 519.
He needs to replace a 1/2 Morse timing chainlink but cannot find it anywhere and hopes someone can tell him where to find it. As you can see it is not the kind of part that you will easily refrabicate in your own workshop. But for sure somebody on this globe did it once . Jeff Jones like to get in touch with people who recognise the issue or may have a chain in stock.
He writes: "I am a reader of your pages (brilliant), since you first came on the web, I don't recall seeing a request for information before but I am desperate. Can anyone advise me where I can get a 1/2 link for the Morse timing chain for my '24 Fiat 519. It's 43mm. wide, 13mm. pitch and is with centre guide, Type s.c.
I've tried all the English magazine advertisers, Ali baba and various other web sites and various one make clubs. All to no available. Morse U.S.A. don't seem contactable and the Australian agents don't seem capable of understanding what I want. Some people have told me that they don't make metric Morse.
I've been using measuring sticks since I started tecnical training in 1949 and I do know how to measure. 43mm. is not a common metric dimension but is much more likely than 1.6925 inches which is the direct imperial equivalent. Similarly, My Vernier caliper shows 13mm. and not 0.512inches. Please hurry, Ive been trying to find a link for four months and I was only 82 when I started so I don't know how much longer I can wait."