Morris Minor Owners Club

philthehill wrote:Why be so negative!
If it needs new grease replace the grease.
It will pay off in the long run.
We do not know what skills people have so should not judge whether there will be trouble ahead or not.
Phil

+ 1 I quite agree

Don, very good photos showing how how panels go together and very tidy work.

Nothing to beat a rib-eye steak

I agree with everything said about 8" drum brakes on a standard Minor BUT fit disc brakes and reduce maintenance time and, probably, cost. Who wants to be freeing off/renewing brake cylinders every year or so and carrying out regular adjustment to stop on the proverbial sixpence? Now, who will ...

Hi Brian, contact Jonathan at http://www.jlhmorrisminors.co.uk/.

He gives good advice and specialises in Minor upgrades

Contact Battery Megastore in Tewkesbury http://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/

I am using one of their batteries and have found it very good plus I had good customer service

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Barrie, seems a very useful product. Is it easy to sand or does it dry flat ready for the top coat?

Have you tried rolling a two-pack top coat which would be ideal paint solution for DIYers?

Good work, keep the photos coming!

10 years ago I was working for a small south coast garage, at 37.50 plus VAT we were considered cheap. Have prices really gone backwards? So lets take one repair and look at what has and could be done simply to pass an MOT. For arguments sake lets say that front spring hanger. The current repair A ...

That's my big beef with so called emission free cars, the pollution produced to power them is just shifted somewhere else - and the crap produced in the manufacture of the batteries is horrendous, lakes of poisonous effluent seeping into the ground and the battery packs have to be changed every few...

Well done Ray.

Slight diversion on your trips to Taunton?

Bores were just good enough to get away with new rings, ideally should have had a rebore but no excessive oil consumption so far.
Pressure taken with hot engine and throttle wide open

I have not tried the EP 90, perhaps BMC can post me a table spoonfull :D but I did top up the carb dash pot which improved things a little. Fuel consumption, 1275cc with HIF 44 carb, around 30mpg on a long run keeping up with nearly all the moderns. Local journeys and towing 8cwt trailer much worse ...

To complete this thread: Marina flywheel fitted and new clutch plate and thrust bearing. Have completed 800+ miles and no problem so, should be ok for the long term :D (Hope I'm not tempting fate :o ) Very pleased with the engine, quite a change from the tired Marina engine. Out of interest I tested...

would love to see some photos, i made my own bonnet prop using hydraulic ones from a scrap BMW it increases the space between the bonnet lip and front panel by 13 cm[frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1426401775_4748 [/frame] Charlie, very tidy job. What size are the hydraulic stays and how ...

I can never understand why the back edge of the fan is not cut to clear the breather [frame][/frame]

Cam, congratulations, not an easy job!

Will your work commitments give you sufficient time for the webmaster post?

TrickyD...

Very good idea and good publicity for MMOC. I'm sure it will be done when the new webmaster is in place

Have just fitted a 1275 Midget engine running a HIF 44 carb, I have adjusted the jet and the engine pulls well but seems lacking in power at very low revs ie hesitates slightly when pulling away NOW, any advice for using emery cloth on the needle where it goes into the top of the jet at idle. Would ...

If you paint the outside of the engine black how will you spot the oil leak source?

I desperately need to replace off side rear post on my traveller
John could you summarise the chapter in Ray's book or is there another Trav owner that would like to post how they carried out this job with out removing roof/guttering/

Thanks for reading