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- Wed Jan 13, 2021 7:59 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Brake bleed order?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 351
Re: Brake bleed order?
[quote=Trickydicky post_id=662962 time=<a href="tel:1610560272">1610560272</a> user_id=15158] If the brakes have had a full overhaul the best place to start is at the front drivers side, use the 2 man (or woman) method with a tube and jam jar depressing the brake pedal while opening the bleed nippl...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 5:51 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Brake bleed order?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 351
Re: Brake bleed order?
With respect to the learned, why would you want to jack the car to some strange angle to bleed the brakes and leave it overnight with the brake pedal depressed? They wouldn’t do this if you took the car to a garage :o If the brakes have had a full overhaul the best place to start is at the front dri...
- Fri Dec 25, 2020 8:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: RADIATOR MUFFLER
- Replies: 14
- Views: 955
Re: RADIATOR MUFFLER
I remember driving over the M62 one year in February to the Manchester Bus Museum rally from Leeds, the car never got warmed up. It convinced me to use a blank in front of the radiator when driving the car in lower temperatures. I also remember a couple of cars on show also had period radiator blank...
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:21 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Ignition
- Replies: 28
- Views: 876
Re: Ignition
It wouldn’t hurt to remove the solenoid and clean the rear of it to check it is earthed properly.
- Tue Nov 03, 2020 7:01 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Rear shock absorber advice
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1033
Re: Rear shock absorber advice
Brand new ones are available, https://www.morrisminorspares.com/rear- ... -c89#page2
- Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:58 am
- Forum: Restoration Projects
- Topic: 1960 Turquoise Traveller Restoration
- Replies: 11
- Views: 809
Re: 1960 Turquoise Traveller Restoration
[quote=Shropshiremoggie post_id=660377 time=<a href="tel:1603354147">1603354147</a> user_id=37344] Is that an additional ‘ lever / stick ‘ between the gear stick and hand brake ? The car is currently fitted with hand controls, the additional stick on the floor operates the brakes, and the levers on...
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 7:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Garage Floor paint
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1067
Re: Garage Floor paint
It’s a garage floor Your gonna walk on it Your gonna drive a car over it Your gonna spill things on it Your gonna fix a car on it Make sure you prepare the surface as best you can because no doubt things have been already spilt on it and will have have soaked into the surface. Then use a decent pain...
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 11:15 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Constantly flooding when trying to cold start
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2063
Re: Constantly flooding when trying to cold start
Plus you have now fitted a heavy duty battery which will take longer to charge. Perhaps you could explain/expand on this, please? ‘Cos I disagree - unless discharged to a degree of capacity more than the lighter duty battery! I, too, lost a posting yesterday morning (turned off computer too quickly...
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 7:08 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Constantly flooding when trying to cold start
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2063
Re: Constantly flooding when trying to cold start
Been watching this thread from afar and rather than add my thoughts the cause looks to have been identified, a bad battery. With this I have a couple of points to raise, it seems you use your car as your daily driver. Do you have a dynamo or an alternator fitted? It may be advisable if you have a dy...
- Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:03 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Fitting failure of water temp sensor adaptor - what went wrong?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 585
Re: Fitting failure of water temp sensor adaptor - what went wrong?
You have used too much ptfe tape, that and the quality of the brass fitting caused it to shear when you tightened it up. I once fitted a central heating radiator with extension tails on the end which constantly weeped when filled. I made exactly the same mistake of using too much ptfe and in the end...
- Fri Aug 21, 2020 7:02 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Brake master cylinder boot
- Replies: 7
- Views: 406
Re: Brake master cylinder boot
One of the main things to consider when overhauling brakes is that if the M/C is old the cylinder bore may be pitted. When you start bleeding the brakes and pumping the cylinder to it’s full stroke it will wreck the seals.
As a belt and braces approach I would consider replacing the cylinder.
As a belt and braces approach I would consider replacing the cylinder.
- Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:02 am
- Forum: Parts for sale
- Topic: Thermostat housing with temp take off.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 260
Re: Thermostat housing with temp take off.
At that buy it now price it is a bargain. Anyone wanting to fit a temp gauge to a 948 engine should buy this.
If I still had my 948 it would be mine by now
If I still had my 948 it would be mine by now

- Sat Aug 01, 2020 4:37 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Ignition light
- Replies: 31
- Views: 964
Re: Ignition light
Try stripping it down first and check the brushes, the springs holding them onto the commuter may have rusted away and they are not making contact with the commuter. If the brushes have worn away replacements are available.
A cheap and easy repair.
A cheap and easy repair.
- Sat Aug 01, 2020 4:25 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Helicoil help - front damper mounting
- Replies: 9
- Views: 462
Re: Helicoil help - front damper mounting
Which thread is stripped? Top or bottom hole? Personally I wouldn’t helicoil it, I would drill and tap a flat piece of steel and cut a slot Underneath the Cross beam and feed it up, you will get more purchase on the tapped steel than a helicoil when you tighten it up. You could even weld the same si...
- Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:41 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Heater Problem
- Replies: 8
- Views: 409
Re: Heater Problem
Here is a comprehensive video on how to spruce up your heater. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v75LjUrVaPE
- Sun Jul 26, 2020 8:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: worst year for minors
- Replies: 20
- Views: 968
Re: worst year for minors
They were cheap cars quickly thrown together in the factories. The engines and running gear did not have a long service life. By the introduction of the 1098 engine they were so outdated in style and layout, BMC just didn't care about them and only continued making them because they sold well. Comp...
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:08 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: A nasty shock
- Replies: 25
- Views: 904
Re: A nasty shock
Probably not a casting fault, the cylinders are a tight fit so may have been broken when installed.
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:08 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Squeaky brakes and handbrakes
- Replies: 19
- Views: 738
Re: Squeaky brakes and handbrakes
As above, set it up as per the workshop/Haynes manual. Release the handbrake, adjust the shoes to lock the drums. Pull the handbrake up 3 notches and check the cables at the handbrake end are adjusted up correctly.
Release the handbrake adjust the shoes as per normal and retest.
Release the handbrake adjust the shoes as per normal and retest.
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 5:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 'Smart' motorways
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6321
Re: 'Smart' motorways
Keith has hit the nail on the head on a number of points, The main one for me is Education, when smart motorways were starting to be introduced there was very little Information made available for the ordinary motorist. On another note of education, it is only recently that motorway driving tuition ...
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: pickup parts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 306
Re: pickup parts
I recently sold a 948 gearbox on eBay for £55, the spares you have maybe interchangeable with other models so may not command a high price.