Morris Minor Owners Club

Nice Topic! We have been to Freiburg in Breisgau a few times last year there and back @ 375 km each way. A couple of years ago a round trip in France to Nantes and then up to Caen for the Ferry to Portsmouth and thence home via Harwich and Rotterdam. How far was that? I do not remember, maybe 2000km...

Were all the wheels hot when you touched them or only the one? Perhaps you did not feel the others after the first "hot" shock. Before you jump to the conclusion that the MC is at fault, jack the car up so that the wheels are off the ground ( or at least in turn the front and the back) then apply th...

A good friend has developed, in conjunction with a local university a Nanoblockheizkraftwerke - sort of miniature power station. The principal is not new of course, just the construction using readily available parts from the motor industry and thus considerably cheaper not to mention much smaller t...

I had a recon diff from Heathrow, exchanged a 4,11 for a 3,89 - no problems with it at all. what did they charge if you dont mind me asking Good question - it was 2 or 3 years ago now. But they advertise in ebay. As least they used to, I just had a look and did not see anything offered. I found it ...

Oh dear - where did I get 4,11 from in my tired head?

It was of course, a standard 4,22 from a 1098 Traveller.

I had a recon diff from Heathrow, exchanged a 4,11 for a 3,89 - no problems with it at all.

Wonderful ! I will go for one of those.

That would seem like an eminently reasonable Suggestion for the test every 5 years instead of the present two. However, it appears that the government have ignored the recommendation . This is perhaps to be expected - such ideas sadly from one of the states rarely gets taken up.

It appears on the face of it that the TUV people do not understand the British MOT relating to cars over 40 years of age. Cars over 40 years old that have had no major alterations (which are specified in legislation) do not need to have a MOT which if I understand correctly was agreed with the EU. ...

The basic problem with the TüV organisation whether it be Nord or Süd is exactly the same but on a larger scale than British MOT stations. A lot comes down to interpretation and application. Added to that is the individual testers personnal taste. End result is widespread inconsistency even though t...

Under the Basis that trust is good but control is better. I am no expert on ...clutches or anything really but I have installed one. The operating mechanism on the MM is very mechanical, i.e. has quite a few moving parts and pieces that fit into Nylon or rubber bushes. Unless brand new, These tend t...

If you do a search for "AP clutches" there are a number of leads to follow.

The real experts on the forum can make a better factual judgement than me but... I had to remove the sump from another Old Timer of mine to inspect the bearings and which probably did not have an oil change since God was a child. The thick black gunge had to be scraped off the bottom. A normal oil c...

I purchased such a lift a year ago. Best investment I ever made. The central pivot on the lift link you gave seems a bit risky to me. When the car is up in the air could it not tilt if not perfectly balanced? My Traveller drives easily over the ramps and the wheels are on the ground front and back. ...

The insulation "batts" are fixed to the inner leaf facing into the cavity. Longer cavity ties are used to maintain a 50mm cavity between the insulation and the outer leaf. The insulation is usually either mineral fibre or polyisocyanurate, so not susceptible to mould. British building regulations t...

Yes, very interesting read. I have a vague memory of demolishing rubble walls but that was a long long time ago. I am intrigued by the usage of these "batts" you mention. Fixing insulation of any sort to the inside of an external wall is not such a good idea due to the build up of mould. But perhaps...

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Many thanks for the interesting details. I am quite jealous of the double garage - mine is quite narrow but I have recently put a workbenchand shelves at teh end so that I do not have to keep going up and down the steps to get tools and bits. If it works here is apic taken in high summer. I do not h...

What a lovely looking wall! The cold inner wall you describe is exactly the problem. It is probably too thin to be insulatory and often is a cementious material which is notoriously bad insulator. The 9", 22,5 cm wall is about the minimum to get away with but it has to be a material with high insula...

Yes, on long journeys cruising at about 100 I get 5,9/6,0 litre per 100 which is very good, almost diesel proportions.