can't speak for the OP, but when you live in central london you may as well just buy a brand spanking morris each year for the price of renting a garage:
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- Thu Oct 12, 2023 3:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Best cover for Morris Minor Convertible
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1108
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Best cover for Morris Minor Convertible
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1108
Re: Best cover for Morris Minor Convertible
yup, agree it's no replacement for garaging, but when that's not an option is a case of humid air against sound paintwork or rain getting behind panels, into chassis legs and on top of the wood - much lesser of two evils for me!
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 11:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Best cover for Morris Minor Convertible
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1108
Re: Best cover for Morris Minor Convertible
sometimes that just isn't viable (i.e. on street only car parking in the vast majority of central london) Over winter i put moisture absorbing bags in the car and make sure to take the cover off once it stops raining to avoid too high humidity. Can't see how keeping water out of the inside of the ca...
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 10:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Best cover for Morris Minor Convertible
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1108
Re: Best cover for Morris Minor Convertible
halfords ones probably aren't the absolute best - however they do the job perfectly well and are completely waterproof. small size is perfect
only shame is that they changed the colouring from a nice grey colour to a horrible shiny silver a couple of years ago, but doesn't matter too much really
only shame is that they changed the colouring from a nice grey colour to a horrible shiny silver a couple of years ago, but doesn't matter too much really
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 12:26 pm
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Painting badge
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4564
Re: Painting badge
raising this from the dead. the humbrol paint code link seems to be invalid now - anyone know which ones?
- Fri Aug 11, 2023 11:41 am
- Forum: Useful Tips
- Topic: Woodwork preservation and front doors
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2677
Re: Woodwork preservation and front doors
welcome! i replaced the wood on my traveller 9 years ago - it's kept outside at all times, although covered with a waterproof cover whenever it's forecast to rain (so 70% of the year!) no sign of rot that i can see yet and the wood is still nice and bright. It was initially treated with multiple dre...
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 5:09 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Horn and indicators
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1284
Re: Horn and indicators
i don't think he was being sarcastic, it really is hard to understand what you're asking there!
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 2:33 pm
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Door adjustment advice
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1529
Re: Door adjustment advice
what's that seal you have at the bottom of the door? My traveller could use one of those and the usual rail to hold bottom excluder has rusted away
- Mon Jul 03, 2023 11:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sunday Telegraph
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2361
Re: Sunday Telegraph
all a bit silly and self defeating.
- Mon Jun 19, 2023 11:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: tyre prices
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1058
tyre prices
wow!
just had a look at replacing the 5 tyres on the saloon i've been working on for a while. bought new bridgestones for traveller 3 years back at £60 or so each - now can't find anywhere for less than £100!
wondering if this is a permanent rise or just a blip with our particular tyres?
just had a look at replacing the 5 tyres on the saloon i've been working on for a while. bought new bridgestones for traveller 3 years back at £60 or so each - now can't find anywhere for less than £100!
wondering if this is a permanent rise or just a blip with our particular tyres?
- Tue May 16, 2023 3:39 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Hard-drive like clunking noise at low revs
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1102
Re: Hard-drive like clunking noise at low revs
sounds almost exactly like a fuel pump
- Tue Feb 07, 2023 10:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: garage in east london
- Replies: 5
- Views: 573
Re: garage in east london
i'm in bethnal green - where abouts are you?
haven't found anyone decent near me to be honest - best minor specialist i've found is LMG Kent, could be worth asking them about resprays
haven't found anyone decent near me to be honest - best minor specialist i've found is LMG Kent, could be worth asking them about resprays
- Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It's here!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 517
Re: It's here!
enjoy! hopefully the recommissioning involved changing the brake fluid?!
- Thu Dec 08, 2022 12:25 pm
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Alfred's First Winter Outside
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26739
Re: Alfred's First Winter Outside
big thumbs up for Osmo here. my traveller lives outside (albeit under cover) all year, has done for 8 years and there's only a couple of very small black spots, with none around the joints. i do re-coat every summer and try and not ever get it directly wet - not so easy, but do-able in London given ...
- Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: black stuff on new wings
- Replies: 3
- Views: 455
black stuff on new wings
Hi all, Making some progress on restoring minor no 2 at the moment. I bought a new rear wing a while ago (heritage) from ESM - it appears to be pre-coated in some sort of black primer, but i've noticed in some spots it's bubbling with rust underneath!! When i went to wipe it clean with alcohol for p...
- Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:52 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: How does this sound
- Replies: 11
- Views: 828
Re: How does this sound
Are you sure you didn’t set the clearances to metric sizes, but using imperial feelers? Exactly how did you set the clearances? First action might be to check they are actually as per specification. Did you adjust the tappets without checking if the surfaces were deeply worn/grooved? Sounds like a ...
- Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:21 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: How does this sound
- Replies: 11
- Views: 828
Re: How does this sound
Thanks Phil, No, the cam followers weren't replaced at the time as they were out of stock on esm I seem to recall. There was some slight putting, so perhaps worth reaching them via the tappet chest? I'll probably just buy a new whole rocker assembly to avoid the risk of the bearings and shaft being ...
- Wed Aug 24, 2022 9:43 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: How does this sound
- Replies: 11
- Views: 828
Re: How does this sound
As I thought really, what do you think the noise is mainly? Worth just biting the bullet and changing rocker assembly - if so, is that a new head gasket or take the risk?
- Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:33 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: How does this sound
- Replies: 11
- Views: 828
How does this sound
Not sure if I'm now getting to minute details, but after changing the head, replacing bearing shells, with a new carb (butterfly bearings badly worn on old one) I still think this is a bit noisy. Annoyed I didn't change rocker assembly during the head change - sound a bit tappety? https://youtu.be/8...
- Wed Aug 17, 2022 2:24 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Slight surge when coasting top gear
- Replies: 3
- Views: 440
Re: Slight surge when coasting top gear
sorry, didnt see the reply. The main bearing was in decent nick - no ridges, per this thread https://board.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=75072 When driving back i noticed that my speedo was significantly overreading - was sitting at 35psi when doing 50mph (on GPS) and around 40psi when doing 60. I put...