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- Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hats off to the 803!!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3701
Re: Hats off to the 803!!
The 803 has one fault; the lack of oil filtration. If you are careful and replace the oil regularly (or top up is there is a regular loss) and avoid the motorways then there is no reason to give up on it. Yes the bearings are a bit weak; the white metal backed shells are there to absorb the debris t...
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 11:00 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The awful joke thread
- Replies: 138
- Views: 144621
Re: The awful joke thread
What do you call a zoo with no animals except one dog?
A shih tzu.
A shih tzu.
- Sun Oct 04, 2020 3:28 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The awful joke thread
- Replies: 138
- Views: 144621
Re: The awful joke thread
What do you call a Lada with a sunroof?
A skip.
Why do Lada's have a heated rear windscreen?
To keep your hands warm.
(gotta love a lada, lorra lorra lada)
A skip.
Why do Lada's have a heated rear windscreen?
To keep your hands warm.
(gotta love a lada, lorra lorra lada)
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 6:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Seat belts - Series II 4 door
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2515
Re: Seat belts - Series II 4 door
The likelihood of hitting your head on the turret reinforcement above the windscreen and getting a fracture is very real. A local garage was fitting some tires for me and the fitter described how his dad had nearly died that way in an identical car.
- Wed Jul 01, 2020 9:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Something for series 2 owners
- Replies: 5
- Views: 802
Re: Something for series 2 owners
My 54 has the full pack, all used and the tickets from the service book pinned to the receipts listing all the work done. I wish i was in as good nick as my car, which is 15 years older than me. There's also an unused book of ration vouchers for petrol, as the ration ended that year. That is a stran...
- Sun May 10, 2020 3:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dash ashtray - What to replace it with?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3080
Re: Dash ashtray - What to replace it with?
there is a switch just below the dash There was no switch for the dash lighting on my 1954 car, was that standard or optional? As long as your main beam is operational then it will be either the wiring to the light or the bulb. Statement of the obvious, I know, however my point is that they are the...
- Sun May 10, 2020 10:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dash ashtray - What to replace it with?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3080
Re: Dash ashtray - What to replace it with?
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Ah, well mine have never worked, so I'll have to figure that one out. Do you know which is which?
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The right one is main beam (red filter) left one illuminator (there is a switch just below the dash) both MES bulbs.
Ah, well mine have never worked, so I'll have to figure that one out. Do you know which is which?
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The right one is main beam (red filter) left one illuminator (there is a switch just below the dash) both MES bulbs.
- Sat May 09, 2020 9:46 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Oil release valve damage?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1078
Re: Oil release valve damage?
I would take Phil's advice, he knows his stuff. I wish i had replaced my big end shells when my oil pressure dropped.
- Sat May 09, 2020 9:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dash ashtray - What to replace it with?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3080
Re: Dash ashtray - What to replace it with?
The two grey things are light fittings, one a full beam indictor, the other a dash ilumination. I like the look of the grill, and i don't use the ash tray any more. I did fit a pair of car speakers above the parcel shelf, in the circular holes in the bulk head, using a bit of ply to fill them out. Y...
- Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:05 pm
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Stiff door hinges
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1095
Re: Stiff door hinges
Has anybody had the doors off? It's not so easy getting the hinges lined up straight after putting the doors back on and the symptoms are a stiff door. Inside the A pillar there are a pair of plates that the hinges bolt into and these can move in 2 dimensions to adjust the hang of the door. I took o...
- Mon Mar 23, 2020 2:58 pm
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: series II grill
- Replies: 7
- Views: 993
Re: series II grill
My sII had it's grill chrome plated by it's original owner, straight after he bought it, as he wanted the original look. The whole panel was removed, stripped of paint, and given the shiny metal finish. Then the 'grill' bit was taped off and the rest re-enamelled. When i got the car resprayed the ch...
- Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:59 pm
- Forum: Series MM Register
- Topic: door draught excluder
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1421
Re: door draught excluder
draught excluder matches the trim colour; red leather has red fabric, blue, green, etc. Mine is a black 4 door, with red trim, including the draught excluder.myoldjalopy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:37 am The draught excluder colour should (roughly) match the paint colour. Never seen a rubber over the dip switch, so I say no......
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:46 pm
- Forum: Restoration Projects
- Topic: 1953 (March) Series II Restoration
- Replies: 286
- Views: 294352
Re: 1953 (March) Series II Restoration
I got to the radiator today on my never ending parts inspection list and I'm guessing it is the original item? I thought the core was in an ok condition, however there is one small area that is badly damaged so I am looking for someone to 're-core' it for me, but retain the surrounding structure an...
- Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:56 pm
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: series II door strap chrome bracket
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1875
Re: series II door strap chrome bracket
I'm pretty sure the strap is just a folded length of leather that is screwed to the door with a pair of screws, with a pair of cup washers to spread the load, and the chromed steel then hides this. My drivers door strap is quite soft and flexible from use, and the passenger door strap is hard and st...
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Split-screen chrome surround on eBay??
- Replies: 41
- Views: 7960
Re: Split-screen chrome surround on eBay??
Yes the ends of the trim have a hole. Even though there is only one joiner in the offer they are both very similar so a copy would be possible. Brass is quite malleable so there is a chance it could be straightened out. Mine won't sit down in the groove in the corners, probably having been prized ou...
- Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1954 style air cleaner - opening?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1044
Re: 1954 style air cleaner - opening?
It's the unit labeled 1, which is a silencer. The steel mesh receives oily vapours from the rocker box cover via tube 2 so can become quite filthy over the years and just needs washing in petrol to get back to 'clean', as Phil said. The oil bath type (4) shown in the remaining graphic was the 'expor...
- Wed May 15, 2019 7:47 pm
- Forum: Series MM Register
- Topic: Rotodip System
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3070
Re: Rotodip System
Does anybody know when the Rotodip system was put into production,the reason I ask this question is that recently I rolled my 1952 series mm (in the garage by the way) & found that under the lovely grease & oil the underside was black- a semi gloss (not underseal) where as the upper body is...
- Fri May 10, 2019 7:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What did Morris get wrong originally?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10499
Re: What did Morris get wrong originally?
I had a look at that rotodip reference and found this http://www.austinmemories.com/styled-34/index.html It seems the chemistry was to help the primer stick to the steel. I always assumed the shiny steel that was revealed when the rubber underseal was broken away was a tin plate. Before i had mine r...
- Fri May 10, 2019 6:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What did Morris get wrong originally?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10499
Re: What did Morris get wrong originally?
I agree that the master cylinder isn't SO much of an issue. The steel quality used on the early cars was pretty good and I think even the first cars were rotated in the "Rotodip" paint tank but they certainly weren't "plated". In the interest of accuracy, the brilliant designer ...
- Thu May 09, 2019 10:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What did Morris get wrong originally?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10499
Re: What did Morris get wrong originally?
It's not so hard to get to the master cylinder really, you just put a jack under the torsion bar and push it up out of the way to access the bolts. The earlier minors were dipped in a plating tank after the spot welding had been done so were relatively rust proof. When I scrape off some of the origi...