Morris Minor Owners Club

I've just rebuilt a pump and it makes a tick that would impress the clock in Big Ben. Sounds like a gremlin smacking the bonnet with a mallet. All the others have a nice gently clack that you can't hear at speed 9until you run out of fuel). Has anyone else had this?

Bottom pic is correct. Top pic is an Indian pot-metal repro that is best avoided. I ended up with French Blue Humbrol but it was an old tin. Not sure if it is still available


https://www.humbrol.com/uk-en/14-french ... paint.html

Hockey sticks go through front panel, front wings then inner wings.

Nope. Just drill through the grille holes to line it up.

Yours are 114.3mm (4.5 inch) PCD on the early cars. Hyundai Lantra, Volvo S40, MG Magnette, Triumph Stag etc use that size. Much easier to find wheels in that PCD but you need to check offset.

Series MM springs, or have I got the wrong idea?

I've finally run out of sets of double-springs and have just one set of singles left. Ford Laser in Aus might fit. Morris 8 vendors might have some since the Army had plenty of stock.

The bottom tube is just the spacer between eyebolt holes. In the original design I though that the top tube was spaced away from the damper mounts on a rotating bracket. Is there any reason not to delete that top tube and weld the 2 large triangles straight onto the damper plate? Would make it easie...

I've got the 'book' but couldn't quite suss out the design. Is the tube at the top made so it can pivot up out of the way?

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Declan. Any use?

I bought and fitted a Factory Option roller blind for the rad. Ideal on a sidevalve with that massive header tank. Obviously, the numberplate didn't stay there!

I did wonder if the inlet valve was stuck a bit open but if I leave the ign on with no engine running then it only ticks once every 10-15 seconds, suggesting that it is not leaking back into the fuel line. I'm trying to twist my brain round the idea of a leaking outlet valve...1.5 psi in the long ho...

Strange one this week. Having brought one of the Sidevalves back into use I suffered a fuel pump intermittenet failure. Single points on it so I wasn't overly surprised. I changed it for a rebuilt one in the boot and it worked, but, the noise was like a lump hammer being used and the ticking was may...

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Not mine, but someone will want it!

Candle wax heated up and poured in? Might stay in longer?

alte1.jpg I'll try to find some better pics. Mine was 'made' in the same way as yours but based on an original owned by Carlo P. I posted the designs on here a while ago but found that someone had copied the designs and was freely selling them on the inetrnet. NOT COOL! The drawing work was done by...

Rev counter and water temp gauge next??

Distant memory of old glass being 1.5mm thicker than new stuff.