Morris Minor Owners Club

Wot Phil said. Inserts are not hard to source and pretty much any engine shop can fit them. Get all 4 done at the same time. New valves aren't hard to find. Well worth doing.

Post-1948 UK spec Series MM, by the looks of it. Early cars had float bowl on other side. Steel intake is for the silencer rather than the export filter.

Buy the kit and then watch the Youtube from John Twist (?) in the US about rebuilding MGB pumps. Tells you all you need. I've done loads of pumps.

I would have thought that if they were interested in keeping a reputation then they'd have replaced some obviously-faulty plates quickly in the hope of impressing potential customers. They seem to have instead done the exact opposite. A month later and you still haven't got what you paid for? As you...

Great.
It has just been announced that an additional $1000NZ will be required to 'disinfect' the car before departure. That $1000 car has somehow become $7000+ car, Rod.
Looks like a no-go, I'm afraid.

Hello Rod. Still working on it. Shipping seems to hover between $5800 and $6500 NZ so I need to keep looking for a sensible price. Not impossible. I did wonder if it might be more viable if the container was filled with other 'stuff' that is more common in NZ. Early front bodywork and early engines,...

Emails sent to the shippersbut I guess everyone is asleep down there.

Do you know anyone in the business who might have 11 feet in a container going to the UK? Hard to organise anything other than a full container from the UK end of the line. We're in South Wales so anywhere between London and Bristol is handy.


Our ex- Aus Lowlight. Before and after.

I asked ESM if they could supply 2 hubs with 4.5 inch PCD or just blank.

No reply.

About £3000 UK for a 20 foot container from Auckland to this side of the UK dock gates. That's good for 2 cars and a couple of tons of parts.

Anyone know how expensive it would be? Might be able to justify it if I could get enough other bits inside the shipping container. Our 1949 came from Aus so it can't be too expensive. Not many unrestored Lowlights in the UK, after all.

Photos would be handy, obviously.

The registration 'lplates' belong to the DVLA so if you own the car and the plates hadn't been correctly transferred then maybe you now own the right to drive around with them displayed? Sounds like a bit of a minefield.

Have you thought about exporting the whole car? One that early has great value in the UK. How bad is it?

I guess the biggest problem will be to work out what height to set the fingers at . Presumably the thrust ring is identical on all 3 corners? If so, you could run a DTI to even out the heights quite easily. If not....oh boy. That Apkoway set was the one I had my eye on. Too expensive at the moment. ...

Capture.PNG Correct gauge plate fitted, adjust thrust plate to sit parallel and at same height as central stub. Without the correct gauge plate you are a bit stuffed. Manual says that just using the driven plate is not ideal since you don't know for certain that it is flat and parallel, however, it...

From memory, that isn't how it is done. You set it on a very flat plate and adjust the screws to bring the thrust plate to a set height and perfectly level. Not done it, only read about it a while ago.

Unscrew the dip switch from the floor, remove the 3 wires (noting position and colour), screw dipswitch to bottom of dashboard in comfortable position and then run new wires of suitable thickness from original position to the new position. You will need 3 long wires, 6 "Bullet connectors" and some b...

One like this?

Sent one of the kids under the car. :D "HOF250W" Not showing on Halfords, as you say. This might work. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114227594114?var= Jaguar S-Type Saloon 3.0 V6 (1999 - 2008) 175kW VW Golf Mk IV 1.6 (1997 - 2005) 75kW Audi TT Coupe 1.8 T quattro (1998 - 2006) 165kW VW Golf Mk IV 2 (19...