Morris Minor Owners Club

Nice photo! The idea of removing the fan belt is just to ensure the waterpump and dynamo aren't the cause, assuming the noise continues afterwards. Could also be the cowl part at the front of the propshaft, couldn't it? They have been known to come loose and could touch the steel seal on the back of...

Some AYA codes on the 1800 Landcrab, if that helps. I don't know much about RWD Austins of that period.

ATA7034 on the main bearing caps, normally, isn't it?

Any comments welcomed. I'm going for "bottom left one".

remove the fan belt and go for a very short drive to see if the noise has gone?

Are you sure it is a Morris Diff? Looks like cast iron and the "AYA" code is unusual.

For some reason I can't get the photos on this page to open up. Does anyone have any suggestions???
Thanks
Rob

Are the rubber boots on the gearbox good? Could a stone have entered the gearbox bellhousing?

Probably Alfa Romeo or Fiat. Not sure where it came from.

Since ICI were supplying paint I'd take a look at their colour charts for 1948-1952.

Morris timing mark on the pulley is for when the timing mark is at the bottom. You need the matching Mini pulley which has the timing mark at about the 10 o'clock position. That pulley isn't the greatest design so maybe best to just get the Mini one and be done with it?

That's 2 senders sticking at half-full in just a couple of months. Has anyone else had this happen? Both times I thought I had loads of fuel but ran out. For anyone having this problem and not having a gasket, 70mm OD, 50mm ID and bolt pattern is 6 x 60mm. Strange choice of metric dimensions. I also...

tank1.png tank2.png I pulled the tank out this morning, poured in 1/4 kilo of Citric Acid powder and a couple of gallons of really boiling water. Swilled it round for a while and then stuffed a welding rod in the sender hole with a scotchbrite pad skewered onto it. Got a LOT of crud out, none of it...

I'm available here after the 22nd for a few days if you want to drop by, Spike. Plenty of notice would be appreciated so I don't go and book myself to do something else. CF61 2GS

TIG weld it back on? I repair a few ali Austin Seven castings with my little home TIG kit. Probably cheaper than the cost of a set of gaskets. Failing that, I have a spare gearbox case here with the gears still in (although knackered first/reverse gear). 10 miles west of cardiff.

I wondered how hard it would be to 3D scan a floorpan and then get new entire floors pressed out. Turns out that the problem will be in the force required to press such a large panel out. It would be great to be able to slice the entire floor out of a car and drop the original bulkhead and outer bod...

Guesstimate it to be worth £5,500? Roughly half what they're asking? Maybe knock a few quid off for the Thinners to remove the Wicker stuff?

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