Morris Minor Owners Club

Domination

Knowing simmitc - yes.

My thoughts too.

Might this be of interest? https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1120095 (Ah! I see that my post coincided with your further post, from which I note that my suggestion is unlikely to find favour with you. Oh, well, just a thought.)

Taxidermist

Bone ash

Rebate

Insulting bald men

Bloodsucker

Cakewalk

Fruitfulness

Am I right in thinking that when you re-torque after the bedding-in period it's good practice to unscrew a quarter turn before torquing up to the specified figure?

See from 2m 34s in this clip:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGsqkuBV9iY The full story was shown recently on the first episode of 'Bangers and Cash' on Yesterday TV and is worth checking out.

Or shoe a horse?

You might care to try something like this:- https://www.carbibles.com/best-chrome-spray-paint/. Don't know if it's any good though as I've never used it myself.

Have to say that this experience closely resembles my own 'failure to proceed' experience of a year ago (documented elsewhere on the forum) where a breakdown man spent a great deal of time and effort doing what you describe above, eventually got the car running and followed me home, where it cut out...

ManyMinors wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 03, 2019 7:33 am

You are probably aware of the motoring connection to "Old Specked Hen" are you Phil?

Driving bans and licence points?

myoldjalopy wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 03, 2019 9:07 am

I'm with 'ManyMinors' on this one............and would recommend the OP saves his money for the inevitable repair jobs which will crop up sooner or later!

Including front-end damage perhaps?

It's probably reasonable to assume that most (virtually all?) Morris Minor drivers these days also drive more recent vehicles, all of which have servos fitted. As a consequence, our reactions are programmed to expect an immediate and reassuring effect at the first light pressure on the brake pedal, ...