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- Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:11 pm
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Spring hanger front collapsed - repair strategy
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12057
Re: Spring hanger front collapsed - repair strategy
Hi Nam, Not really possible to form a clear idea of what you intend to do from your diagram. The basic principle you need to follow is replacing the structure as closely as possible to the way Alec Issigonis designed it, which in this case means restoring the strong front to rear boxed beams formed ...
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:12 pm
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Spring hanger front collapsed - repair strategy
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12057
Re: Spring hanger front collapsed - repair strategy
As far as I can tell this is all I need to weld in section wise. In this picture I have edited am I right? You've obviously got the rear hangers to do as well, but the biggest job is piecing in the structural members above the area you've marked. The panels I've highlighted, which are covering the ...
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 4:45 pm
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Spring hanger front collapsed - repair strategy
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12057
Re: Spring hanger front collapsed - repair strategy
You've a serious job on your hands there. The rear floor you've used has a raised side and rear, but these are really only cosmetic cover plates and shouldn't replace the main sill step and seat box. These are vital structural elements, as is the curving chassis section which extends from the sill s...
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:54 am
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Painting in cold weather
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3535
Re: Painting in cold weather
Haven't bought the paint yet, so still open to advice. I've just done a quick Google, though, and 3M don't recommend this mask for isocyanate 2k. Has anyone used the non-isocyanate 2k from Jawel?
- Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:48 pm
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Painting in cold weather
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3535
Re: Painting in cold weather
Using cellulose as I'm a novice, and the advice I've picked up on here and elsewhere is that while celly is clearly less durable, it is far more forgiving in allowing mistakes to be corrected. Also safer - its not really feasible for me to buy an airfed mask and separate compressor for what will be ...
- Wed Oct 21, 2015 9:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sad looking Million off to a new home
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4160
Re: Sad looking Million off to a new home
Looking forward to seeing your Millions at some stage. I'd rather put off a close look at your other project, or indeed Andrew Bywater's, for a few years yet though......
- Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:56 pm
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Rust found - how to eliminate?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3311
Re: Rust found - how to eliminate?
From the pics it looks like you've still fairly sound metaleft. As you say difficult to reach, but you need to get as much of the area behind the boxing plate as you can get to back to bare metal, using wire brushes on flexi shafts, powerfiles, dremels, anything you can get in there. Treat any remai...
- Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:06 pm
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Painting in cold weather
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3535
Re: Painting in cold weather
Thanks for sound advice from both of you. Underneath I'm using Brantho Korrux 3 in 1 as a primer and undercoat with a stonechip surface and a celly top coat. It will be all bare metal, so sounds like a final clean up, get the garage nice and warm and leave plenty of drying time between coats. I'm qu...
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:48 am
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Painting in cold weather
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3535
Painting in cold weather
I was hoping to get my Traveller's shell ready for painting before summer finally died, but didn't quite make it. So some advice would be valuable, please. I'm working in a dry single garage, only heated while I'm working, and will be painting with the door open. I'd like to get the underside fully ...
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:08 pm
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Traveller REAR Headliner Fitting
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3459
Re: Traveller REAR Headliner Fitting
Looking at your photo you might also be missing the interior light mounting bracket, which on mine is central on the rear face of the cab roof join. You normally fit the interior light wiring before the headlining.
- Tue Oct 13, 2015 9:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Did you ever buy a brand new Minor?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3606
Re: Did you ever buy a brand new Minor?
Fabulous story! If I've another 31 years of Minor driving in front of me, I'd better fill my legs with a paraffin/waste oil mixture. I'll do the car's legs as well while I'm at it.....
- Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Did you ever buy a brand new Minor?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3606
Re: Did you ever buy a brand new Minor?
I had Phil down as the most likely of the "regulars" to have had a new one! £152 for an 8/9 year old - no wonder it lasted at that price! I paid £40 for my 1957 four door in July 1970, but it went to the scrapyard a year later so not great value, but great fun. Jealous of Busguy's fleet of...
- Mon Oct 12, 2015 9:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Did you ever buy a brand new Minor?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3606
Did you ever buy a brand new Minor?
I posted something similar in the "Ages of MMOC Message Board Users" sticky, but as it is a bit buried in there please forgive me for repeating the question. I've only recently looked at that thread and found that at 64 I'm in the oldest 12% of those forum members who completed the survey....
- Sun Oct 11, 2015 5:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Whats the average age of MMOC forum members
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1594
Re: Whats the average age of MMOC forum members
The survey (and a post from me last night) are in a sticky at the top of this section
http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5634
Mark
http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5634
Mark
- Sat Oct 10, 2015 7:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ages of MMOC messageboard users.
- Replies: 310
- Views: 160640
Re: Ages of MMOC messageboard users.
I've only just got round to looking at this. At 64 I'm fairly close to the youngest age at which you could have been a moggy driver while they were still in production. So it slightly surprises me that even after allowing for people getting a few years older since this survey was first started, quit...
- Wed Sep 23, 2015 6:50 pm
- Forum: Restoration Projects
- Topic: Steves Morris Traveller 1970
- Replies: 254
- Views: 145595
Re: Steves Morris Traveller 1970
Had my garage side window forced open a couple of weeks ago. Nothing taken, think they were too shocked to see the underside of a rotated Traveller in front of them. Good job they didn't realise they were standing on two well wrapped engines....
- Tue Sep 01, 2015 7:41 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Mysterious Switch.........
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3096
Re: Mysterious Switch.........
Should be the panel lights. You'll only notice them in the dark!
- Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:24 am
- Forum: Restoration Projects
- Topic: New member with moggie
- Replies: 119
- Views: 43754
Re: New member with moggie
Never got round to doing a restos thread - there are others on here with far more expertise than me, but I'll post a quick run through of four years work when I finish it.
- Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:20 pm
- Forum: Restoration Projects
- Topic: New member with moggie
- Replies: 119
- Views: 43754
Re: New member with moggie
At least you bought it as a project and knew it needed a lot doing. Quite a few of us on here paid serious money for cars which we thought were sound, only to find that they weren't all that much better than yours under the filler and paint. In my case no real regrets as I'm really enjoying the rest...
- Mon Aug 24, 2015 8:38 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Overheating and mixture setting
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3088
Re: Overheating and mixture setting
Suggest you use this method only when the car can reliably reach your local A &E..............James k wrote:The water in the radiator was cool enough to put your finger in.