Morris Minor Owners Club

Well. thread stripping is hardly the fault of the viscous oil! But if the bolts were loose - it could have been wobbling about I suppose... Well I would've thought the thicker oil would put more stress on the damper mounts as the dampers are stiffer and more force will be transferred through to the...

I do generally advise to check the bolts when using the more viscous oil.. I've never had any problems. Some of the tele conversions use the damper mounting bolts......avoid! Agreed, but you can't really check for a thread about to strip. I will indeed look carefully when choosing which tele conver...

Before you dismantle the front suspension to find the elusive knock, have you checked the 4 mounting bolts for each of the front dampers? If not tight, they can allow the damper to move very slightly under suspension movement, and being mounted on the front bulkhead, produce a very audible 'knock'....

Thanks for the replies chaps, I finally had the chance to get the car jacked up this weekend ( took the engine out too! :D ) With the TREs disconnected the rack was still ridiculously tight, so there was nothing for it but too take it off and inspect why... With both rack dampers out and the gaiters...

is something happening in Weymouth today been past a black saloon and a blue saloon about a mile apart. We were in the modern so the drivers must have thought we were a bit weird with a car full of waving kids. On the way home saw a lovely green traveller. Considering I can go for months without se...

Not for me this year, it's the weekend before my final A level exams so I'll be knee deep in revision

Hopefully 2014 will see the return of the lowlight....

I HATE to have to say this but a strong structure in a crash is NOT always a good thing. The amount of injury you receive in a crash is all down to the transfer of energy and the impulse yo receive ( forcextime). For example, you have two cars weighing the same ( in this instance 1000kg) and travell...

katy wrote:

and the rack felt very 'crunchy'

Is the rack full of lubricant? Either oil or preferably grease. It sounds like it's dry.

no it's been well greased before fitting, and then again when I had it on axle stands last weekend

Thanks for the replies chaps, I will have to have a good look at the workshop manual, as I suspected though the job isn't too tricky. I am sure it's the rack at fault, I had the car up on axle stands last week for a grease and to change the track rod ends (that's another story) and the rack felt ver...

My Daily Morris, Lily, has recently been caught out twice with steering rack trouble. The first time when flood water seeped in, partially seizing up the rack and making the steering incredibly heavy. I duly whipped the seized one off and replaced it, only to find that the replacement rack is pretty...

Audrey1955 wrote:Out of interest, how many are currently using their moggies at the moment?

Are they nicely tucked up for the winter, or still bearing the cold?

using my 4 door every day of the week, oh how I wish the heater was better...

My Dads got one on his, I'll take a picture

Agreed!

I personally would be very interested in hearing more about modifying the good ol' 918.

On that subject, are there many Derrigton heads about ? I'd quite like to get my hands on one if possible

Supercharging will be by far the easiest - and most effective - way to go... It also has the benefit of increasing power throughout the rev range - whereas the mods suggested above will only show significant increase at decent revs. How would one go about supercharging an engine BMC ? I am open to ...

Thank you Mike for taking the time to write a long and detailed reply, it certainly gives much food for thought. I am quite supprised by the number of parts suitable for side valve tuning. From the sound of things a Derrigton head, aqua plane inlet manifold and twin H1 carbs would be a good starting...

Good Afternoon Chaps,

As per the thread title really, are there any ways to get a bit more grunt out of the old 918 ? (bar alta head and suchlike)

Cheers,

Will

Sadly still not a lot too report in terms of acctual progress, building a shed to keep the lowlight in and January A level exams have sapped up most of my time. :( still when I do get a chance to work on Brian it least it'll be in the warm! I was lucky enough to get pretty much all the panels requir...

Yikes! What happened to the Lowlight Iain ? The car seemed to fail it's MoT on loose wheels ( or something along those lines) so I can only assume the threads were well and truly worn out, anyway it makes putting the wheels on much easier :D A small update on the lowlight, I've replaced the other sp...

Thought it was time I gave this a wee update... I've been lucky enough to get my hands on some nice original lowlight bits, namely a drivers door, front and rear bumper irons and blades. I've also ordered up some Valances from Fairmile restorations, not cheap but they'll certainly go a long way to m...

Hi all, The RC40 exhaust system seems pretty popular with the mini guys, and Vizards 'Bible' holds it highly too. So has anyone taken the plunge and fitted one to a mog ? I understand it wouldn't be a straight swap and would require a bit of modification, but it could provide a good alternative to t...