Morris Minor Owners Club

I'm not keen on the internal/external tooth washers but conical spring washers have never let a bolt come loose for me. However if I ever build a rocket I'll probably add some loctite to the threads

i always thought nyloc nuts replace the need for spring / shakeproof washers? personally i've never had a nyloc come loose, and i know my 'modern' '74 Midget uses nyloc extensively, so why not on the Moggie?

Almost every manufacturer stopped using them in the 70's because they were proved to offer no benefit, best practice now is to design the joint with as little compliance as possible and torque the bolt correctly. In safety critical joints the addition of a loctite patch or nyloc type prevailing torque device is usually required.

kevin

They must have saved thousands by doing away with them!

Those links are an interesting read, I believe nyloc is the way to go then , but is using the original fixings a good or bad idea , iv spent a great deal of shillings,mainly on steering and suspension components so they are fresh , new and correct ? I may need nyloc nuts to hold my twin X rockets on the side of the Morris so I can reach beyond our atmosphere

Don’t you just hate it when your all ready for a weekend on the Morris , and your daily decides to pop an engine cooling pipe ,sending antifreeze all over the drive !
Not a happy bunny today,already spent £200 on the dam thing.

On the up side iv contacted a vehicle glass company to get new glass made up , I just have to send card templets , the down side to that is that they haven’t given me a price yet

Ok , my every day car is now working and I was on my merry way to the Morris this morning to get something done to it , so today iv fitted the back section of the floor ( upright ) which I made , then got the floor ready to fit , then proceeded to weld in , the front outer corner of the floor is being a bit of a pain tho but il sort that out in a week or two . Here are some pics .

Hi all , it’s been a while posting , after all the snow and floods going on , didn’t get round to the Morris at all , but today iv managed a little more, mainly welding in the rear inner sill/ floor section and spring hanger and a few seat belt anchors then cleaned up the horrid black primer they use to protect the new panels ,

I was also wondering if the rear shackle was sitting right ?.

Etched the top of the floor then primed and sealed .

Hoping il get on it next week to sand down the underside and prime it up , ready for sealing and stone chip

The rear shackle looks like it might whack the chassis at full compression, like mine did (even though never welded). Not sure if this helps...

Hi all , it’s been a long time posting had a few mishaps in my life lately, first of all my daily was written off by a van out side of work , and iv had a Knightmare sorting it all out and to say it’s been stressful is an understatement, here’s a pick of what’s left of my car , it was parked and luckily no one was hurt

I had no get up and go to get the moggy done , but today iv got some done here are a few pics inner arch repair and outer lip

Quarter repair will be next week

Rear outer arch lip welded in ready for me to remove the spring hanger and replace it with new

Hen fitted the last of the seat belt mounts in the pillar

And tidied up the a pillar where the check strap fits to

And last but not least ,over the last few months these two were hand reared ,we found them in a bin down the road and they were around 4 days old , bottle fed every 2 hours and they are 14 weeks old now , the one at the front is called moggy !,