Morris Minor Owners Club

Why are posts from yesteryear suddenly appearing here ?

JOWETTJAVELIN wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 03, 2021 8:26 pm

What are you all going to do when ethanol is blended with petrol in greater quantity.

Surely you mean "we"
I wonder whether it would be worth our powder and shot to soak typical seals in the various fuels, to examine over time the damage done ?

My dear old Mum is 88, shes really in to tech, tablet, i phone, alexa in the kitchen etc. One day I visted and asked Alexa to "just shut up" and you know what ? She did. The nearest I get to this is spotify, I use it all the time in the Honda, but in the Morris ? I thought about looking for a 1965 p...

Nothing in co: Durham yet either.

My other hobby, Amateur radio was at one point all home brew. When the older hams (I am a sprightly 63) bemoan the fact that fewer people make their own radio equipment, I like to ask if they drive, invariably the answer is yes, when of course I ask if they maintain the car themselves I am usually g...

I find the tick of the fuel pump quite comforting.
It usually means Im still going to get there

Thank you.

les wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 18, 2020 2:21 pm

Bought today. Doesn’t take off chunks of paintwork like the triangular council type clamp did.
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Which model did you buy in the end please Les ?

This is a more modern version I think
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tite-Reach-T ... 1977755757

I use a disklok for security.
I dont know if there is an advantage over one of these.
Both would be better, but its where to stop isnt it ?
Anything that makes the little toe rags shove off.
I have been meaning to get a good old fashioned battery terminal lock as well.

You put your ratchet in one end and attach a socket to the other.
I once needed to get at a gearbox mounting bolt and simply could not get in up against a bulkhead.
With this I snapped a socket on and drove it from the other end, it is very simply a toothed belt drive in a nice housing Phil.

My problem is, just when I think I dont need anything else, someone invents something that "will come in handy even if it never gets used"

My feelings are they are much of a muchness when considering the pile. I think from fitting mine that one key point is to fit underlay of some sort for a little noise damping and also to give a plusher feeling under the feet. One area of concern to me was when I came to fit the centre consul carpet,...

First job is to acquire some tin worm traps, theres an infestation residing there.

My interest is always which security systems they bypassed ?

Or for under £30k you could have this electric MG, its chinese of course.

I would have thought if a 1275 or otherwise quick engine was fitted then discs may be a good idea. I cant recall who, but someone a while ago mentioned that there are fewer original minors on the road these days. I built a car once, a kit based on a cobra design, with Ital pedal box, rover v8 engine...

Speaking from experience, when people asked me how long it took to build a certain kit car, I replied 6 months, then 6 months off then another 6 months.
Without the break I would have just gotten fed up, taking a break is a great idea.

I bet your local friendly traffic officer would have an answer.