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A couple of comments on the above post. Whilst the early Marina to Minor disc brake conversion (Mr Grumpys) did indeed have an adapter that fitted over the stub axle to allow fitment of the Marina hub to the Minor stub axle with different wheel bearings, that has now been superseded by a completely ...

As the OP stated above that he would remove the heads/nuts of bolts with an angle grinder I did not mention this possible difficulty. Once the two heads of the 1/4" bolts are cut off the eye pin can with its locator/holder can https://www.morrisminorspares.com/rear-suspension-axle-propshaft-c87/rear...

The length of the Metalasatic bush quoted above was taken from the March/April 1992 Minor Matters. The quoted required cut length of the Metalastic bush is 1 13/!6". I would disagree with this as the quoted length of the non threaded part of the eye bolt pin is 1 13/16". If both pin and bush are 1 1...

Wanted
Marina/Ital bolt lower arm inner Pt No: 21H5434.
This is the bolt that goes through the Marina front suspension eye bolt.

Just rinse with water and then dry. Spray the inside the water jacket with GT85 to keep the water rust at bay.

The diaphragm clutch will be a lot heavier but you can overcome that especially if you want to retain the mechanical linkage by increase the length of the pedal arm on the relay shaft by 5/8" between hole centers. Fit a poly bush or hard plastic bush to the chassis pivot point for the clutch relay s...

Many thanks for the above comments. I have decided not to use the Metalastic bushes in my Minor Mania negative camber eye bolts. Currently they are fitted with the Minor Mania hard poly bushes. What I have done is to machine the forward end of the splined Marina eyebolt pins down to 3/8" dia (same a...

Try club spares.

This is the tool you want:-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Mini ... Swm6xdvGrP

Do it all inside a large clear plastic bag of which the neck is tied. Keeps everything together if it flies apart.

Rob
Thank you and special thanks to your kid for getting under the car.
Phil

Rob BSC is not just 26 TPI See:- https://britishfasteners.com/threads/bsc.html https://britishfasteners.com/threads/cei.html I had an interesting one last Friday, vintage Douglas motorcycle which has an internal band brake. The screws holding the band to the drum were 3/16" x 28 TPI. I have a compre...

Rob
Thank you but neither number pops up on the Halfords oil filter web site.
If I recollect correctly you mentioned in an earlier post regarding the spin on oil filter conversion that you had to fit a shorter bodied oil filter and that is why I asked for the number for reference.
Phil

Soak it in food grade citric acid. You can get the citric acid off 'e' bay. I mix it at 6 table spoons per 1 ltr of warm water. Good stuff and does the job perfectly. Leave the citric acid in the block or the block in the citric acid for at least a week. You may have to replace the camshaft bearings...

I will go with the suggestion made by Les. i.e. remove the front gallery plug, insert a long rod and knock the extractor rearwards.

Extract the extractor and if necessary drill out the oil gallery plug

A kindly suggestion - do not use so much force when doing the job.

Phil

Wear. If the swivel seals are not good and they allow water and crud into the threads it just grinds away at the threads and they end up sharp. The thread is of a Whitworth but is only 75% in height of the full thread. That is why the thread has a flat top when new. If the threads are sharp the swiv...

Well done - a very good and useful modification.

If the oil separator is not cleaned on a regular basis the bottom of the canister rots out.

I use the stainless steel version of the Aldi pan scrub.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Massey-Ferguson-240-265-275-285-550-Tractor-Spin-on-oil-filter-Conversion-Kit/323560857559?hash=item4b55badfd7:g:-e0AAOSwmDZb9ENR or https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Massey-Ferguson-Oil-Filter-Head-Spin-On-Filter-MF-35-65-135-165-240-37764251/281381510566?hash=item4183a51da6:g:G...

The price quoted is from the Oselli web site and they are locate near Buckingham. They have in the past carried out the majority of my machining requirements. http://www.oselli.com/service/engineering Yes I know of AC Dodd but have not had any work done by him. https://www.facebook.com/ac.dodd.1 I a...

The basic cost of boring and fitting sleeves for a four cylinder 'A' Series engine is around £240 plus the usual VAT. That does not include pistons but standard 1275cc pistons/rings are relatively cheap. The cost does start to add up but at least you know what you have. You could go and buy another ...