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by pippinpickup
Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Spotted today.
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Re: Spotted today.

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Little and Large.
1969 Morris pick up next to a 1999 GMC pick up.
by pippinpickup
Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Spotted today.
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Re: Spotted today.

Have not posted much on here (but have lurked !), but thought I'd show my pick up towing a heavy load !

Stay safe everyone in these difficult times.
by pippinpickup
Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Spotted today.
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Re: Spotted today.

Hello.
I saw this nice one in Cirencester during the weekend.

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by pippinpickup
Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Spotted today.
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Views: 785609

Re: Spotted today.

Hello. I saw this yesterday in central London. It looked as tho it has been parked there for some time, judging by the bits of dirt underneath it. Surprised you can leave a car for some time in central London without it being nicked/council towaway. It was jammed full of stuff, maybe a street market...
by pippinpickup
Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:28 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Running on 3 cylinders only. Problem
Replies: 10
Views: 2396

Re: Running on 3 cylinders only. Problem

Head is torqued up and valve gaps reset. The Moggy centre in Bristol only had 7 valves in stock, so bought those and so left one of the old valves in. My pick-up is my only vehicle, so had to get it back on the road asp. By the way, when putting the valve pushrods back in, I couldn't get them in all...
by pippinpickup
Sun Oct 13, 2013 9:07 am
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Running on 3 cylinders only. Problem
Replies: 10
Views: 2396

Re: Running on 3 cylinders only. Problem

Thanks for the replies.

I took the head off and saw what the problem was, a hole in a valve.

Managed to get 7 new valves Saturday morning so ground down the valve seats, replace 7 of the 8 valves, and now the car goes super.

Now to fix the horn, some days it works, other days it doesn't !
by pippinpickup
Fri Oct 11, 2013 12:50 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Running on 3 cylinders only. Problem
Replies: 10
Views: 2396

Running on 3 cylinders only. Problem

Hello MM people, Just joined the forum. I have a 1098 engine in my Morris pick-up, and it's only running on 3 cylinders now. Last night driving home from work there was a bit of a pop 'n' bang noise and the car lost a bit of power. I got home okay and this morning I have had a look under the bonnet ...