Morris Minor Owners Club

Have you got a voltmeter or a bulb on two bits of wire that you can start checking circuits with ? The trouble with electricity is you can't see it, so if there are no obvious signs of damage you will need to check it through with a meter. You say the fuses are OK, so there has to be a bad connectio...

No its not just you, I had to modify mine as well. I thought I had just got a Friday afternoon one.

Phil

What sort of lathe is that Phil ?

It looks to be fairly vintage, probably an old flat belt drive at a guess.

Phil

There are various kits you can use at home for Nickel plating. https://www.frost.co.uk/plating-kits/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw-b7qBRDPARIsADVbUbXhm57jYA37TcoH1lqrHSdSfvlBt7j9nYqdQpafQS_awP1xaCqPc64aAiOBEALw_wcB https://www.chronos.ltd.uk/acatalog/Nickel_Plating_Kit.html https://www.caswelleurope.co.uk/nickel-p...

Hope to see you out and about in it soon, well done.

Do you have any events planned in for this year ?
If you get cracking you might make it to the Otley rally in about a months time

Phil

The OP originally asked if fitting a servo would improve 8" drum brakes, the answers all seem to be giving advice on whether to fit discs. I have a traveller with front discs and servo that were fitted when I bought it, and apart from having to replace the discs because one was warped I am entirely ...

Can you "feel" anything through the clutch release lever just before you apply pressure ?
I wondered if it could be the clutch release fingers catching the lever itself.

Phil

Its possible you have some dirt or a blob of water stuck in the main jet or its flexible feed tube by the sounds of it.

Phil

Good point, that makes sense.

Phil

You occasionally find interesting stuff here as well.

https://www.morrisminorforum.com/forum/ ... r-forum.2/

Phil

https://www.morrisminorowners.co.uk/ind ... aef0b80d8d
Bottom LHS

Phil

The drawings are available for free on another Morris Minor website.

Phil

My wife has decided that she cannot live without a mirror on the back of her sun visor :( I know you can buy new sun visors with them already fitted, but they cost around £50 a pop, and the Yorkshireman in me says NO. So my question is :- Has anyone successfully managed to glue a mirror of some sort...

You can get ones to fit the minor, but maybe you need to start saving your pocket money

https://www.moss-europe.co.uk/moto-lita ... minor.html

Phil

Looks like that one has a more up to date steering column as well. I cannot help with the supplier of that material but here is a photo of my Traveller dashboard.. I made it from plain aluminium sheet and then lacquered it. http://lister-engine.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10026/Morris_Dashboard_0...

Austin did a similar thing with the "Seven" engine, ie added a third bearing to the two bearing engine. It made it even worse, the centre bearing would wear and allow the crank to flex, but the space for that centre bearing had to come from somewhere, that somewhere was the crank webs were made thin...

So, what is the general concensus of opinion regarding the lip seal conversion idea. ? For myself it would be very easy to machine or even cylindrical grind the flywheel boss and fit a sleeve etc as I have the equipment to do it, but do we think overall it is better to stick with the scroll seal and...

I wonder if it is feasible to machine the flywheel boss down a bit to clean it up, and then loctite a hardened SKF Speedi-Sleeve onto it for the seal to run on. That way you could bring it back to its correct design diameter for the lip seal.

Phil

You just beat me to it Declan

Hi Declan That would be great if you have a spare one you dont need please. I am more than capable of making one myself and I also have a well equiped machine shop in my back garden for this kind of work. However life is too short and if I can find a decent second hand one my time would be much bett...

Thanks Phil

What do you reckon the chances of obtaining a spare one are ?
I did wonder about making one myself, I do have a chunk of cast iron that would do nicely.

Phil