Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi

I have a spare full set, they have just come out of my spare engine but look to be in good condition.
PM me with your email and we can sort something out.

Phil

I would be extremely cautious about shot or bead blasting it, there are a lot of nooks and crannies where the media will stick. If the block is a typically oily messy one, the blast media will very effectively stick to any soft residue and stay there, it will then find a way of re-introducing itself...

I have to be fairly careful about what I say, but in general and as with most things you get what you pay for.

I use a tank of known quality, and it has performed without fault for many years now. But they don't come cheap.

Phil

Monty-4 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 01, 2020 2:32 pm

That and some hand files and wet-and-dry do the job then? Have you invested in any cleaning tools like ultra-sonic and vapour blasting kits?

I am chief design engineer at a company that manufactures ultrasonic cleaning tanks and blasting equipment, so that has its perks.

Phil

I have just sent you a PM with a contact email.

Phil

Hi

I have just done mine using one of these in a die grinder, it worked very efficiently at removing metal from ports etc and leaves a fairly good finish if you take it steady.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/392519269046 ... 2519269046

Phil

Thanks Phil

Phil Can you offer any advice on how much tension to apply with the duplex setup, is it just a case of push the tensioner against the chain to remove any slack but not go any further, or does it need some pressure applying ? I have the set of sprockets and chain that I got from you, and now have all...

Phil

I took your advice from quite a few months ago and obtained said pulley

Phil

Hi Phil I am doing all of the above, I think my scales are the same os yours as well. Static balancing is all I am intending to do, and not bother spending money on dynamic balancing, it is only a road going engine and static balancing cannot hurt and it is something I can do myself. It is debatable...

The crank is actually OK. Its just when adding the fly wheel I get the 13 gram figure, even adding the clutch does not significantly change that, so I deduce it must be the fly wheel. I have just had it refaced and a new ring gear fitted, so anything is possible. My question really is... Should I be...

I am now rebuilding my spare 1098 engine and have borrowed a Jones & Shipman grinding wheel balancing jig. Having sat the crank, flywheel & clutch assembly on it, there is around 13 grams worth of magnets required on the rim of the flywheel to statically balance the whole assembly. Does that sound e...

Phil

Is there any advantage to lightening the distributor drive shaft on a fairly standard road car engine, or is it just for high performance engines.
I assume it is not lightened purely for weight reduction, but more to decrease its inertia.

Phil

Glad you are happy with the "classic car LED" stop tail lamps, they were the only ones that I found to work correctly. I did have more success with other ebay bulbs however. I bought these to fit the dashboard lights but they did not work very well in that application so I used them in the number pl...

I would say yes these bulbs are direct replacements, but dont forget mine are fitted to traveller light fittings and face rearwards. I read earlier in this topic that saloon bulbs face downwards, but I have no experience of those fittings myself. What I would suggest is that you do what I did, and c...

After a few false starts with ebay junk, I fitted a pair of these on the Traveller they work very well and the difference betwen brake and tail light intensity is as good as normal filament bulbs. https://www.classiccarleds.co.uk/collections/brake-tail-light-bulbs/products/2-x-bay15d-red-stop-tail-l...

The heat output of my Traveller's heater was non existent when I drove it home after buying it on a cold February day. So I decided to flush out the heater core and you would not believe the amount of brown crud that came out of it. It is a very easy job to do if you have a garden hose pipe availabl...

Is the float needle stuck onto the seat ?
Have you tried blowing into the fuel inlet pipe on the carb to see if it is clear ?

Phil

This post appeared a month ago on Nov 2nd and had lots of replies, its a bit odd that it appears again exactly the same and exactly month later. ??

Phil

Our Traveller has a male name............. My wife who is an animal lover wanted to call him "Johnny" after Johnny Morris the famous presenter of a 1960's TV programme called Animal Magic. I was not too sure about having a car called Johnny :-? , so we eventually settled on "Desmond" after Desmond M...