Morris Minor Owners Club

Nice one Duke of Edinburgh!

Many years ago, when I was a young man, I took up Morris Dancing but had to pack it in because of the high cost of replacement body panels. (Don't blame me - he started it!)

Mitzvah

Mars

The one on the right looks a little like the Renault Clio that those Indian jack-the-lads fashioned out of a Hindu Ambassador in the telly ad.

Will you be upgrading the brakes too?

I understand that Mike Barson wrote the song about his own, ex-GPO (General Post Office) van, so the '59 reference would have been correct and as 'fifty nine' doesn't rhyme with 'Thames' you would have to assume that, as has already been stated, poetic licence was applied and the Morris factory was ...

Again Phil, thanks for your definitive answer - greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your reply Phil. My dizzy does have the O ring that shows in your photos (part way down the bush, set into the machined groove); the thing I'm referring to is the channel (just visible in your first photo) on the underside of the flange round which the clamp fits and which butts (sp?) up ...

Now that I'm at the stage of re-fitting the distributor to the car I've come across another point where I'd appreciate a bit of expert input. I notice that the bottom of the distributor body where the clamping plate sits has a 'moat-like' recessed groove which, I'm guessing, should house a rubber O ...

Fair enough. S'pose it's a bit like computers - don't fully understand how they work but happy to accept that they do.

Thanks for the further clarification Phil. Still can't quite see how the second spring would be needed however as, surely, the outward travel of the weights is ultimately limited by the mechanics of the set-up; ie the weights can only pivot out to the end of their arc no matter how fast the drive sh...

As part of my efforts to track down and eliminate a slight hesitancy/misfire on Myrtle I removed the distributor to check, clean, replace points and condenser and (lightly) lubricate where appropriate. Having excavated to mechanical advance/retard level I was interested (though not really surprised;...

Gat

Capsize

Planning

Ah, thanks for the clarification busguy.

Isn't it possible to 'PM' a seller?

Fair point Les. I haven't got a dog in this fight anyway as I don't own a smartphone and rarely use my venerable satnav.

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Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:14 am

Any lower than the windscreen will avert your vision even further away from where it should be !

Er, isn't that what the speedo does too?