Morris Minor Owners Club

Very interesting -
I thought Mallocks ran Ford diffs in BMC casings , with the BMC CWP fitted to the ford diff
Had no idea that they put BMC diffs in Ford Axles - WHY ?

Have a Happy christmas and a great New Year

Carl

:lol: yes alright jonathon. I saw it going round the track at the national and was very impressed. Bit out of my price range but does look different under the bonnet. The 4age is a very good idea. I think a bit of reading up is in order. Can this run on carbs? Yes it can run on carbs , or keep the ...

Toyota 4ages
These are good value for good power and reliable if kept std
They fit in without cutting and aren't heavy

I ended up owning the van as payment for my time I was commissioned to fit the electric motors, controller ,batteries [Genesis lead acid ] from the Escort into a Daihatsu mini bus which was already electric converted but some numpty had buggered up the existing motor and battery pack [ It was owned ...

Indeed was Cedric I have moved on to different things so lost touch sounds like you've done your research I recommend the PM motors for simplicity and performance/packaging All the AC/DC converting just seems to introduce unnecessary complications It was a fwd escort van , the mounting plate went ac...

These are great http://www.lmcltd.net/index.php?page=motors-and-generators-2 I built an electric ford escort van about 7 yrs ago with a pair of these motors on a common shaft in a dumbbell configuration , belt driven to the flywheel and clutch which were mounted on a stub axle/wheel brgs driving as ...

Jonathon I like the Plenum on your supercharged Zetec
Is that a std Jenvey product [ what does it weigh ]

Just noticed the slight dent in the o/s front wing on your traveller
what happened ?

striker is the name of the car
look here : http://web.mac.com/rawuk/iWeb/Raw/Home.html

Definitely list all the goodies separately , but link them to indicate the complete kit for fitting . you tend to get some who are interested in only one item and they will bid this up for you I use as a starting price : 1/2 the new price for very good 2nd hand parts 2/3 - 3/4 new price for unused n...

If you're not experiencing vibration/droning under normal driving conditions I would suggest there is not much wrong with the basic job done [ other than the bad location of the Panhard rod ] As you say it is only happening under hard acceleration through the gears , you need to consider what is alt...

I use english axle from later Capri [Mk ? ] on my hillclmber - most were Atlas type , some english .
Both I have used have been a lot wider than the Escort

Just to elaborate (visually) on Mike's post :) Factory bodywork http://www.ercruisers.com/Beta_Website/car_pics/1950_Ford.jpg Sectioned bodywork (and some other custom touches - grille - shaved handles - frenched headlamps - custom rear lights- radiused rear wheel arches)- but the car remains prett...

Thanks for that , I would be very interested in a chart for the available SU needles , I do quite a lot of weird vehicles with even weirder engines , am just fitting up a 100E engine into a Buckler MK5 for trials - +60 bore , worked ports and transfer chamber , twin su's on aquaplane manifolds . Hav...

bmcecosse - I'm interested where you got your su needle mixture no's from
and what do they represent [ mixture strength , but what exactly ? ]

the first axle is Ford english [ escort etc] to find out the diff ratio : stop one half shaft turning , turn the other half shaft and count the no. of turns / part turns you need for one full turn of the prop. flange , then multiply this no. by 2 eg : 2.1 turns of the 1/2 shaft for one full turn of ...

I prefer ones that go round corners

I would persevere looking for the correct Ital set
You could end up paying for another set if you do need a timing chest gasket

the older 1275 won't have the correct timing case gasket that you need for the ITAL [ chain tensioner ]

4 link and panhard = 5 link
4 link and watts = 6 link ?