Morris Minor Owners Club

It has to move Dominic, if fixed the top shoe wouldn't work.

I've paid my fiver, hopefully I can find it this year. The rally, not the fiver. 8) You're probably right Ray, the plain section of the original bolts is not as long as on a standard bolt. Enough to just enter the diff. coupling flange and not "run out" of thread when tightening the nut. ...

In the 70's there was a Victoria Station Garage in the same vicinity but don't remember their address. However, Long Millgate is next to Manchester Victoria Railway Station. I wonder if they changed the name and became a VW dealership. :-? I bought a Beetle from them in the early 70's. 8) Liverpool ...

Oh well, differing opinions and interpretations on the English language. Handbags at dawn then!! Or at the Potteries rally Cam? I've paid my fiver, hopefully I can find it this year. Re the diff flange/propshaft bolts - the spare set (originals) I have would indicate they are non standard in both le...

Yes a 1/4" Whit spanner does fit a 5/16" bolt head perfectly but the original question asked for the propshaft to diff bolt size. Cam wrote "they are 1/4" Whitworth" which could lead to confusion - which it has.

5/16" BSF. 1/4" is too small and Whitworth thread too coarse.
5/16" UNF will also fit nicely (1/2" A/F spanner)
M8 foreign equivalent (13mm spanner size) don't know how they would be in the hole though?

I attacked my Traveller's woodwork almost two years ago now. Sanded down to bare timber using a small detail power sander, I think it was about £20 from Screwfix and uses the triangular sanding pads. Hand sanded where necessary. Removed rear lights, indicators and reflectors first. Treated the whole...

Well done Roger, a good buy. I bought the other two of the available six just before posting the link. I'm glad I didn't wait 'til after!
£2.95 each + vat at ESM

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-new-Fram-Oi ... dZViewItem

Good price even including the postage costs.

If the filter you are replacing has a maker and makers type/part number printed on it that should be enough for any decent motor factor to identify by cross referencing to the make of filters they stock. They should have a decent enough catalogue to achieve this. Both my 1098cc engined cars have spi...

[quote="Welung666"]0.30 in (0.8mm) page 74 in the haynes manual ;)[/quote]

Call me Mr Picky but decimal is slightly wrong
- 0.030 in. Foreign bit's right though.

Why doesn't the quote work properly?

Sorted :D Don't know 100% what the problem was but I'm fairly certain it was the right side wheel cylinders. When the imbalance was first apparent, and as stated in my first post, I found the left cylinders just about seized and thought that was the problem solved. I should have checked the right si...

[quote="Dominic"]I had the tracking sorted today, my local Kwikfit actually did a good job, no sign of an air powered tool to tighten up the wheelnuts! They relied on a good old wheelbrace![/quote] When anyone else has tightened the wheelnuts on my car I always check them afterwards by sla...

I'll post the results, maybe a few weeks to work up the enthusiasm, after renewing RH wheel cylinders, RH flexible and L & R shoes. Probably fit new "pull off" springs, L & R, at the same time. I'll go to MOT test station I always use, I'm sure he'll test the front brakes for me - ...

Thanks for replies. I've just about exhausted all the possibilities mentioned except, as I stated, renewing the right side cylinders and flexible pipe. Yes, I'll check for any differences in hub temperatures Willie, not tried that. I think I'll fit a new set (both sides) of brake shoes at the same t...

Petee - I wondered about the left side pipe because of the almost seized wheel cylinders, i.e. fluid not getting through to them, therefore I renewed it along with the flexible. Alec - all of the front suspension bushes were renewed a couple of years ago, poly, as were the swivels and trunnions. How...

I'm back. :D For the past couple of years, at MOT test, the brake testing machine has always picked up an imbalance in my Traveller's front brakes (only the front). Never enough to attract a failure. The first time it was put down to unequal adjustment. The second time, last November, I made sure th...

Slackening off the nipples in turn and allowing any excess fluid to leak into a container through a tube would be preferable to letting it flow back to the reservoir and overflow from there. Less messy and confirms the bleed nipples are not blocked or rusted in.

I suspect Cam's "current dependent" remark was correct. Even with a new flasher unit the same thing eventually happened again. I checked all the lamps and holders and all like new. I checked the switch and the contacts for each side plus the supply contact were very dirty, date stamped on ...

Never had any trouble with Automec either. However, I've found it pays to give the system a bit of a flush through annually. Any crud remaining in the system seems to find it's way to the bleed nipples so opening each in turn with pressure behind seems to produce said crud with fluid in a jar every ...