Morris Minor Owners Club

Just wondering (out loud) if a spray tin of graphite dry lubricant would work for a realatively undamaged cable ? I used this on a starter bendix and it worked great. I should imagine it wouldn't creep up the cable to get into the speedo.

Great video but still difficult to assess where the noise is coming from ... hopefully not the bottom end. Is your oil pressure light going off as normal ?

sounds like your head gasket has blown .. check compressions

Keeping it simple .. check to make sure the inlet manifold is not leaking

The truck in the background is a 1948 International KB5, not so practical as a daily driver but great when we need to transport anything large or heavy ... 1 1/2 ton of floor tile recently ... still not finished laying it !!

..... about seven years actually, but I recently managed to purchase this ........[frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1464461926_4843 [/frame] Excellent condition underneath, never been welded and doesn't need it. Had a bit of a smokey engine but a new set of valve guides and seals fixed that...

Nothing wrong with the double cast oil rings, they are a snug fit in the groove when compressed and no wavy spring ever fitted or required, not like there's anything flapping about loosely !! i'm no expert but that's how these Hepolite pistons came and they appear to be doing the job. No I didn't cu...

So .... I fitted eight new valve guides and new valves with DuPont seals on the inlet valves. Its cured the smoking. Thanks for the advice

After much searching on the web and finding no information about these pistons, I finally found a reference in the 'vizard bible' .... "if you are looking for a high performance piston for either an 850 or 948 engine, the Sprite flat topped, Powermax piston from Hepolite, part number 18519/KR i...

Thanks for quick replies, yes, I think I will get hold of some new guides with grooves. So ... Oil rings .. The pistons are made by AE and have two oil control rings in the one groove, they can spin independantly, no springs or spacers. The rings have a profile like this ...[frame] http://mmoc.org.u...

Just bought a 1960 Minor, standard 948 engine coughing blue smoke. Bodywork and underside is very good condition so I used the smoke to get the price down, expecting to rebuild the engine. Head off and bores still show cross hatching from a +20 re-bore, pulled a piston to find it in similarly excell...

................ nothing to do with me, and above my pay grade anyway

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Thanks for that bmc,
just the info I needed.

Usually exhaust, sump and bump stops would be deciding factors but not problems I expect to encounter ... long story short, I am fabricating my own chassis and working on front suspension attachment points right now. I researched (googled) front suspension design and decided that if I wanted to use ...

Hi People,
Could anybody tell me what the ground clearance is on a realativly standard pickup, and if anybody has lowered one, what is a good height without worrying about speed humps etc. I,m looking for the distance between the bottom of the chassis and the road. Many thanks.

Ten years ago I had a grille chromed, cost sixty quid ............. went rusty in less than one year :( The chap that done it put chrome straight onto steel, no nickel or copper ...... If you could find somebody to do the job properly I'm sure It wouldn't be cheap ...... and if it is cheap, expect r...

its a personal thing ...... not sure I would like the look of it because I'm not too keen on cut down travellers. Each to their own. Its a morris minor and that is always good anyway ... According to google maps, your seven hours and twenty two minutes away from me :D I must pop over for a cup of te...

Nice looking traveller, I live in Tempe, we could start an Arizona branch :D I have a pickup but its far from roadworthy just yet. Can't help with any info regarding Mr Davis of Tucson but will pm you my email. Warm today wasn't it 8) Stuart

42.8p

and we also hit a cosy 87 farenheit mid afternoon

Phoenix, Arizona. 8) and before this (Eight months ago).. Thrapston in Northants. Pickup is in several large pieces in the back yard at the moment, waiting for a new floor that I havn't fabricated yet. In fact I havn't driven it out here at all yet, need to make her look pretty before unleashing her...