Mr Grumpy?
Mr Grumpy?
Hi all I have been reading a few old copies of Minor Monthly and noticed a lot of ad's for Mr Grumpys Minor parts. Some of these look very good, I cant find any trace of the company on the net so was wondering what happened to them? are they still trading or has anyone else taken over the production of the parts. I really liked the look of the Heat guard that protects the fuel line and carb bowl. Ive had experiance of vaporisation on my old Ford pop and wouldnt like it to happening on the Minor. Do Minors suffer from this or should I try and find a guard?
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Mr Grumpy now runs a sort of craft/arts market in his old mill in Todmorden. He sold his Minor business and stock to ESM and some of his parts (eg. the quarterlight latches) are still available from them.
Some but by no means all Minors suffer from fuel vaporisation (mine never have). I suspect it depends on how blocked-up your fuel line and tank strainer are (if the pump has to suck harder to draw the fuel up it will be more likely to boil in the pipe). Don't bother trying to fix it unless you're sure your car suffers from the problem.
Some but by no means all Minors suffer from fuel vaporisation (mine never have). I suspect it depends on how blocked-up your fuel line and tank strainer are (if the pump has to suck harder to draw the fuel up it will be more likely to boil in the pipe). Don't bother trying to fix it unless you're sure your car suffers from the problem.


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some suffer from it more than others - however the main factor is spending ages in a slow moving queue on a very hot day.Do Minors suffer from this or should I try and find a guard?
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Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block

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