Morris Minor Owners Club

thanks twincamman. sorry bm i probably didnt explain that very well. yeah im setting up an escort diff and was measuring from a series 2 diff and wasnt sure it would fit a later model morris minor. i decided my car was too rusty so i stripped and waiting to get something else,

hey guys some more questions if you feel like answering, just about to weld some mounts on an escort diff housing and wanted to know are the series 2 diff the same width as the later model. anyone got a center measurement for axle perches for both models. so what i want to know is if i set this esco...

what about mondeo rims?

i rekon the vitara 3 door would take a minor body same wheel base and similar width

thanks jonothon. ll flick these cortina rims off as there are few sets of peugeot rims around for pretty cheap.

hey there will 13 inch escort/cortina rims fit over the jlh conversion just to keep the car rolling until 14s are found

looks like a perfect fit

thats about 1/5 of the yard basically divided into 3 or 4 areas/sections. right the way back to the 20s and 30s i guess. the really old stuff is brown there are mountains of parts and glass all over the place. there was a NZ movie of the same name set around this area. this scrap yard smack bangin t...

i think id like to try use a stick on overhead surfaces at the corners/edges where you have panel folds. i will try and increase the amps. i have a very basic welder and the amperage only is switchable . not a dial so i cant increase gently . it seems to step up. it seemed i was blowing holes with t...

smash palace under mt ruapehu

first of all thanks for encouragement. i really needed it. was starting to have doubts last night. there is just so much rust and when i ruined the kingpins i was getting really discouraged. i do have a spare kingpin in goodnick however and a trip to smash palace up the volcano should see me with a ...

scored some 13 inch mag wheels and tyres for 150$.
it would seem that the 1300 escort van has a 4.1 ratio and larger drum brakes. i think i will go with the 4.1 as the old rwd toyotas run this ratio on a 4age motor and 5 speed. zippy round town an on hills i guess

or were they just already striped. when i look down the trunion i cant see the pin.. i dont know. do you have to remove the pin to undo the lower trunion?
its a bit late to be asking this i know

ruined two kingpins undoing the bottom trunions with the pins still in. they are called swivel pins in the manual btw. i coudnt get the pins out and assumed the theads were bent or siezed, then relized the thread was strinping . i had to hold it in a vice to undo it with large wrench.. duh pretty st...

also opinions on 13inch wheels. which seem to readily available andinexpensive

hey there i have a coupl of escort diff.axle setups. one is off a van other a car. the van one has bigger drum brakes. anyone know how i can indetify the ratios and what would be a better choice for a engine upgrade?

why not mount the bracket behind the face of the kinpin??
gives another 6 to 8 mm

actually the panel parts at bullmotif are very cheap... shipping is the bummer and import tax...
maybe i can save up and muck about with patches while im waiting for practise

so heres some pictures welding part 1! http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs222.snc1/6916_1269513535925_1172444990_30805477_8251203_n.jpg here is one of the ford diffs. i think off a van http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs202.snc1/6916_1269513655928_1172444990_30805479_1680415_...

well its a box really isnt it.