Morris Minor Owners Club

Thanks for advice on tightening damper bolts will try that next.pleased to report the following: New damper stops fitted ok after a struggle. Has made a huge difference to ride.the old ones had witness marks in the bare metal...however....this prob means that ride height is now too low as damper arm...

Thanks for the advice looks from the diagram that the lower section of the bracket must be under a bit of tension as it is offer from the upper bit. Fitting them today so will be interesting

The damper rebound stops arrived today. The bracket has 3 holes 2 upper 1 lower. I was surprised to see that the plate with the top 2 holes is offset compared to the bottom plate which has only 1 hole. Ihavent looked at the car yet but am intrigued to know the upper and lower plates are offset becau...

Thanks for the advice. I will change oil and fit stops this weekend. No i dont think suspension is set too low. It certainly was just after restoration. It seemed to sag after rebuild. However i retrimmed torsion bars last year so have a fair bit of clearance now. Lets hope this does trick Best rega...

My van thumps / knocks badly when going over harsh bumps in spite of the fact ive spared no expense with suspension parts Ive replaced all trunnions swivel pins and all bushes with poly bushes ie its all new kit on the front end except for..... However today when looking underneath another van at th...

Hi all ive fitted a new front wheel bearing on my van after experiencing play in the old one. I still have some play and so need to find somewhere i can buy a shim.

Can anyone suggest where i can find a shim please? And ifposs what size i need?


Many thanks

Simon

When i restored the van i never put the suspension high enough it was so low it was touching the stops maybe the geometry is slightly different if its at ock bottom? Who knows.........

Ive got a 6cwt van with 4.5j wheels 165 tyres. Just trimmed suspension and now tyres are rubbing slightly against trunnions on inside.

Anyone know where i can get some thin spacers to bring the wheels out a little?

If this hadrian panel is the floor strenghthening panel for a van then ive checked with some old off cuts and they are slightly bigger though similar profile, so prob not suitable
Best get some made methinks!

Does anyone know where i can get screen car off decals for my now resprayed heater front panel? I cant seem to find any on the net

Ive also just found it helps to stop blowing up your coils if you have an engine earth strap!.......

Funny that! No wonder i was getting through so many!

45lbft? Interesting... Book only says 40..is this ok?.

I dont know anywhere that sells them off the shelf. However when i restored my van a couple of years ago i got some j shaped gutters and the much more complex inner gutter section ( just below the roof) made by an engineering firm whos name i cant remember. They are next door to bj kenny concrete co...

No didnt retorque head didnt know you had to.
Its only done about 40 miles since did gasket
but i suppose its not worth trying to tighten it down to see if that works? Or is it a gonner?

Oh dear still had probs. Got mate to look at points seemed to make difference. But then disaster took out for test drive tonight started spluttering again on and off. One minute it was ok next it spluttered. came back and lifted bonnet saw drops of oil splattered on heater hose. Looked at side if he...

Thanks for the coil pointer Chrisryder. Turns out thats what it was. I went to Charles Wares of Bristol who had had a number of coil failures with the same coil. Turns out that the coils were under filled with oil by the manufacturer, so when placed horizontal not all coils were covered hence overhe...

Interesting idea chrisryder. Ref coil Though problem is it's a new coil and the car has only done about 200 miles so unless it's faulty I can't think that it could be oil? Unless I just try yet another one for the sake of a few quid

I've rebuilt everything on my newly restored van but every so often it will briefly splutter then be ok again. Not always when it's under load either Engine fires up well and sounds sweet. Newly adjusted tappets ,carb has had a complete clean and overhaul new jet,needle rt etc. Ive put so much new s...

Many thanks to all. I've used oil heat a bench drill and finally
got it out!

Help!

I have snapped off a thermostat housing stud, and still can't get it out with a stud extractor

Can i use heat on this? Only I am worried about cracking the head