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The engine mount towers are handed. So yes swop right to left and left to right.
There is enough wiggle room on the gearbox mounts and the cross member mount bolts to allow the engine to move rearwards a little. May be just enough for your needs.

This thread revive has reminded me of the time I had to adjust the wheel/axle loading on a Ransome's and Rapier 75 ton capacity, 4 (non radial) axle rail mounted crane. Way back then I was involved (for 30 years) in the mechanical engineering side of Military Railways. It involved using a special ja...

You have the correct gearbox support cross member. The offset to the metal gearbox mount bracket (No: 41 & 42) in the diagram above is to the rear. The reason you have a lot of the sliding joint exposed is because you are missing the sleeve that hides the sliding joint. The exposed length is acc...

The inner wing/Flitch panel is welded in place so is not movable like a wing so the drawing measurements shown above is a good indicator of how your suspension height is. To get it accurate you need to look at BMC wksp drawing Fig 3 in Section K3. The suspension ride height is correct when there is ...

You will never have enough space no matter how big your shed is. I know the problem well.

59Elva I have run 1275cc and 1400cc 'A' Series engines in a Minor both with and without the engine steady bar. It was soon apparent that the 'A' Series needed the engine steady bar. Without the engine steady bar the engine would judder and move excessively especially on rapid standing starts. You ca...

I cannot attach a photo to a PM. I will PM you my address. You can copy the photos so that your courier can see what he is dealing with. The weight of the bare casing is 8.6Kg. Here are three pictures of the axle casing. I have included the spring seats so that you can see their condition which is e...

The BMC engine steady is an after thought by BMC and was not fitted to the original 'A' Series engine so even the BMC steady could be considered as not original. I had a Mr Grumpy's engine steady kit on my Ser 2 and it worked well as a replacement for the cracked body mount. The body mount was not f...

I recently was given a rear axle and it leaked like a sieve. I had cleaned up the casing and used FERTAN to convert the rust and the FERTAN found every pin prick in the casing. The casing was so bad I took it to the tip. There is a rear axle for sale on 'e' bay but a long way from Sheffield. https:/...

Sleeper
Thank you for the reply.
By the way - the magnets fitted to the oil filter element is a good idea.
Phil

Here you are!!

The ends of the copper pipes do not have any means of retaining the rubber pipe other than by friction. As a minimum solder a ferrule approx 3/16" from the ends of the pipes so that the rubber has something to grip on. As regards taking the oil pressure gauge feed pipe off the oil pipe banjo bo...

If you are looking for a split axle casing/assy and have no success you can replace the axle with a later complete assy. You may have to fiddle around with the prop-shaft but all doable.
Good luck.

Sleeper Sorry to be critical - but above is a good example of by not having the rod level results in the distortion of the cup washers/rubbers at the body end of the steady bar. If as it looks the cup is touching the body steady bracket it negates the need for fitting the rubber bush. It does not he...

The MG Midget has a short length of rubber pipe between the copper pipe and the block fitting (mainly to alleviate vibration to the copper pipe) so may be worth a try. If you do fit a full copper pipe you must have a couple of coils at the block fitting end to alleviate any vibration which could lea...

When the engine steady was incorporated a longer stud Pt No: 51K244 or 51K254 was used for the bracket on the head. Over the years these studs became displaced and a normal head stud Pt No: 51K256 was used. As regards the fitment of the nut on the stud without the washer - the bracket can be conside...

If you have to replace one front damper you should really replace both to keep the damping balanced.

I am in general agreement with the above comments. As regards converting to disc brakes:- Get what you have working as it should - the Minor drum brakes when serviceable are more than up to the job. When you have got it all working as it should and you are still not satisfied fit a servo - it will n...

The magnetic sump drain plug purchased from ESM fits without problem into my sump.

The later 'A' Series engine fitted for the American and Canadian markets had just a single SU carb and a extensive fuel and vaporisation antipollution system which reduced the engine power considerably. The environmental and antipollution system helped along the demise of the MG Midget/Sprite in the...