Morris Minor Owners Club

Alternatively, there are a number of places around that will calibrate the speedo you have to the turns-per-mile you want. From memory, it involved pushing the car along the road for ten wheel revolutions, chalking each one on the road, then measuring how far apart were the first and last mark, then...

The photos I have seen of the Spax units for Classic Mini rear shocks look considerably beefier than standard. They look like 40mm tube body, so there's a good chance that the compressed and extended lengths are non-standard as well. I noted from a Mini forum that there is a "lowered" Spax...

Gas filled, yes. That was exactly my question to the MOT man. (I recall a friend's Austin 1100 being failed somewhere else for leaking shocks when that car didn't have any...) Apparently there is oil in there to lubricate the moving parts and it leaking out means that the innards will wear very rapi...

The fronts are 10-15 years old and still working fine. The rears, that just failed the MOT, are at least 25 years old, and were still working fine, but for the oil leak. (The car doesn't do many miles these days) So I don't really have anything bad to say about Spax, but I don't know if it's the sam...

For my first post I thought I'd relate my recent Spax woes. I've had my Yukon Grey 2 door since 1986. It was my first car. Whilst at Uni, I fitted Spax conversions front and rear (from SYMM - remember them?), Owen Burton Marina discs, anitroll bar, 1293 Ital engine etc. And had much fun over many ye...