Morris Minor Owners Club

Someone posted a link to it the other day, it wasn’t well received.

Even at £60k?

Everything in moderation and you’ll be fine.

Heathrow Transmissions can supply the modified cover for the smooth case gearbox.

It’s the time of year, our local classic and prestige car sales place has seen a higher number of cars advertised for sale in the last 10 days, it’s getting near xmas and people are feeling the squeeze?
https://www.slades-garage.co.uk/

pgp001 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 7:17 am It amazes me how much something can go up in value in such a short space of time.

The value hasn’t changed

Nah, 192.com https://www.192.com/atoz/business/ilkes ... b37c8/ugc/

Nope, just sitting waiting for a friend and was bored enough to do a bit of Googling investigating. Their website says that they've having phone problems.
https://shop.imperialnutsandbolts.com

Imperial nuts and bolts
Unit A2
Rope Walk
Ilkeston
Derbyshire
DE7 5HX

Or Tweet them https://twitter.com/impnutsandbolts

The MMC and Charles Ware thing is easy to confuse because of the links to Bath.

"there is sometimes confusion regarding the identities of Morris Minor Centre (Bath) ltd and Charles Ware's Morris Minor Centre. Since the founding of the Morris Minor Centre (Bath) ltd in 1979 they have been separate trading entities​," "The MMC was fully independent until 2006, when...

jagnut66 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 6:44 pm
And ESM pretty much own Charles Ware as well from what I can gather.

Where did you gather that info?

Why did the vegan cross the road? To tell you that they're a vegan...

I can’t think of anything worse than an electric Minor.....well except veganism. Thankfully I’ll be dead before either are compulsory.

oliver90owner wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 11:48 am I don’t think you understand my post either. Do read it (or them) again and possibly save yourself some money.

How about explaining rather than posting unhelpful cryptic messages?

oliver90owner wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2019 7:18 pm Nothing is moving in relation to each other. A shim is simply a very thin spacer.

Sorry, you’ve lost me there.

Actually Phil mentions it in his post above.

My assumption would be that the nature of the crush washer means that it doesn’t need a shim. But one of the learned members will give you a definitive answer.

Between the thrust washer and bearing, it’s the one that Declan mentioned that sets the pinion height. Yes, solid spacer.

Just checked my box of bits and sure enough there’s a 5thou shim.