Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi I am a bit lower down near Saintes/la rochelle... The minor is still a basket case also ,but I have a rhd 1976 vw ,it was quite simple to register it in France ,changing the headlights ,getting a certificate of conformity and a ct [mot] ,new reg plates in france means you can move about and not k...

The aim is to renovate a basket case as I have a fair amount of experience in this field, though not with roofless places admitedly. Mine had only three walls... :o is that basket case enough.... :lol: I found the process of buying [via internet] tres simple ,connection of water/electic etc was a b...

um ,I too am having the same problem ...

I upload then the next page goes blank...

pauln wrote: Unless the fluid feed to the front brakes is restricted in some way I have'nt yet spotted I can't see 2 sets of brakes causing the same problem. .

A flexi hose would cause this problem ...

That is where all my cash is...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escutcheon_(furniture)

ha must be true...

alex_holden wrote: escutcheon

Is that realy a word...?

Hi My handle has alwaysed not opened the door ,I removed it today and the two pins that hold the release had disapeared ,so i fitted a couple more and the release works fine now ,but the handle is now floppy [ow er misses] .. What makes the handle spring back? My handle has the key in ,opposed to th...

linearaudio wrote:
Now if I catch a hot bit I tend to shrug it off rather than flinch and lose my bead!

Exactly ,we are men ,burning skin has such a sweet smell...

Tom, lets see some pictures....

I would stay away from red oxide as well ,Por-15 sticks to rust and makes a chemical bond if you paint it over paint is will be useless... I would paint it with ordinary metal/rust paint at b and q...A lot of people use underseal but it is a bugger to get off and repaint.... My old man said old engi...

Did you weld the pans together? Sometimes I prefer welding with galvanised because it will never corrode ,I have a piece in my pick up ,I put it there 5 years ago and it is still going strong...Might be a idea to put seam sealer on the weld because that will rust... Good luck, I have made some wacky...

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You will soon lose the big gloves ,I have been welding for years in just shorts and a T shirt...

I can weld with the fluxed wire but prefer the gas...

Good luck...

Mick..

Dan_Harris wrote:Umm, you still need the 58 to get a straight.....

Well done...

fitted new plugs and still not firing on number 4..I have a spark but every time I pull the lead the engine sounds the same and the end of the plug is soaked...both valves are opening and closing... I think a valve is not seating correctly ,bearing in mind it has been stood since 1995... head off th...

Nice one ,thanks...

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whilst we are on the subject of V5 `s I have the old log book [not the new v5] and the bottom slip is missing...How do apply for a new one...?

Just fill in the back and hope for the best?

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I might be a bumper iron..

It might explain why it wont fit on the front of the bumper...

I need 4 spark plugs ,I am waiting for them to arrive... But I have two good ones ,I can get the good ones to fire on all cylinders apart from number 4 ,the rear one.... It has bags of compression and the valves open and close and gapped correctly... Could the carbe be pushing more petrol into numbe...

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Six blades ,when I pull the radiator the noise stops...The fan was already on...

nice one stig....

ooooops....... was a bit trigger happy....

One duplicate removed I like the idea of the aforementioned beverage though

Onne

I thought it was a wine thread....

deep fruity red 13% volume for me....