Morris Minor Owners Club

To be honest, if I find any real weaknesses with the tank after de rusting, I'll just replace the tank. No question. However, new tanks from bull motif are £108+vat so it's a not insignificant sum. If I can save the tank without patching and sealing, I'd rather do that! I'll update when I've complet...

A day or two of hot sun, in Bradford!?!?!?!?!? a few hours is the most I can hope for!

rinse it well with boiling water and I think I'll set of the electrolysis tomorrow afternoon.

I'll post some before and after pics. My tank is an old plastic dustbin!

Damian

Hello all, the outiside of my petrol tank has quite a lot of surface rust and I'm thinking of dipping it in my electrolysis tank to de rust it. Obviously I've emptied it of petrol! I'm just slightly conerned that perhaps the electrolysis current may ignite some petrol vapour that may be lurking in t...

Hi mckenzie, ive just come across your thread whilst looking for something else. I thought I'd reply as I have my own cautionary tale of sand blasting. I bought my '55 4 door about 5 years ago and paid a well known local Morris Minor 'specialist' a considerable sum to sand blast the entire underside...

Thanks for the help guys, I suspescted an even coat of paint would be ok. After all, the concours guys seem to get away with it!

Damian

Hi David, I had exactly this problem with my HS1 carb on my 803cc before I started my rebuild. It's a relatively easy problem to fix though. In the kit you'll get a replacement jet, two small cork seals, a large cork seal and a couple of brass washers which are bevelled. It's these parts that will f...

I'm just wondering what the best way to spruce up a prop shaft is. I want to get rid of the surface rust and make it look pretty (well as pretty as a prop can be anyway) and my first thoughts were to de rust it and spray it black. Now I know that props are balanced, so would this process muck up the...

Thanks for the help guys, I think I was a bit hasty rolling it over, so I'll have to do the torsion bars when it's upright, before I roll it on to the other side. I got inspiration for rolling it over after watching a dvd with a bloke called Phil in it - he restored a Minor and filmed it as he went ...

So am I best just releasing the bar by removing the large nut at the rear end of the bar with a jack underneath it and then once it's released rolling the car over and completing the removal with the car it's side? Sorry if I'm sounding a bit thick, I just want to be clear in my mind before I tackle...

Thanks for that Alex. I've had a look in the workshop manual and I think I should be able to tackle it. He says!.....

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Hello folks, I'm planning to roll my minor over today to get started on some chopping and welding and at some point over the next week I'll need to remove one of the torsion bars to effect a repair to one of the chassis legs. My question is this.. is it a fairly straight forward job to remove and re...

Hello everyone. just been doing some more work on my Minor and I've noticed that it seems to have 7 leaf springs (the car is a 4 door saloon - 1955). I was under the impression that the rear springs had fewer leaves on this model??????? I suspect that the springs cam with a replacement rear axle whi...

Hello all, I have recently made myself an electrolysis tank from an old dustbin and I'm wondering if anyone has de rusted leaf springs in this manner? I know there is potential for hydrogen embrittlement with electrolysis, so I wonered if leaf springs would be affected. Any advice welcome! Thanks Da...

Ok, I know I risk upsetting people now, but here goes.......... Private number plates really do get on my wick. In the majority of cases they are bought by pretentious people with more money than sense as some kind of silly status symbol. I firmly believe that a car's registration number should rema...

Good point - I've always thought that join looks odd. On the pattern panels it can be a pretty ugly looking joint.

I think shot blasting is a quicker and more thorough way! I've got a knotted wire brush on the grinder but wouldn't fancy doing a large area with it. I did the underside of an old vauxhal cavalier with it a few years ago - never again!

Hello all, I'm planning to do some shot blasting on my minor prior to repainting - areas such as doors, underside etc and I'm wondering which grade of grit would be best to leave a surface ready for priming. I've seen some aliminium oxide 60-80 grit and 120 grit priced quite reasonably but I'm wonde...

Hi, just wondered if anyone recognises my car or has any info re it's history? I've had it for 5 years now, but don't have much info about it.

I'm assuming the reg number is age related and not the original as it says 'non transferable' on the log book.

Cheers
Damian

It's interesting you say that about the gearstick going into the 948 box - how do you think a 948 box would work with the 803 engine? just my gearbox is a bag of bones at the mo!

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Damian

Hi, I have a 1955 803cc series 2 minor and the engine is certainly NOT useless. Obviously, it's not up to 948 or 1098 standards, but for what it is..... it does quite well. I've travelled many many miles in mine. Granted, it's not the fastest thing in the world but it certainly has a bit of characte...