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- Sat Jan 07, 2023 3:48 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Any Volvo 240 owners here?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9687
Re: Any Volvo 240 owners here?
I have had a few. Also the 140 series, very much in the same vein. Built like battleships. I chopped one up once, and was amazed at the structural integrity. Took me ages to cut through all the strengthening panels. Mechanically easy to keep on top of, though I avoided the fuel-injection models to k...
- Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Morris Minor, Swindon, Wiltshire
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1032
Re: Morris Minor, Swindon, Wiltshire
Nice to see another Peat car.
When I bought mine, I thought that Peat was the worst choice of colour ever for a Minor.
Since then, I have gone off it.
When I bought mine, I thought that Peat was the worst choice of colour ever for a Minor.
Since then, I have gone off it.
- Sun Dec 18, 2022 8:01 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Ignition Warning Light 1953 Series II
- Replies: 8
- Views: 686
Re: Ignition Warning Light 1953 Series II
I don't suppose by any chance that an alternator has been retro-fitted? That would alter my response.
- Wed Nov 23, 2022 11:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Morris minor travelogue book
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2098
Re: Morris minor travelogue book
99% topic drift, but "Coleman's Drive", his account of driving across South America, was inspired by "Tschiffely's Ride - Southern Cross to Pole Star" in which the eponymous adventurer rides on two feral Argentinian horses from Buenos Aires to Washington DC in the 1920s. Coleman ...
- Sun Nov 20, 2022 3:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Member owners Location
- Replies: 8
- Views: 860
Re: Member owners Location
I put my locus in my signature, as you will read here hopefully.
- Mon Nov 14, 2022 4:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just fitted Declan's clutch linkage. Very impressed!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 904
Re: Just fitted Declan's clutch linkage. Very impressed!
Yeah, my clutch is more like an on/off switch. I would like purchase details too please.
- Sat Nov 12, 2022 8:42 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Travel chair
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3113
Re: Travel chair
Slightly off-topic, but Sunbeam Talbot saloon cars have the front seats retained by spring-loaded push-in axle ends, a bit like a giant watch strap pin. The idea is that with a quick push of the fingers, the seats come out for use at picnics and other jolly outdoor activities.
- Tue Oct 25, 2022 7:18 pm
- Forum: Series MM Register
- Topic: lowlight headlights
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3179
Re: lowlight headlights
I repeat - the reflectors could be matt black and these bulbs would still work. They are projector bulbs. They shoot the light rays out like a gun therefore they don't need any reflection. They are adjustable for beam direction should the original bowls (now relegated to the sole role of bulb locati...
- Tue Oct 25, 2022 8:38 am
- Forum: Series MM Register
- Topic: lowlight headlights
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3179
Re: lowlight headlights
OK, noted, but these bulbs operate just as well with dull otherwise unuseable reflector bowls. All the bowls need to do is hold the bulb in place.
- Mon Oct 24, 2022 8:14 pm
- Forum: Series MM Register
- Topic: lowlight headlights
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3179
Re: lowlight headlights
I have these in my Riley and they are, er, illuminating.
https://www.classiccarleds.co.uk/produc ... nd-pattern
https://www.classiccarleds.co.uk/produc ... nd-pattern
Re: Sunvisors
That is interesting, Martin. I wonder if the Convertibles either don't have visors at all, or don't have the downstream plastic brackets intended to steady the trailing end of the visors? If that is the case it would explain the absence of axle protrusion, and also give me hope that the stiffening a...
Re: Sunvisors
The Downside of being a Cheapskate Only myself to blame. I was offered a pair of "new" sunvisors at about half price; bought many moons ago but never fitted. I snapped them up. What I didn't spot - and I'm pretty sure that the chap who offered them to me didn't either - was that they diff...
- Mon Oct 03, 2022 12:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to show that I am a club member?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1078
Re: How to show that I am a club member?
Glad you're sorted.
- Mon Oct 03, 2022 11:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to show that I am a club member?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1078
Re: How to show that I am a club member?
Even after clicking on "edit Profile"?
- Mon Oct 03, 2022 10:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to show that I am a club member?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1078
Re: How to show that I am a club member?
Hi Dusty Just did this a few weeks ago. Click on Profile in the drop-down list from the arrow by your user name top right, , then click on Edit Profile, you should see a box saying "MMOC Member?" with a Yes button and a No button. Click on the Yes button. I just checked and there is a box ...
- Sat Oct 01, 2022 10:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Assistance wanted NE England
- Replies: 3
- Views: 253
Re: Assistance wanted NE England
Yes, I noticed that too. Some replies are bordeline rude. I don't know how hands-on the MMOC office is with these things; in my "main" (Riley) club it is left to individuals to offer help; maybe the MMOC, hopefully bigger and better, does have a strategy. That is more or less what I was as...
- Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Assistance wanted NE England
- Replies: 3
- Views: 253
Assistance wanted NE England
A lady has posted on the FB page seeking advice re. the disposal of her late uncle's Morris Minor. I am new here, but in my Riley world we would normally mobilise a knowledgeable member close to the locus to offer to visit and appraise the vehicle. Is that a thing in the MMOC? If so, anyone Tyneside...
Re: Sunvisors
OK Mobylette, I haven't heard back from Mark so I will switch onto your offer. PM on way.
Re: Sunvisors
I would be up for those, Mark.
- Fri Jul 29, 2022 7:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Compression test
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1051
Re: Compression test
Based on my experience with other cars of similar age, I use the starting handle to perform a "compression test". For a rough n ready survey of an engine, I just give it a few twirls either on the starter or the handle, then deploy the handle and give four measured pulls. If all four pulls...