Gearknobs

Post by **carlosramalho** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:07 pm

Hi
Only now I saw this post ofcorse I would like also the gearknob and also a set of wheel bolts.
when are available advise me!!
regards
carlos

Post by **Romeo** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:10 pm

Hi
Are the gearknobs made by ESM for S2 gearbox's the same as MM Gearbox they look the same shape as the one on my MM

http://morrisminorspares.co.uk/shop/pro ... 59a6ff3778

Regards Dave

Post by **mike.perry** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:02 pm

No, the Series II gearknob is smaller. I just need an authentic MM gearknob as a pattern then I can organise a production run.

Post by **Squeezebox** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:16 pm

Just picked up on this two months late.....I too would be up for a correct MM style one. I have an ESM mk2 type fitted at the moment but it had to be re-tapped as the threads are different - Morris to Austin, I guess.

Mike

Post by **RobThomas** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:44 pm

Mike. Big fat thing? (The gearknob, not you!)

I've found one in the boxes of bits I bought, I think. About the size of a creme filled biscuit but dark brown? This one seems to have some pattern on it that might have been small circles or gear locations. Fits an MM gearstick. Is that it? Got a picture? Our camera (sony DSCh2) has lost the trigger button. A common fault. Grrrrrrrrrrr.

Post by **mike.perry** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:28 pm

There is a not very clear photo with a gear knob in it on P27 of Original Morris Minor. It appears to be about the same size as the horn push. There is also a b/w photo on P37 of J. Presnell's "Morris Minor" (2008).
If your gearkbob is good enough to get a pattern from and you would not mind lending it to me I would be most grateful.

Post by **RobThomas** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:49 am

It's a big 'un. About 2 inches across and has a double groove around the outermost edge. Pic to follow when I get the new camera button installed.
Outght to be good for a mould.

Same as the one on p27 of OMM

Post by **RobThomas** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:26 pm

Like this?

Post by **RobThomas** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:27 pm

...and this? It has a pattern or small circles and lines that represent the position of the gears.

Post by **ssnjimb** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:53 pm

the pattern just reminded me of the planets of the solar system

Jamie

I have had too many cups of tea me thinks hicup

Post by **mike.perry** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:07 pm

That does not look like an MM gearknob. There should be a slightly serrated edge and the gear positions are numbered. The top is only slightly curved. The problem with the original knobs is that the nut in the bottom comes loose and the whole thing gets rubbery.
I don't have the correct one on my car. The one I have came from a Series MM in a scrapyard and it is a solid bakalite knob. It wasn't until I had it on m car for several months that I realised that the reverse position was on the wrong side!
If anyone has the correct gear knob that they could lend me, possibly whilst their car is laid up for the winter, I will be able to get a pattern made.

Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:12 pm

The correct gearknob for a Series MM looks like this

I have pictured it alongside a horn push as a reference was made to it being the same size, which as you can see, it is not.

Post by **mike.perry** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:40 pm

That's more like it. Now where can I borrow one?

Post by **RobThomas** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:42 am

Bu66er! Maybe mine is from a Morris 8? Don't tell the wife! She thinks she's got an MM one.

Maybe I can just polish the top and grind in the 5 gear numbers with a dremel. I did the same with some 1098 gearknobs to put the 5th gear position on them. I sold a couple about 4 years ago.

Post by **RobThomas** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:38 am

...like this.

Post by **ssnjimb** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:06 am

do you have any of those gearknobs with the 5 gear on them left i would like one

Jamie

Post by **RobThomas** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:42 am

If you've got an old one to send me, plus a S.A.E, I can carve one for you.

To be honest, I was amazed that the people who bought them didn't just get a penknife and carve their own. Takes about 1/2 hour to clean them up, carve the extra bits and paint the white bit in. The trick is to get an old one without too much wear on it since the new carving needs to match the amount of bevelling of the digits. If you just scratch a new "5" into the bakelite it will stand out so you then need to polish it (with a dremel felt mop) and then get a shine on it by rubbing it against some old jeans whilst you are wearing them. Tipex does a great job of the white bit!

I also polished some on a linishing bed to make octagonal ones for my MG-Morris hybrid 1935 thingy-car so that it matched the original style MGPA type. Not a good pic but it is an MGPA gearlever extension mated to a Morris MM box so that it brought the lever back to a sensible position and gave a short-throw lever.

Post by **RobThomas** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:44 am

Here is a better shot. That Morris 8E manifold is a bit handy, too. Exits at the other end!

Post by **Keith** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:33 pm

A copy of a Derrington 4 branch would look nice on the engine once mounted in the car

Post by **RobThomas** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:23 am

Very true. The engine is actually an 'E' engine so not really worth pepping up. I've noticed that the lowlight has room to put a 40DCOE in there and a US company is now producing a DCOE version designed specifically for singlecarb applications whereby they cast it with only one barrel. Much easier to get tuned than a single SU.

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