Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

[jonathon]

The rubber gaiters are no longer available I'm afraid. Details of perch mounts sent via email

[rossrox]

Isnt there some sort of substitute for it?
and thanks jono, recieved radius arm kit today!

[moggydriver62]

How about Moss Motors? I think they may have them for M G. Midget.

[jonathon]

I have tried most of the Ford specialists, and they have searched high and low for alternatives or re tooling. The latter is just not economic enough to do, so its back to old ones of simply leave the slot open. We have had to do this on several axles, very little debris can enter this point and we have so far in 12 years ,had no problems.

[rossrox]

i think i may be able to make something easy enough...
i just dont want 1 possible stone getting in going under brake shoe and scoring the drum...

[rossrox]

MK2 escort axle fitting kit and radius arm kit (from JLH) welded to the axle[frame][/frame][frame][/frame]
bought new brembo brake drums[frame][/frame][frame][/frame]

work to do now is strip the axle to metal, red lead primer it then coat it in anti stone chip paint then reasemble the axle ,

also the brake drums on the outside are coated in like a darkish grey paint as seen, but should i red lead and stone chip it??? or is this grey paint an anti rust paint???

[RobThomas]

This might help.

To make the baffles for my aeroplane I waxed some plate glass (Trav side vindow), smeared some red silicone sealant (250 degree fire sealant) and laid some fibreglass weave (weave, not chopped strands) and then a layer more of silicone. After leaving the surface to 'crust over' I could flatten it down. The resultant material was smooth on one side and could be siliconed onto the metal cowling edges to form a baffle to keep the air from leaking past. The holes in the cowlings for getting the sparkplugs in were fitted with material with an 'X' cut in so that they sealed but could be spread apart to get the plug spanner through. Might be a way forwards for the dust gaiters on the brakes? You can just see a baffle piece with a sparkplug lead going through.
Once you've got a small sheet of material you ought to be able to wax the backplate and then pour on an extra bit of silicone to make a 'lip' inside the backplate to hold the gaiter on?[frame][/frame]

[rossrox]

how flexable is it??? becuase its going to need to allow a small bit of movement.

[RobThomas]

About the same as the rubber part it replaces, plus it is almost self lubricating.

[rossrox]

ok pedro was kinda put on hold as i passed my driving test not long ago and been just cruising about enjoying the freedom, now its back to work on pedro i think!!!

[Alex'n'Ane]

Congratulations U'll love driving a minor even more... Now get back to the restoration!!

[rossrox]

right not had much to do on the car recently as my work is slow and im not earning alot so cant buy my suspension yet hopefully will pick up soon, sorry for the lack of updates if anyone is following this.

RossRox

[pml1979]

You Know what guys leave the lad alone, at the end of the day its his car and he can do with it what he please's, besides which you have to remember its another one on the road and not in the scrappers which is always a good thing, and as long as the work he does is of a good standard there is no reason why it wont still be on the road in 10 years time....!!! sorry rant over and that was ment for the people at the beginning of the post.!

[GeorgeHurst]

Yep, I'm all for your mods Ross - restoring all classics to concourse is a lovely notion, but frankly as long as it stays on the road then it is another Minor saved, roof chop or not. Customising classic cars is a 40 year old practice (or even longer) and I would argue is an equally important thing to preserve... lets not forget it involves a great deal of creativity, engineering skill and craftsmanship. Variety is the spice of life as they say! Anyway, your probably bored of your thread being full of comments like this!

Such a shame that bureaucracy has got in the way of your plans, but good luck anyway. Can I ask how you are going to approach joining the propshaft to the Escort axle? I am thinking of putting an Escort axle in my Minor also but the prop is causing me some confusion.

[rossrox]

haha thanks for the rants and george, as im using a ford type 9 gearbox i should hopefully be able to use the specially made propshaft from the one and only JLH http://www.jlhmorrisminors.co.uk/store/ ... oductId=61

[GeorgeHurst]

aha, right on Cheers for that. I've just been given a Morris van - so going to have to wait for the Escort axle as the van is going to take priority atm. Good luck with the resto, look forward to seeing the progress

[rossrox]

poor pedro is getting hardly any work done at this moment in time, waiting until i can afford suspension, but im buying a car soon, and insurance is going to be £2800 which totally sucks!!! will see if my mum wants to lend me £200 haha, will speak soon, hopefully my next message is I HAVE MY SUSPENSION,

[Alex'n'Ane]

That does seem very expensive! What car can i ask? And no chance of a rolling resto??, will save you a small fortune!!

[hotrodder13]

mine is a rolling resto and it anoys me so much ill use it for 2 months then take it off the road but i then cant drive round

[Alex'n'Ane]

Ok yea i have to admit i gave in and bought another as you can see