ANYONE HELP??

[AndrewT]

recently purchased a 1954 4door splity and being only 19 i havent got alot of knowlage of these cars.

iam looking for anyone in the bridgend area (south wales) to come and help me out and give it a general check over

any help and advice would be great!! thanks alot guys!

[LouiseM]

Welcome to the messageboard Andrew There are quite a few regulars on here from South Wales so hopefully someone will be able to help out.

It might be worth contacting the Young Members Register via their Facebook page - details here: http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=35620

There's also a South Wales branch of the MMOC if you need to contact fellow Minor owners locally : http://swmmoc.morrisminor.com/

And it’s always a good idea to get yourself a workshop manual as Minors are pretty easy to work on.

[AndrewT]

i have emaild the branch near me but havnt had a reply

i also have a workshop book but it just tells me about the different parts not how to take apart and put back together so need to get myself another one

i hope someone can come and have alook at the car so i got some idea of what parts i need and what areas need attention

cheers

[Alex'n'Ane]

As said, join the ym facebook page http://www.facebook.com/groups/MMOCYM/ Is there a specific problem you have? Or what work do you want to do? You seem to be being abit general. Get the haynes manual, probably a good start, even if it isnt perfect, you can always ask for advice or look on here when doing a specific job.

[customjob]

Andrew help is on your doorstep, i live in Cowbridge so just up the A 48 from you and i have a November 54 splity, if you want help, advice or for me to give it a look over e mail me

regards
Adrian
SWMMOC

[welshrat]

Hi Andrew and welcome,
If you get a chance drop into St Fagans on the 20th May, you will meet loads of people with Minors (a few from your part of the world) who will be happy to offer advice and help out if they can.
Follow this link for more info
http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=42742

[bmcecosse]

PM sent re Workshop Manual......

[AndrewT]

thanks for all the replys! im realy excited to get it up to a reasonable condition!

adrian thanks for the offer! i will take you up on that offer when i have time if its ok.?

and as for the car its things like interior light adjusting the clutch until its right,brakes pritty much the basic stuff but i dont want to fiddle and guess the problems id rather someone who knows there moggys

but yet again thanks for evrything iv had alot of attention with the car and comments so hope for alot more once its complete

[MColes]

I'm in Cardiff and I'm also the Registrar for the Young Member's Register. I'm more than happy to help if you like .

Well worth joining the young members group on facebook!

Is the car on the road yet? Quite a few of the young members are going to the South Wales Branch Rally is St. Fagans on the 20th May (most of them sleeping at my house over the weekend ). Do pop along and say hi even if your car isn't on the road

P.S. If you have my old 1954 I will cry!

[AndrewT]

yea it is its a 4door maroon baught it off a guy called gareth and he said it came from cardiff ?

[MColes]

Mine wasn't maroon it was empire green. I think I might know the car though, might have belonged to the chairman of another car club I was in and had a lot of work done on it by a good friend of mine. Does the reg begin/end with NDG?

[AndrewT]

the guy bfore me sold the number plate
its has the thou engine with the 850box gold wheels if that helps?

[MColes]

Sounds like the same car...

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If it is the same car I can basically tell you the all the work that has been done on it

[AndrewT]

thats my baby minus the seat covers haha

[MColes]

Well it might be worth meeting up sometime and I can tell you whats been done to it. Infact I might be able to get my best mate to come along as he did all the work on it.

I know every wing was taken off the car except the front driver's side wing. All the inner wings were rotten so they were replaced and a new a-post was put in on the passenger side. If I was worried about anywhere it's the what lies under the driver's side wing as that wasn't take off at the time!

If I remember correctly one of the chassis legs was looking a bit worse for wear when the chairman of the car club sold it, has this been replaced?

[AndrewT]

ah right i see and i shall look at the front wing and as far the chassis im not to sure glad theres someone like yourself around as i havnt a clue just hope it isnt going to cost alot

[MColes]

Well when I last saw the car it was certainly drivable they were just areas that needed some attention.

Personally I would upgrade the gearbox as well. I would go for the 948 gearbox in order to retain the 'magic wand' gearstick.

It seems at this moment in time I know your car better than you do . Like I say, perfectly willing to help if I can.

[AndrewT]

yea you do haha well i had the engine out to paint (its back in now)but was told not to worry about the box as it was running fine and upgrade wouldn make alot of difference i wanted to but couldn find a box so just put it back together

[MColes]

The 948 gearbox is a MUCH stronger gearbox with better ratios, I'd question the person you were getting such information from (apologies if I've now offended a family member or close friend ).

The 1098 box is stronger again but you'd either have to loose the longer gearstick, cut a hole in the floor and go to the short one like the later cars or modify the box (which isn't the most straight forward of jobs I understand). If you do get the offer of a 948 box cheap I'd get it!

Also, paint the engine? It was pretty shiny when I saw it last!

[AndrewT]

if i can find one i shall when i got the car it was abit oily and dirty so gave it a fresh look leaf green keeping the classic look
from what i can see the chrome needs attention a respray and the brake pedal is hard