Hi, I'm new!

[kingzdjc]

Hi Guys,

I'm Daniel, 22, and have just bought my first Minor. Audrey is a 1955 saloon, (I'll post pics here soon) in Birch grey.
Shes an absolute stunner!

Just thought I write my first post and say Hi!

[MarkyB]

Welcome!
You picked a very good year, and a rare colour, can't wait to see some pictures

[samuria]

welcome to the moggy mad house photos go well on here

[dalebrignall]

hi and welcome if you have any questions just ask ,and be sure to join the young members im too old ,have fun .

[moggiethouable]

Hi Guys,

I'm Daniel, 22, and have just bought my first Minor. Audrey is a 1955 saloon, (I'll post pics here soon) in Birch grey.
Shes an absolute stunner!

Just thought I write my first post and say Hi!

Welcome aboard Dan, you will find everyone most helpful, friendly and downright omniscient

[MColes]

Welcome Join the Young members facebook page, where most of the young members chit chat happens, here -> https://www.facebook.com/groups/MMOCYM/

[JOWETTJAVELIN]

A word of warning from a 21 year-old: if your car has the original 803cc engine, don't even think about flogging it or going over 50MPH, as your big-ends will run. Just take it easy.

Welcome!

[kingzdjc]

A word of warning from a 21 year-old: if your car has the original 803cc engine, don't even think about flogging it or going over 50MPH, as your big-ends will run. Just take it easy.

Welcome!

Yes it has the original 803cc engine! I did take it on the motorway the other day, sticking to around 55 to give it a good blast. Wont do this again though listening to your advice! Besides, the noise was horrendous, it sounded like I was in a old Spitfire plane or something!
Sorry if this sounds stupid, but what do you mean by 'big-ends'?
Thanks, Daniel

[chesney]

The ends of the con rods that attach to the crankshaft

[JOWETTJAVELIN]

Hi, I found out the hard way and have been plagued by this problem ever since. Seriously I wouldn't go over 50 MPH now - stick to A roads.

If you can visualise this to understand what a big-end bearing is: the pistons go up and down in cylinders. The up-down motion needs to be converted into rotary motion to drive the wheels. So the pistons have rods on them which attach to the crankshaft, basically turning the up-down motion into rotary.
Now, these rods (connecting rods) must be tight against the crank, otherwise you get free play, which leads to loss of oil pressure and a horrible banging noise. Imagine you take a glass tight in your hand, it can't move about at all. Now slightly loosen your grip on the glass, and it'll move about every which way. This is the sort of thing which happens when a big-end is on its way out.

Fortunately, it's not a difficult or expensive fix providing you catch it early, i.e. don't run the engine for long when the noise develops to avoid damaging the crank.

Hope you got all that!

[kingzdjc]

Hi, I found out the hard way and have been plagued by this problem ever since. Seriously I wouldn't go over 50 MPH now - stick to A roads.

If you can visualise this to understand what a big-end bearing is: the pistons go up and down in cylinders. The up-down motion needs to be converted into rotary motion to drive the wheels. So the pistons have rods on them which attach to the crankshaft, basically turning the up-down motion into rotary.
Now, these rods (connecting rods) must be tight against the crank, otherwise you get free play, which leads to loss of oil pressure and a horrible banging noise. Imagine you take a glass tight in your hand, it can't move about at all. Now slightly loosen your grip on the glass, and it'll move about every which way. This is the sort of thing which happens when a big-end is on its way out.

Fortunately, it's not a difficult or expensive fix providing you catch it early, i.e. don't run the engine for long when the noise develops to avoid damaging the crank.



Hope you got all that!

Thanks so much for taking the time to explain it to me! Ill stick to 50 max from now on!