Morris Minor Owners Club

vergal wrote:Hello,
Not meaning to disrupt this thread but where can you buy the rubber seals for the wind-up windows please?
There is also mention that they can be fitted with window etc. in situ?
Many kind thanks - and a Happy New Year
Sue

Heya that's alright do you mean the modern type windscreen rubbers rather than the felt originals. They are available from esm. Called touch glass seals

Biggles1957 wrote:I used a Skarsten scraper to remove the old varnish on mine.............

Oh yes that's very very helpful.thank you very much the wood currently looks so unloved and it is such a shame I'm guessing this is sealant that has been put on the wood? It will be taken off certainly and will all be gone over
There is only one rot spot from my Inspection on viewing and it is the arched bottom at the rear but the main post is solid[frame][/frame]

panky wrote:Those scrapers would be perfect but I used wood chisels and back scraped the frame, chisels need to be really sharp though. The wood does need to be dry to apply the Osmo, it's a surface treatment so the surface needs to be good for it to adhere.

Ah yes I have been doing research and many people recommend it I will probly go for it is there anything else that will help the varnish off seems a bit odd taking it off dry

The timber appears to have been painted ??? If so - is it hiding filler ?? You will probably need to use Nitromors on it... The traditional way to remove varnish is with a broken piece of glass, Not sure if it works with paint....

bmcecosse wrote:The timber appears to have been painted ??? If so - is it hiding filler ?? You will probably need to use Nitromors on it... The traditional way to remove varnish is with a broken piece of glass, Not sure if it works with paint....

Hmm really? Thought it was varnish :S well ill be having a closer look once it's home this weekend and can really inspect it but will be sorting the engine out first it makes a rattle when travelling over 40mph but I will not be asking anything until I've had proper experience of the noise and a proper look myself

mike.perry wrote:Gas struts are available for the rear doors which stop the doors from slamming closed on a windy day or when parked on a downhill slope

Gas struts seem like a good idea. Where can they be obtained, please?

Good luck with picking it up

irmscher wrote:Good luck with picking it up

Haha thanks
Going to be a long slow journey but aslong as I get home in one piece ill be happy

Just found this on my Searches for the struts. Always love this website seems to be great for do it yourself modifications

http://www.minormania.com/feature.php?i ... id=757#pic

Make sure there is plenty oil in the sump - take some with you when you go to collect.

The car made it 0.7 miles on route to the nearest halfords and broke down [frame][/frame]

This was half way as had to change aa van sadly due to his shift finishing but she's home now and seems happy to be with her new friend/ sister ;)
Now the work begins
It just wouldn't start and after a jump start it fired to life as normal. Whilst testing the aa guy was not happy letting me go on my own thankfully as the dynamo was charging 3 volts and the battery was dead, also the amount of white burnt oil smoke flying out the back. He agreed a tow was in order so I drove her to the nearest carpark ready to hitch up.
So luckily i didn't have to risk the drive home damaging the engine more but with the mess that came out I will be doing an alternator conversion so it will start properly again and then will do a compression test to check rings. I may rebuild the engine but tempted to replace depending how the tests go[frame][/frame]

This was half way as had to change aa van sadly due to his shift finishing but she's home now and seems happy to be with her new friend/ sister ;)
Now the work begins[frame][/frame]