Morris Minor Owners Club

Well the news so far is that the legs were due Jan, then feb and now talk of possibly march. However things might change and they appear in Feb, thing is no one knows. They will be produced and machined at some time. Meanwhile no one has stock of complete pairs and my supplier today said that they had heard of £200 being asked for one leg, I did ask if he was pulling mine, but you know what stories are like!.

Well if they're £200 new I have a spare used set for a mere £100 for both!

Why on earth are they being cast in France ? Labour rates and overheads etc in France are even higher than here - and plenty of places in UK still operating Founderies! There's one in Bo'ness Scotland whom we use for parts for the Steam Locos - and they are always very willing!
We can be sure that the more the supplier of thes parts is pestered - then the more they will realise how essential the parts are - and the higher the price will go!

yes it would appear to hike the price

well bmc can u go and ask at the foundry

Errr - no thanks ! I will leave that up to the commercial experts!

These low emission zones that start in Feb might spread to our vehicles soon, so the lack of parts may be the least of our worries. Well, I might as well join the doom and gloom!!

cor that will bring the prices down

les wrote:These low emission zones that start in Feb might spread to our vehicles soon, so the lack of parts may be the least of our worries. Well, I might as well join the doom and gloom!!

These have been successfully overturned in Germany by their classic car body. *

*Moderated - number 7 "You agree not to negatively criticise any individual, organisation, product or service" yet again.
Andrew

Low emissions zones?

I'm assuming this is another 'London' thing. I'd never take a car up there, train and tube is far less hassle even if it is expensive.

It's not so bad if you pick a quiet spot, say Park Lane or thereabouts!

London LEZ only applies to commercial vehicles, not private cars and motorcycles.

Basically, if your lorry, bus or van exceeds certain limits for exhaust pollutants, you have to pay Ken a special licence fee to use it in the zone. So the pollution is o.k., as long as he can charge you for it .

The morris van is a commercial vehicle, hence the concern!

Quote from transport for london website

London LEZ affects older (pre 2002) Diesal engined commercial vehicles with an unladen weight exceeding 1.205 tonnes.

Annoys me cos I've got a 2001 Merc Sprinter which uses the same engine as the 2003 model

Just found out the 3.5tonne class is not affected till 2010 October.

But still not sure why a Sprinter built just 12 months later is better than mine. I don't think they updated the engine till 2005 and i'm sure mine is Euro 111 rated anyway.

Lets hope I can afford to replace it in the next 18 months

WELL LETS ALL HOPE WE CAN GET BACK ON TOPIC, THANKS LES

SORRY

just managed to get a pair of new old stock swivel pins from a supplier in the UK

aupickup wrote:just managed to get a pair of new old stock swivel pins from a supplier in the UK

A Minor Miracle!

yes it was

took some phoning around mind

he has a few pairs left, but not many

just ben looking at the esm site again, and tie bar yokes are no longer available seperately, you have to buy the complete kit including tiebar



and front brake drums are out of stock now

yes ESM seems to be running out of stock a lot I've been waiting for the door handles for ages!