Morris Minor Owners Club

And you drink that!

My mate used to work for the coke factory in Lambeg and they had to replace the tiled floors every year as they got eaten away by the coke. I couldnt drink it at all now

Oh I dunno, its not bad with a tot of Navy Rum. But as far as an aid to restoration its very limited, these parts for the Dynamo bracket were left in that Coke for several days, I'd have achieved better and quicker results by my usual wire brushing and krusting followed by a spray of engine paint, the latter I will still do of course, and I'm sure they will come up good as new.[frame][/frame]

thats the manifold clamp
dont bother re using get a new one

Yellow fresh paint on the water pump fan..[frame][/frame]

today I completed a tiny job that was a big step forward for me, one of the little uncompleted tasks that seem like a mountain to climb, the front nearside torsion bar retaining bolt, finally got it on nice and secure. from this angle my sump look rough, all dented and battered, still, its oil tight, I know that as there is a litre of golden fluid in there and no drips, so far, juries out till it turns over for the first time. A spray of BMC green might tart it up a bit.
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The next job are these rusty wheels, I'm going to jack it all up on timbers and axle stands and get the wheels off ready for de-tireing and blasting. Just to avoid confusion, thats the bonnet stored in the rear cargo area.
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with the wheels clear I'll be able to weld on the front bumper bars.[frame][/frame]

excellent progress mate

a dejected rejected pile of rusty old rejects, the five hand picked best of the pile are at the tyre centre being de-tyred. £260 they've quoted me for some replacement radials.
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"No wheels on my wagon, and I'm still rolling along", No wheels but I am rolling along, well my project is. From here I can start building the brake system up.[frame][/frame]

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Looking at that last shot has made me think. (Wow! At this time in the morning!) Isn't it about time someone designed a better jacking system for the Morris? There isn't a good, safe jacking point on the car, really.

David should have the rear axle stands under the axle and not the spring! Use a rubber pad between axle and stand so it does not scratch. That is the safer way of supporting the rear of the car, and I use big blocks of timber- recycled from an old garage door frame, between the front chassis legs and the axle stands.

I guess you could make something out of wood that snugly fits around the chassis rails at one end and that the top of the axle stand slots into underneath- thereby making it impossible for the car to fall off its supports.

Unlike the last pic, I always have the longer part of the axle stand pad at 90degrees to the chassis leg so there is a greater area of contact and I use wooden blocks that fit into the saddle of the axle stand, the car cannot move like that. Will be safe enough like that, although I like to get every jack and stand i have under the car as a matter of safety!

I was thinking of a large, squared-corner, U-shape channel that cups the chassis rail and then has a fat bulge welded under it to sit in the cup of the saddle on the trolley jack. Make sense?

It might be worth asking an expert for his opinion. I'll visit the other Morris website and report back.

Just a thought (not criticism) but if you took the shaft out of the axle stand then you can centre it under that pin in the centre of the U-bolts so that it cannot slip off.

David, the front bumper bar positions are important as they pass through the holes in the front panel, maybe an idea to leave as late as possible to weld these, and get as much of the front on as possible for alignment. you may of course already have considered this.

Thanks for all the advice above gents, need some more now, Ive had all eight wheels de tyred so I can get four blasted and re painted. low and behold, I only have three of the wider pickup LCV type wider wheels, the rest are all narrower car wheels, the ninth wheel was the spare on the relic field find and the rims are rusted away, so I'll be scrapping that, its a narrow car wheel anyway. I'm going to have to look for my fourth pickup wheel from somewhere. or have two wide ones on the back and two car ones on the front?[frame][/frame]

wide van rims are like rocking horse poo
expect to pay £50.00 for one that needs blasting and painting

Oh dear looks like I'll be shelling out there then, mind you the prices quoted to me today said that tyres for the larger rims are more modern standard size and less expensive. The morris smaller car rims are less common so specialist and more pricey. But I'll shop around for the best deal of course.
Les mentioned about using the front panels to line up the front bumper bars before welding them in, here the radiator panel is temporarily fitted in place.[frame][/frame]

The front panel, again half restored like the radiator panel, partly test fitted in place to provide the line up for the bumper bars. The wing bolt up holes are off by a couple of mm as you can see, but there is still a lot of play as they are not in their final locations either.[frame][/frame]