Morris Minor Owners Club

I have been stripping the floor pans in my car of the underseal which has done a good job for the last 56 years but is now time for renewal.

In the passenger footwell there are some very small rustholes which I was scraping over and tapping with the pointed edge of the scraper to see how bad the rust was, and there was some white stuff underneath.

Then I remembered from an earlier post someone said this is asbestos for the exhaust heat shield.

Can anyone confirm this? Let it also be a warning for other members aswell who may wish to have it removed incase it gets damaged and the fibres are released into the atmosphere.

I think it's white asbestos rather then blue, just don't grind it up and snort it, if you take it to the dump put it in a sealed plastic bag and ask the people there which bin it should go in.

if you take it to the tip do an online search as only a limited number will take asbestos, as i found out when i took the cement asbestos panels off my garage roof

I really don't understand why everyone gets in such a panic about the miniscule amounts of asbestos that may be found.
I always fit new old stock asbestos brake linings whenever I can get hold of them - they are far superior to modern linings - as well as proper asbestos head gaskets - once again better than the modern ones.

Absolutely -asbestos linings are MUCH better! Don't worry about the asbestos - wet it thoroughly and put in a plastic bag - and then another plastic bag. Just put it in the trash - it's a miniscule amount and will only cause widespread panic/homes evacuated/streets closed for miles around if you take the stuff to your local 'Recycling' centre.......

My thoughts exactly... much ado about nothing, but it makes you wonder after all you hear about it.

I suppose we'd all have mesothelioma now the way H&S go on about it....

perhaps some of you are too old to care what happens in 20 or 30 years time, but for a 21 year old man it is slightly more worrying...

Thanks for the input it's made me feel better anyway.

Don't underestimate asbestos, it's a long term killer. Many people have died years after being exposed to this stuff. Like BMC says keep it wet and avoid any floating fibres.

Dean wrote:Don't underestimate asbestos, it's a long term killer. Many people have died years after being exposed to this stuff. Like BMC says keep it wet and avoid any floating fibres.

Couldn't agree more.....never underestimate asbestos. I lost my dad 2 years ago to an asbestos related disease so I know first hand that this stuff IS a killer.

Take the proper precautions and leave nothing to chance, however small the amount is perceived to be.

Just reading the workshop manual 'take a large handful of preferably wet asbestos and smother the heated area'- The days before they knew.

yesit is a killer but u would have to be in contact with it for many years
it was used in the building industry for many years without knowing gthe dangers of it