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Front lever arm shock absorber mounting holes
Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 7:49 pm
by bjbrownie
Just curious, I was cleaning up the engine bay and noticed the front shock absorbers have alternative mounting holes set lower down and further in to the centre of the car- why is this? Anyone know?
Re: Front lever arm shock absorber mounting holes
Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 10:58 pm
by mike.perry
One of those mysteries of Morris Minor production. They can be useful for mounting a new engine steady bar when the original brackets have rusted away
Re: Front lever arm shock absorber mounting holes
Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 9:38 pm
by stag36587
Or a new P clip to support the wiring harness
Re: Front lever arm shock absorber mounting holes
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 4:28 pm
by katy
I would suspect that they were used during production, possibly to hold the large spit that went through the large hole in the centre of the bulkhead.
Re: Front lever arm shock absorber mounting holes
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 1:02 pm
by rayofleamington
According to the original design guys, they were put in place for a different (bigger) shock absorber - however the alternative shocker wasn't deemed necessary (& as you can see, the holes were never deleted).