Vintage Minor Register

Any idea which if either of these starter pushes is correct for the 29 cammy minor i am restoring. And why did they copper plate the switches. Both innside and outside on the switch top was copper plated and just the inside of the lower half?

Hi Ian Just taken the fuel tap out of the Minor I am restoring.......its at 90 degrees to the Paul Beck one......does the Paul beck one have the same threads that screw into the tank. The seal on the one out of the 29 has dried up and broken into a million pieces. Any idea what they were made from o...

Hi Ian
Your a champion...……….cant get much better than from the horses mouth...……...brilliant stuff...
PS it must be a different username and password for the members area...………..could you let me have the necessary's thanks
Bruce

Hi Guys can anyone give me some information regarding rebuilding the diff in a 1929 Morris Minor. I have stripped it down and replaced all the bearing in it. However I cannot quite see how the pinion gear should be set up so that it is in mesh with crown wheel Properly. I have refitted the shims bet...

Thanks Ian,

Lovely photo. There was no sign of rubber between the band on our drums. I will fit a thin strip in that case for originality sake.

Thanks,
Bruce

Hi Ian
We are restoring M18904 at this stage. Has all matching numbers

Started work on the front axle and brakes today. We have a pair of wide rim drums, so have decided to fit these to the front axle in an effort to help with the marginal braking. The rear drums had a strap round, which I assume is designed to help stiffen the drums up. It had a double ended bolt with...

At Last after nine years work has commenced on M18904. We have stripped what was left down completely, Chassis has been blasted and powder coated. Radiator has been recored. Leaf springs have been blasted and painted, and reassembled, axles stripped and painted, brakes stripped blasted and painted. ...

New buffalo leather lining in the shocks be interesting to see how it works...….I will try no grease first up.

Hi Peter
I believe there should be a thin steel washer between the felt washer and the bearing and another on the outside of the felt to keep it all in the right place. If this is refitted I see no reason why the felt would damage the seal on the bearing
Bruce

hmmm I am just about to start rebuilding a rear axle for this 1929 cammy Minor I am restoring. looking inside the axle housing from the differential end, it seems as though there is a steel plate (which is loose)rivetted to the inside of axle tube. I am assuming this was for a leather???? washer (wh...

Hi Guys I have just started rebuilding a 1929 Cammy Minor. Would like some advice on the Smiths Shock absorbers. I have been advised by Graham Brown at VCSA that the correct material is not available for the linings anymore and suggested leather would be very good to use. So I have tracked down some...

Hi Kramer I think I have one...………..its in Australia tho

Hi Everyone Thanks for the kind thoughts. The trip was a bit hectic and very much a flying visit, arrived Friday and left the following Saturday. Settled back at home and now over the jet lag. They have cut the flying time down a bit. 13hrs non stop to Singapore then a couple of hours wait for the c...

Hi All I am in the UK this week for my fathers funeral. I was wondering if anyone in the Bedford ish (30/40 mile radius) area has an OHC minor I could get some detailed photos of for my restoration. Unfortunately | fly back to Australia on saturday so this only leaves Thursday or Friday this week. I...