Vintage Minor Register

Have now clocked up over 200 miles - not without incidents… a stuck exhaust valve, possibly due to tappet gap too small, (.004 cold as recommended but now .006 on the exhaust valves). Also intermittent cutting out… yet to be cured. However excursion continue including this one: AAO463 dwarfed by &qu...

Cambridge Dictionary definition of a Chinese Puzzle:

A game where you have to solve the problem of fitting many different pieces together, especially boxes inside other boxes
A situation that is complicated and difficult to understand

Sounds about right !

What they're actually saying is:
中國智力玩具, （尤指）七巧板, 複雜的情況…

Chinese puzzled ?

Thanks Martin. Just a few finishing jobs left to do on the headlining. Then maybe the weather will warm up a bit for a few 'test flights'. (minus 10 degrees forecast for tonight) Newcastle is hosting 3 Rugby World Cup 2015 matches in October South Africa v Scotland New Zealand v Tonga Samoa v Scotland

My 1934 Minor 4-door Saloon back on the road 50 years after it fell apart from woodworm and dry rot !
Newcastle upon Tyne Quayside.

I don't know if this applies to your car, or how things were originally...The boards can be attached to the chassis cross member outriggers with coach bolts before the rubber is put on. The heads can be countersunk and filled in to level the surface. This works with the boards in place but if the bo...

!934 saloon diff. Number stamped on aluminium casting: 8/43
I believe other ratios used were 6/33 and 7/37

Here are 2 articles on the subject of rear axle oil seals by Bob Bryan (together with a lot of other useful knowledge) http://www.morris8-bobbryan.co.uk/articles.php (See 'M8 Rear Axle Oil Seals' and 'M8 Rear Axle Oil Leaks') I tried non-cork seals but my experience of them was the same as Trevor's....

The near-side cork bush has the oil return thread cut in an anti-clockwise direction.The off-side bush thread is cut clockwise.
Harry Edwards published a do-it-yourself technique for making seals.

Here are the clutch and brake pedals on my 1934 SV saloon.

Interesting assortment of cars - including JP's Minor. Lovely countryside.
If you missed it ... also on ITV Player (although may not be available in all regions)

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