Vintage Minor Register

Did the films turn out to be where I suggested? Good news that you found them.

Ian

Barry, The rollers can be replaced by sealed ball races with a spacer between them. Inexpensive and effective. The hole in the head needs to be honed out a thou or two as standard races are exactly the same size as the hole so won't quite fit in. The later camshaft as fitted to M Types is available,...

I'm intrigued: what exactly is 'block sealant' ? Also, whenever I have to fit a head I stuff the water holes in the head with a bit a grease - it stops any loose bits falling out onto the nice clean gasket.

Ian

The David Hinds way sounds right. The outer cable attaching bracket under the shock absorber plate is a simple strip with 3 holes and the cable goes under the axle.

Several of my wheels have cracked hubs which have been repaired by welding. They have lasted at least 46 years to my certain knowledge. Just find an expert welder to repair them.

Ian

Head and block on ebay at present. See '1930s Morris Minor Spares'

Ian

The two kits I had left have now sold, but I will be making another batch at some point. Expressions of interest would be useful in working out numbers.
Thanks,
Ian

For sale: (New) Panhard rod kit for the front axle of Minor and M Types. Racing grade rose joints, 1/4" plate brackets. Greatly improves the steering on these cars. £85
Ian Judd.
ic.judd@ntlworld.com

I had some brake linings bonded to alloy shoes. I didn't use them straight away and when I did I found they had all fallen off!
Rivets every time.

Ian

I'm having some original pattern M downpipes made. These have to be handmade despite the deceptively simple appearance so are quite expensive for what they are. The price is expected to be in the region of £70 plus vat. It looks as though there are 4 or 5 owners interested so far. Ian IMG-20140106-0...

As sv4670 says, with sealed bearings the axle scrolls shouldn't really be needed, which is what I thought too. But somehow the oil kept getting through. The axle scrolls made all the difference.

I have just dug out a Wolseley gearbox which has been 'Fordized' that I bought just in case I could do something with it. It is stamped 112 which makes it a Nine. As far as I can see, it would have had a different bell-housing and clutch and it has a mounting point underneath. I recently went to a f...

Given the problems people have with the steel backplates, - which would be almost impossible to reproduce,- perhaps new cast alloy backplates are the solution?

Doesn't Toby have some of these?

( Just found the thread - July 2009 )

Re: the gearchange selection, the remote does not reverse the selection. It's exactly the same as a tower. The different selection (Wolseley and MG), is purely due to a different arrangement inside of the selector mechanism. Wolseley boxes for fitting in Wolseley cars had a reversed selection even w...

Sam,
You have not noticed that the 'blurred scan' is the same document supplied (unblurred) by Ian Grace at the beginning of this thread! No wonder you thought you had seen it before.....

Ian