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| Thread ID: 120678 | 2011-09-20 08:23:00 | Seized Brakes, Morris 1000 | The Error Guy (14052) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1232464 | 2011-09-22 01:30:00 | I had a Morris Minor. Its 14" wheels used to crack around the studs and fall off! Ended up fitting Honda Civic 13" wheels. Later I fitted a Datsun 1200 motor and transmission, Datsun rear axle with 13" wheels, Morris mariner Disk brakes with PBR Booster. It performed very well and was 100% reliable. Very little modification to the car was required to convert it. I am picking they cracked with boy racers going hard into corners. I have seen 600 000 miles plus Moriartys without cracked wheels. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1232465 | 2011-09-22 01:45:00 | And I'm pickin' it wasn't certified ... there's something to be said about the good old days when one could put a 3 litre V6 into a MK2 Escort van ... but unlike mzee, there was much structural work to make it fit. NO Certification, NO WOF, NO Reg ... when your 18 or 19 ... NO Wucking Furries ... :D | SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1232466 | 2011-09-22 03:58:00 | I am picking they cracked with boy racers going hard into corners. I have seen 600 000 miles plus Moriartys without cracked wheels. There was a batch of crook wheels, they were replaced free of charge at first. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1232467 | 2011-09-22 09:08:00 | Well we got banned from driving it... apparently the staff didnt like us towing it to try start it and someone complained about us driving up burma road from the cricket oval. In the mean time, brakes are off and we'll try get a quote on them for repair, as is the rear axle which slipped out of the diff requiring us to take that apart to get it in again :D yay us. Oh the wish for the mechanics pit, which got filled in and no no one know where the bluddy hell it is. Pics of morris so far longsword.co.cc the guy in the drivers seat is Jack Redley, the guy who "owns" the thing |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1232468 | 2011-09-22 09:49:00 | Interesting pictures. Seems to have big thermostat housing. What's the red light on the dash? Vaguely remember it was the signal indicator, when carted to primary school a few times in a Morris. And the corner motors/pumps in the engine bay? | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1232469 | 2011-09-22 14:28:00 | SU sidedraft, yuck! Cotton wrapped wires, yuck. Rubber gearshift, yuck again. Gears and bearings made out of Londonderry Fog, yuck. Semaphore turn signals, yuck. Sub-floor master cylinder, yuck. Cyclops dashboard cluster with non-working gauges, yuck. All-around horrible experiences, each and every one of them. Sadly, I even owned a 1956 Hillman Husky which had almost all the same problems except I put a small block Chevy 5.0L/302 V8 and a 4-speed Stick-hydro in it and a narrowed 1959 Pontiac rear end and a tubular front axle with disc brakes all around. The joke-of-a-frame got serious updating too, not to mention another set of rails and crossmembers. THEN it was reliable. Oh yeah - I ripped out all that Limer wiring and added an alternator and modern wires and lighting too. I kept the silly Limer horn and run it on 12 volts - it became 'authoritative' at that point. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1232470 | 2011-09-22 20:59:00 | psitively modern, practically a new car. The one my mother had was a flathead with the sparkplugs straight up and down at the top of the engine and a split front windscreen. This is flash by comparison. Good luck with it :) |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1232471 | 2011-09-22 21:08:00 | Wiring is hideous, when we get some $$ i plan to strip it all and completely rewire, set it up for negative earth too. I might try find a new voltage regulator since that one is useless by today's standards | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1232472 | 2011-09-22 23:10:00 | You want to change the voltage regulator? Sacrilege! That is a piece of classical engineering which forms part of a finely built, admirably designed and reasonably priced system including ignition, starter, generator, lamps and numerous other craftsman built items that as a whole was sold by none other than Lucas in lieu of an electrical system. Fixing any part of the system is liable to make that part work, thereby throwing intolerable strain on some other part which will promptly fail. This failure may appear to be just standard Morris Motor Car operating procedure, but it isn't. You don't really need to change the earthing arrangements, you will find more than enough negatives anywhere there is a bit of copper. Lucas are deservedly famous for their negative features. Towing English cars is not recommended, they are intended to be pushed. That way, the pushers can pick up fallen parts en-route and throw them in the receptacle thoughtfully provided. Since pushers normally find these pieces by kicking them or stepping on them, the receptacle is known universally as a "boot". |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1232473 | 2011-09-22 23:11:00 | ...I ripped out all that Limer wiring and added an alternator and modern wires and lighting too. I kept the silly Limer horn and run it on 12 volts - it became 'authoritative' at that point. :lol: I can imagine... |
wratterus (105) | ||
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