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Re: Bracing
Your welcome If you want anymore information or have any questions feel free to post here or pm me. I've seen too many cars twisted and ruined during restoration and have ended up salvaging several for over enthusiastic customers over the years. So my advice "slowly slowly". And if you're ...
Re: Bracing
Hi We often have to brace customers vehicles during restoration and normally use 3/4" (19mm) tube or 20 x 20mm box section bot in a 1.6mm section, Yes bigger tube/box is stronger but to big can get in the way as you work, and shouldn't be needed if enough diagonals are used. Remember that the s...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:21 pm
- Forum: Series MM Register
- Topic: Windscreen Sealing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1004
Re: Windscreen Sealing
A PU (polyurethane) adhesive should work ok.
There's lots of different brands available. Normally its supplied in a mastic style tube. So you will need a mastic gun.
Do not use a silicone it won't work.
Steve
There's lots of different brands available. Normally its supplied in a mastic style tube. So you will need a mastic gun.
Do not use a silicone it won't work.
Steve
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:03 am
- Forum: Wanted
- Topic: Pickup rear quarter panels.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 375
Re: Pickup rear quarter panels.
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Steve
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- Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gear Lever Gaiter.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 622
Re: Gear Lever Gaiter.
Have a look on good old flebay under "universal gear gaiter" there's a huge selection on there. The other option could be look at the gaiter on a modern car to see the base dimension of the leather as you might be able to find something that will work, again flebay has thousands of vehicle...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cracked bodywork
- Replies: 1
- Views: 29871
Re: Cracked bodywork
Hi I remember you posting this last year. I have attached my reply from then below, I don’t know the company in question or their work and will not slag them off, but it does appear to be down to excessively thick paint application or poor preparation generally, although without having the car in fr...
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 7:54 pm
- Forum: Useful Tips
- Topic: Priming screen washer pump
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1797
Re: Priming screen washer pump
You should only need the one in the bottle although 2 probably won't hurt, First thing would be to check that you have the valves the correct way round, hopefully there's arrows marked on the valves, If theres no arrows marked on the valves after a quick rince in some clean water try blowing and suc...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:49 am
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Cracked bodywork
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1934
Re: Cracked bodywork
Extreme weather? What about vehicles that live in Cyprus or Saudi Arabia the don't suffer like this, faded paint yes and peeling lacquer yes due to Extreme heat but not what you have, It's easy to criticise another business from one's armchair but from what can be seen in the photo the small spots a...
- Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:42 am
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Ford N9 reversing light switch
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1119
Re: Ford N9 reversing light switch
I believe westfield the kit car people sell a type 9 plug on a tail of wire, thats assuming you have the two round pin type plug, I think the same connector was used on MK2 escort, capri, cortina, sierra, granada, so might be worth looking on ebay for one being broken, probably to old for ford to ha...
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Can You Retrofit a Split Screen?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2141
Re: Can You Retrofit a Split Screen?
If you are really want the appearance of a split screen on your car then instead of trying to find a split screen shell to cut up you could create your own, No not as silly as it sounds, it’s just steel so you could make the two halves of the screen surround and weld them in place of the curved surr...
- Tue Sep 05, 2023 4:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: rear dampers (shock absorbers)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 930
Re: rear dampers (shock absorbers)
With no disrespects meant to your or anybody’s car it will make absolutely no difference other than costing you £50 more, There’s lots of talk of gas dampers being more responsive, better for prolonged driving, performance vehicles and fast driving etc, Whereas oil is generally considered to live lo...
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 1:39 pm
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Painting Dashboard
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3022
Re: Painting Dashboard
Unfortunately I've been here several times. The fact the existing paint has cracked in places woul indicate it's very thick as you say. The fact it's not hard underneath (rolling into little balls) as you say means your not going to be putting your new paint over a good base. And some paints are jus...
- Sat Aug 12, 2023 1:45 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Rear Disc Brake Conversion
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6033
Re: Rear Disc Brake Conversion
we fitted rear discs to a traveller for a ""specialist"" many years ago who couldnt do it him self..... we used VW/Audi calipers so they had the hand brake in the caliper, speedy cables made up some bespoke cables for us. the problem with rear discs on a Minor (if using the singl...
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 12:44 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Radiator
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1896
Re: Radiator
You could try Brian and son radiators in tunbridge wells 165A Camden Rd, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2RF 01892 544635 he doesnt have a website as far as I know, his shop is down a small ally way a couple of doors away from the pub on the corner of the road, (its easy to miss) the ally not the pub....... I'v...
- Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:14 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Wiper motor and heater fan / fuel gauge issue
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1001
Re: Wiper motor and heater fan / fuel gauge issue
First thing to look at would be earth connections, Not saying that’s the answer to all your problems but poor earth connections will give you lots of interesting electrical gremlins, Make sure all the earths are screwed/bolted to a good ground, it might be worth removing as many earths as you can fi...
- Mon Jun 19, 2023 12:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Morris minor ex police car siren
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1191
Re: Morris minor ex police car siren
Afternoon all, Not a plug for business although it will probably sound like one, We have been making replica police panda roof signs for several years now, The first units we made were film props, something we do quite a lot of, but we now provide the signs to owners of classic panda cars, museums a...
- Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:19 am
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Traveller rear quarter panels
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1185
- Wed May 10, 2023 8:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looking for one of these car patent plates
- Replies: 2
- Views: 942
Re: Looking for one of these car patent plates
Have a look at classic reproductions
www.classicrepro.co.uk,
They have a vast range of vin plates, patent plates etc,
Steve
www.classicrepro.co.uk,
They have a vast range of vin plates, patent plates etc,
Steve
- Fri May 05, 2023 7:58 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Marina suspension adjustment
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1432
Re: Marina suspension adjustment
If your trying to set ride height there's a few basics to start from, 1, are the tyres the same make model size side to side, sounds daft but I've had customers cars with different brand tyres on each side and they are a different diameter, 2, tyre pressures are they identical? Side to side, differe...
- Thu May 04, 2023 8:42 pm
- Forum: Restoration Projects
- Topic: Teak framed traveller
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2357
Re: Teak framed traveller
Many years ago...... that's always a good start isn't it... Many years ago about 1997-8 we were asked to build an automatic Morris traveller for the Minor centre at West malling in Kent, although they were connected to Charles ware's in some ways neither company had the ability to build an auto, esp...