I see the mice have eaten half the breather pipe on the rocker cover.
1964 Mk1 Morris 850
#616
Posted 11 January 2020 - 09:02 PM
#617
Posted 11 January 2020 - 09:35 PM
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#618
Posted 12 January 2020 - 02:03 AM
Thanks Vinay!Love the patina on the rocker cover and that you were able to retain it by clear coating it. I do like those chrome filler caps too.
Only a little! Luckily the breather hose goes on far enough to not cause a problemI see the mice have eaten half the breather pipe on the rocker cover.
That looks like a good way to fix them. I'll have a closer look next time I have a chanceMy caps fit the same as yours and I managed to stop them from leaking by installing an O ring between the filler neck and brass collar and making new paper gaskets to go between the collar and cap as the original gaskets had shrunk over 30 years. Also araldited the breather up as it isn't required.
#619
Posted 12 January 2020 - 06:49 PM
Glad to see that 1100 crank is going to see some good use
#620
Posted 13 January 2020 - 01:48 AM
Just checked and it arrived from you in April 2017! Can’t rush these things!Glad to see that 1100 crank is going to see some good use
There should be some progress on the block later this year if everything goes according to plan... then the other big jobs are getting the crank polished and the head checked over. There’s no hurry on any of this of course as I’ve got a fresh 1098!
I also want to get some A+ 1275 rods as they are a bit more suited to the final spec of the engine than the ones I’ve got now.
Edited by timmy850, 13 January 2020 - 01:48 AM.
#621
Posted 13 January 2020 - 08:19 AM
Timmy, do you have any other pictures of your mini with the black centres on your rims?
#622
Posted 18 January 2020 - 10:44 AM
I gave the car a wash today ready for the Minis in the Gong show tomorrow.
#623
Posted 18 January 2020 - 02:39 PM
Cleans up nicely!
#624
Posted 19 January 2020 - 02:31 PM
very nice like the patina on a few bits rather than all perfect
#625
Posted 12 February 2020 - 04:22 AM
Since then we’ve had some nice weather for driving, and I’ve been driving the mini to work once a week to get the engine run in. I’m now up over 1000km, so it’s time for a good check over and oil change.
In the last couple of weeks the South African 12G2827 crank was dropped off to the machine shop. It was standard size on both bearing surfaces, which was a great starting point but obviously needed a regrind. It’s the one on the left in this photo, the right one is the 12G82 1098 crank that is in the current engine.
It was ready to collect last week - crack checked and all ok, cleaned up and reground to 10/10 undersize. Big thanks to Jared for the crank!
I’ve also been assembling my twin SU carbs as I’ve always wanted them on the car. There are only a few things left to sort out before I can install them
#626
Posted 12 February 2020 - 05:01 AM
Love those carbs! Great job with the restoration!
#627
Posted 12 February 2020 - 10:02 AM
Somebody has been having fun down that road!
#628
Posted 12 February 2020 - 08:10 PM
Big thanks to Jared for the crank!
Only a pleasure! Looks like it cleaned up nicely
#629
Posted 17 February 2020 - 09:23 AM
Love those carbs! Great job with the restoration!
Thanks Vinay!
Somebody has been having fun down that road!
Yep, all the roads in that area have seen some skids!
Big thanks to Jared for the crank!
Only a pleasure! Looks like it cleaned up nicely
Hopefully the rest of the build goes as smoothly!
#630
Posted 08 March 2020 - 10:07 AM
I've finally got the Butlers spot lamps working with new H3 bulbs and I've wired them in. They'll still need to be aimed to make sure they do something
I also bought another Moto Lita on ebay - for the bargain price of $41 delivered. It has a nice patina and it came with an early MGB boss which appears to be the same as a mini splines. It looks like 14" diameter, and hopefully with a bit of love it'll come up nice
When I change to the twin SU carbs I have a couple of vacuum port spacers and my idea is to use two vacuum gauges to make sure the tune is even between the carbs. Before I put them in the car I had to make sure they were reading close to each other. Luckily I have a small vacuum pump in the garage and I was able to connect both gauges with a T-piece and they read within 1"Hg of each other, which is good.
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