MorRX

graham · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:02 pm Post subject:

G'day

Morrx went to the Portarlington Mussel Festival on saturday,

with the Geelong Morry club

Cheers
Graham
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graham · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:09 pm Post subject:

G'day

A couple of pictures I took today, after the rain stopped, and a couple of similar ones from 2 years ago( before I started changing things).

Original

Now

Original

Now

Cheers
Graham
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graham · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:27 pm Post subject:

G'day

New horn button.

Cheers
Graham
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frosty · Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:42 am Post subject:

nnnnnnnnnnice Very Happy

graham · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:42 pm Post subject:

G'day

Morrx went for a cruise today with its cousens from AusRotary

Cheers
Graham
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libbor · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:56 pm Post subject:

libbor · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:57 pm Post subject:

Hi Graham

I am interested to know what your front track measurement is?

It will be on your engineering report if your report complies with VSB14

Only if its not too much trouble

Cheers

Libbor

graham · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:16 pm Post subject:

G'day Darren

The Victorian engineers certificate dose not have any measurements just what was approved, ADR's affected and the sections of VSB14.

From memory the front was close enough to being spot on the 25 allowed over standard.

Cheers
Graham
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libbor · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:19 pm Post subject:

Thanks Graham

graham · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:36 pm Post subject:

G'day

Morrx went to the Queenscliff Rod Run today; they have a display area for non Rods.

Some neighbours at the display, Torana GTR on the right, modified Karmann Ghia on the left

The VW was very well done next to it is a real bitsa, Morris back, Wolseley front with 179 power

None of this shows the 500+ Rods and Street cars

Cheers
Graham
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libbor · Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:10 am Post subject:

Cant wait to see next months Minor Monthly, Graham Very Happy

graham · Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:14 am Post subject:

Nothing new in the article, you have heard/seen it first on Morris Down Under. The article is really a summary of this saga, except that due to lead time on printing it will not have the latest bits.

Cheers
Graham
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graham · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:05 pm Post subject:

G'day

When we got the gearbox, we did not see it running, we took the pan off to have a look, it was clean with no metal.
Unfortunately the second third change started playing up fairly soon ending up with a gearbox rebuild. Mad

I got the car back on Thursday marvellous the difference a properly working box makes. Very Happy

At the same time we found that the secondary ports were not working so my 6 port was only acting like a 4 port but still made around 85kw at the wheels. It is now much stronger in the mid to upper rev range.
The combination of gears working and increased power makes it feel much quicker with less effort Very Happy

Cheers
Graham
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graham · Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:23 pm Post subject:

On the road from Davenport , where the boat docks, to Hobart, about 250km of good easy road.
Mountains of the Great Western Tiers in the background.

Cheers
Graham
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libbor · Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:15 pm Post subject:

Hi Graham

Did you have any trouble with the front of your car hitting going on or coming off the ship?

graham · Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:10 pm Post subject:

G'day

No, no trouble with clearance.

Cheers
Graham
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libbor · Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:15 pm Post subject:

Good to hear Graham, enjoy your travels in my favourite part of Australia.

darren

graham · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:50 pm Post subject:

G'day

Back in Vic. after an enjoyable few weeks in Tasmania, I used the trip as a shake down to going to Port Macquarie as it turned out it was a good job I did.
After getting the car back a day late from getting the rebuilt gearbox installed and the secondary ports fixed, so they worked I got on the boat and proceeded to Hobart with out trouble.
From when I got the car there had been a rattle from the back sometimes on rough roads, after a trip to Molesworth ( steep narrow road) where the rattle seemed continuos I took the car to South East Car Care in Sorrel to have it looked at.
He is a bit different from most places as he knows what a Morris Minor is and is not scared off by a modified car.
He found that the clips to secure the rear disk pads in their slots had not been fitted, which let them move and rattle, he also noticed that both rear axel seals were leaking, they had not been fitted correctly as he found when replacing them.

While he was under the car I got him to check everything else as the engine/gearbox going back in had ended up being a rush, he found that one engine mount was broken and the engine/gearbox was not aligned properly.
Now with new clips, engine mounts and it aligned properly rattles have gone and the car feels much better.
All of the above is a bit strange as the car was in a workshop on the hoist 2 days before I went to Tas so should have been seen and fixed. The diff has only done a couple of thousand km so should not have been leaking.
Generally not happy there.

I had my best drive in the car to that time, after it was fixed, from Hobart to Port Arthur, the engine was running well, developing full power and the car felt tight. Good fun.

Morrx at Eagle Hawk Neck Tasman Peninsula Tasmania.
The second picture shows the actual Neck which in convict times had a dog line across from water to water to deter escapes from Port Auther. Mind you there was nowhere to go on the other side, Tasmania is an island and then as now is mainly wilderness.

The trip back up to Davenport to catch the boat was also great fun, 110km 2 lane road with a good surface, some overtaking lanes but also caravans, now that the secondary ports are working the engine is developing very good overtaking acceleration - 80km to 110ish very quickly.

Now just about ready for Port Macquarie.

Cheers
Graham
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graham · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:01 pm Post subject:

G'day

Morrx went to the RACV classic car show at Flemmington on the way home from the boat on Sunday, some pictures.

Somrthing different

Cheers
Graham
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graham · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:34 pm Post subject:

I wonder how many times it has been around.

libbor · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:37 pm Post subject:

william ballard · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:39 am Post subject:

Hi Graham glad to see you are enjoying your car and getting good use of it.
Your engine mount looks like the studs have been welded on? have they been shortened or something? lf they have that will be the reason they have let go as you can't put that much heat so close to the rubber as it melts. Eye Rolls

William Ballard. Red Sedan

libbor · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:05 pm Post subject:

Im pretty sure that is how they are William. Maybe the welded the brackets with the mounts attached to the brackets Eye Rolls

I can see what you mean though, the studs do look like they have been welded. They have replaced the mounts so they must have just been a standard mount

Libbor

graham · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:21 pm Post subject:

G'day

I do not know anything about the original engine mounts except that they were supposed to be new.
They were replaced by slightly different ones in Tasmania, the bloke that replaced them was not impressed with the old ones and thought the welding may have contributed to the failure.

Cheers
Graham
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libbor · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:43 pm Post subject:

Should feel a lot more solid now Very Happy

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