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@73crownwagon isn't it?

I reckon you are right. For the Morris, it took 3 trips to the WOF man due to objections to the oil leaks from the engine. Never been hassled about leaky british cars before.

I got one two. Will go up directly, maybe a bit earlier. Any preference on location? Off to the right as usual?

Summer WOF acquired at Smith Autos in Levin

That's pretty crap - repro parts are hit and miss for sure. There's generally more stress on the steering when parking as the car isn't moving, but still, not pleasant.

Hey, looking good on the rolling stock. Pretty scary on the steering though. I thought most rag joints had metal plates and pins so you don't loose steering totally? Something like this I suppose that can't really be refitted now as the spacing will be wrong. I guess you'll be checking it more frequently now

Are you planning a lot of deep mud exploring? I run without backplates on a road car.

Good luck, amazing looking things. @KKtrips will be thrilled.

@- i5oogt - Yup

*may not be suitable for off-road https://barnfinds.com/oddball-camper-1964-mercedes-190d/64-mercedes-190d-camper-1/

Nice to see that the brown wagoon is back together.

No can do. In the wrong country this week.

New bearings and seals acquired. There was a shit-ton of grease in the hubs when I took them off. Much less went back in. The ball bearings have a spacer between the sets (the cone shaped doo-dad.) All back together I set the toe-in and went for a test drive with the Morris Enthusiasts club today. So, should be good for a new WOF eh? Will find out week after next.

The other things on the WOF list from last time were the outer tierod end on the passenger side. Should be not problem, right? Well, that's what I thought until I had a look under there. It's a bit of an oddball, just a single part with two ball joint ends. Bought a used one from TM, cleaned it up and fitted new boots. I think they are supposed to have the bend, so I installed a bend in the replacement one too. Wheel bearings were also noisy. Cue grease session That could be why

OK, so, made a new bracket for inside the door. The tabs hold a piece of spongy rubber. ]https://www.supermotors.net/getfile/1142178/fullsize/p1020095.jpg Did some priming, bogging (+ repeat) and painting. It hasn't been colour sanded yet so it's not shiny. Shouldn't rust for a while again although. https://www.supermotors.net/getfile/1142179/original/p1020152.jpg More patchwork colours.

New page?

The only reliable chevette I had was fitted with a 18RG.

Yeah yeah nah, good luck with that argument.

Can you measure what the change is on a stock car?

It was just that the LVVTA discussion was around toe change in mm, not so much in degrees Works out to about 3.5mm assuming 24" overall wheel + tyre diameter for the 0.67 degree or ~2.55 mm for the ride height change. If this is just one side, then the amount would be double.

What's that in mm? https://www.lvvta.org.nz/documents/infosheets/LVVTA_Info_04-2010_Bump-steer_Measurement_Background_Information.pdf

@LV#5

Finally knocked up a new base for this and gave it a test drive. Works fine.

OK with me I think.