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awesome, been for a pootle yet?

Landcrabs a bit big, shed barely contains my minor

Painting it wont cost anything, I can do it in my shed Buying the paint and thinners and sand paper will. That depends on what paint you want. BRG again? did you get the brakes sorted today?

Supercheap carries Penrite 30wt oil, in 1L and 4L packs Repco also stocks castrol 30Wt I would say you would have no issues running a high zinc 30-50wt oil (try for one with as little additives or dertergents as possible)

Trupdate time (truck update, yea i think i like it) This is the air filter that came with the truck. Not really fitting is it (in looks, and actual fittment). No mention of when or why this was fitted by Mark in any of the history. Im guessing the original oil bath one was lost when he sold it (and then bought it back about 5 years later, the ownership was never actually changed, so he was the "owner" all that time too) Horrible fit all round, plus its not a race car This is more like it, oil bath filter from a Chevy. Fits like a glove and looks spot on to the original. The thought did cross my mind to gut the oil filter and adapt a modern paper element to fit, However i just topped it up with 30wt oil and will use as is

ratchet crankstart ruled me i hope you set something like that up permanently

small gel battery with solar trickle charger?

How are you in my head

There is a "change of ownership" form you can fill out (on the plates.co.nz site) Even if you dont do that, swap the plates to your car for a month, then you can applyy for them to be yours (useful if you cant get ahold of the other guy) small re-manufacture fee, cant remember the price, again its on the plates site

Amazing, im going to strap a caravan body to the tray of my truck and bring the marshmallows Sweet spot, sweet digs

Where is that? can i live there and tinker with my truck

Paint the engine, clean stuff is so much nicer to work on/see the leaks

The brother came over the other day, and we spent most of it eating cakes and pies, drinking coffee and occasionally rubbing the old lump (in amongst this the engine got cleaned too) Its shiny, so that means its rebuilt right? (acutally before this i decoked the head and will reset the valves once its running. Thats all this old girl wants) Ignore the painted park plugs, they are just there to stop me painting the threads. Might do the head nuts black for a bit of contrast, and go over the alloy bits - timing cover, sump etc again. Clutch is off for replacement, contemplating shaving down the flywheel, but i probably wont. Also rebuilt the front brakes, so all that is done

sandpaper the parts that hold the bulb in then test for power there

1. Switch off ignition 2. Disconnect the battery and turn it round the other way. Cut two 'U' sections from the metal bracket that retain the battery so it has adequate clearance from the terminals. 3. Replace the two terminals on the battery leads (the positive and negative terminals are different sizes). New ones are available from any good car shop. 4. Connect the earth connection to the battery negative terminal. 5. Disconnect both dynamo leads and use a long length of wire to connect the small dynamo terminal to the battery positive for five to ten seconds. This removes any magnetic memory that the dynamo has so it charges the correct way. 6. Re-connect the dynamo. 7. Connect the positive lead to the battery. 8 Swap the 2 small wires on the coil over. These just pull off and slide back on. If in doubt you should end up with the black and white wire connected to the terminal marked - or neg. 9 If the red light on the dash goes out when the engine is running all is well. If not repeat sections five onwards. 10 If you have one of the very early cars with an ammeter you will need to reverse this as well or it will read backwards. Some of the very early cars have heaters that run in reverse as well but only the VERY early cars do this. The windscreen wiper motor also runs the opposite way but this has never proved a problem. (thanks to the mmoc)

The Weedo maker

concur at do it yourself build a winding machine too, they are pretty cool

I have an SU carb book here with measurements of every needle made. Theres one online too if you google it, search SU needle comparison or similar

i dont think POR15 would like that^

Like owning a triumph? I love seeing two cars mashed together. Has to be top quality work however

^ will lose its gloss if left in the sun. wont fall off tho

paintbrush it on both killrust and por15 will self level pretty well - i.e no brush strokes

the black bit behind that thing with the 4 screws on it.

Morris minor gearbox as found in its natural habitat Grease and grime removed. Painted partly in stationary motor grey, and a red which i believe is original (all my other gearboxes have this red) And painted, looks a bit orange on my screen. Red is ok, could have been a bit darker. Will do the engine the same

Roll over bar stat This is so horrible