MichaelJFox

On 18/02/2024 at 10:06, cubastreet said:

I think so, if it's the original.

There won't be that many around that don't need work.

As far as I can tell it is, its an early 3 bearing motor.

Carjam suggests near on 200,000kms and 32 owners - so.. yeah.

A friend of mines old man pretty much told me to suck it up and pull the motor and he's got a guy that'll hone/plane/sort the block n head, so will get that under way if I don't find a like for like replacement soon.

How did I end up rebuilding this bloody motor

17 hours ago, MRT1TRD said:

I have a Morris 1622 engine that I have had running on a pallet 

Are those the same lump, just smaller CC? I have a lead on a short block and a potentially a complete motor down these ways but if that doesn't pan out I may be keen on that.
Otherwise it'll be remove the block from the car, remove everything bash the pistons out and see what I'm left with.

Alright so the cylinders do not want to budge.

Had them sitting with the head off soaked in ATF for three weeks now probably. Was being pretty mean to them with a piece of wood and a literal sledge hammer at one point.

If anyone knows of a motor for sale anywhere let me know

32 minutes ago, MRT1TRD said:

Ideally take it to the engine shop get them to do a clean and check for cracks, and once it's clean and the valves removed the seat can be checked.

So these don't have seats originally but with different keepers it's had valve work before. On the pic of #4 combustion chamber between the valve and spark there's a line of rust dust that is possibly the valve seat moving but I can be wrong. If it is it's not much for a shop to cut/fit a larger seat.

Block you can clean yourself but best results need to remove core plugs and water pump, and if was seized there maybe something else damaged that you have to disassemble the rest of the engine to find 

Thanks for that man, appreciate the insight.

Plan was to take the head to a machine shop anyway, so I'll do whats mentioned above.

If the block becomes a real headache a friend of a friend mentioned they have a good block in Wellington, so might have to start looking down that path.

10 hours ago, MRT1TRD said:

Nice car, but that engine needs a lot of work, #4 cylinder is a different generation valve spring and keepers and probably valves, there looks like one of the valve seats looks like it is possibly moving, and lastly there's probably more coolant flow in a dry drag racing engine, I'd hate to see how blocked the radiator is.

I think I see what you're saying, the last two valve springs/keepers are the older Type "A" ones but the rest look like they could be "Type B" ones - that likely to cause any drama?

How would one check the valve seats moving? And yeah the coolant passages look.. tasty will do what I can there.

Let me know if I should start hunting for a long block instead.

I really need to check this South Island Region part of the forum more often, good shit lads! Awesome to see people band together and help out.

14 minutes ago, locost_bryan said:

Nice colour.  Plenty of parts availability, can't see anything cracked from your pics.  Replacing the old hoses should be easy.  While you're waiting, check the electric fuel pump still works.  Good luck!

Yeah, excellent point. I'm yet to put a battery to it (negative earth, and had two 6v batteries fitted factory) and have the magic Lucas blue smoke get released into the wild. I'm sure there's all sorts of fun to be had there.

6 minutes ago, Hogibear said:

Correct, iv wanted one for years but she was a good price.

As for the diff iv learnt the mk3 zodiac or some mk3 zephyr crown wheel and pinion fit the transit square diffs and will give me a 3.5 ratio which should be better than the 5.6 that I believe I have. Failing that its just an axle on leaf springs so I’ll measure flange to flange and find a whole rear axle to fit. 

These vans have the diff under the leaf springs so I’ll have to cut off the spring perches and flip them for the axle to go above to lower it more, at this point a whole axle out of something better might be the better option. 
 

anyway maybe it’s time to start a build thread

If I just made a build thread for the MG, you've got no choice as you're about to embark on a roof un-cut.

As I said I wouldn't do, here's the build thread..

I'm so glad the combo of MCM and peer pressure ended up in ownership of this absolute BEAUT.

On 03/10/2022 at 13:01, crash said:

This is rad, where is it? Would love to go take a big old large format photo.

Ah righto. I was under the impression you could go up to 30sqm without running into all the red tape.

It is offset from the road, has enough space to park a car in front of it, just.

It's near the roundabout in south New Brighton @yetchh it's on TC2 land, has a single garage on it at the moment but she needs some love.

Lets say I just fix the existing structure then, is there an OS GC builder (or friend of a friend) that'd be willing to come kick some tires and let me know what's up?

Not entirely sure where to post this, but I'll try here first haha.

I've just bought a place in Brighton and the single garage it came with is pretty sad, holes in the metal roof, walls are some vintage thin concrete sheets (potentially asbestos, who knows) and the frames a bit rot in the bottom corners. I'm after a few quotes from local builders to get it made a little wider and longer, so will need to effectively be bowled then a bit of extra concrete laid, frame up, and sides put on (don't need any fancy interior lining done or wiring, I'll do that).

Any GCs on here that could take a look and let me know if I'm attempting anything stupid? and give me a rough price?
Can get a roofer to do the roof afterwards. 

I ended up being there on Hogan's ST90 with the misso on the back.

On 05/10/2019 at 19:06, MopedNZ said:

@MichaelJFox, @Shakotom, @GuyWithAviators, @BLIZZO, @Sparkle. 

+ Others I have probably forgotten. 

Finished wiring my bike today. Such a lush world having everything work. Horn, indicators, brake lights etc. Feeling like a luxury human. Will probably ditch the old speedo idea and mount my phone there for max stealth. Excitement. 

Mines going to be the most boring Chaly there haha. But, it will be there! 

YEAH NAH NICE HOW ARE YA MATES.

NO IDEA HOW YOU WHIPPER SNAPPERS ARE GETTING YA FANCY CELLPHONE PICTREUS ON THE COMPUTER THAT FAST, I BEEN IN THE DARK ROOM PROCESSING THIS LITTLE NUMBER - BIT OF HP5 SHOT ON A CANON P.

IF I MAKE IT TO SAID EVENT, IT'LL BE ONE OF THESE LIL GEMS, COS YOU CANT PUT ALL YA EGGS IN ONE BASKET AND DONT COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.

AS ALWAYS, SMNOKE EM IF YOU GOT EM, YOU CANT SEND A BOY TO DO A MANS JOB, BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE, boomer-saying5.txt etc

Ah reeds - didn't know what they were until a couple weeks ago, now I've got a NOS set and block coming from Japan. 

Good lad! Let the 2019 Shuttle WOF race begin!

Also got a couple Saint jackets, badass kit - feels like just wearing a denim jacket and looks as good but should keep your skin on, which is nice. 

Also couldn't justify retail price tbh - wait for a sale.

TLDR; We did 20 odd hours driving to collect a Beagle, which I drove home 9 hours with a fucked master cylinder. 

WTB: Beagle master cylinder.