Popular Post Ziptie Posted November 1, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 1, 2013 //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/40994-zipties-64-morris-oxford-traveller/ I picked this up off TradeMe a few months ago. She was in decent condition but had been neglected for a while. Looked like the owner just had a mechanic fix whatever caused it to fail a warrant. Here is what she looked like just after I bought it. (Picture taken at the Morris Registry of Auckland ride, good times ). I'll post some more photos when I figure out how to do it. I've gone through the engine, steam cleaned it, new distributor, wires, etc... electronic ignition, carb kit. Since then I decided to tackle the groan in the rear end... So, while the wife and kid were away over the long weekend I bought a couple boxes of lion red (in cans) and got to work tearing out the rear. Came out a lot easier than I thought it would. Took me about four hours: I found a second hand diff head with 69,000 miles on it. And swapped it in for the old one. Took me a couple hours, a liter of petrol and whole can of brake cleaner to scrape all the crap off the axle. But it came up pretty nice. God! Those universal joints were a mission! Never done those before. Took the leaf springs to Snell Springs in Onehunga to get them redone. They were sitting pretty flat. Looked good to be honest but I'd like a bit of suspension back there. Hopefully this weekend I'll be able to move this chaos back onto the car: 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziptie Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 So I put it all back together. Took me a few hours on Sunday. 10pm-1am were the only spare three hours that I had that day. Finished up the rest this morning, bled the brakes and fired her up! The difference is amazing! It's like a completely different car: smooth and quiet. I think it was struggling to turn those old bearings and the diff was making all kinds of noise when I let my foot off the throttle. Now it takes off and cruises like it should. It's like getting new bearings on your skateboard. You don't realize how much energy your wasting pushin those old rusty things around... you put in the new ones and BAM you're tearing up the whole park without even pushing! The only problem is this funny noise like a high pitched squeal that would happen at low speed. I figured out that it's the metal cap on the diff that covers the pinion seal. I think it's supposed to just tap onto the diff snug but I can't get it to grip. It just spins. I'll read up on that tonight. Maybe there is a clip. If anyone on the forum knows what it needs please let me know. The rear suspension is much better now. Sits a bit higher, not much, but the ass end doesn't swing around corners like it did before. I guess Snell Springs did a good job, they work, but when they told me they'd paint them I didn't realize that they would just spray over the rust. You'd think that for $240 bucks they could sandblast them real quick before they spray 'em. Oh well. I scratched some of the rust (and paint) off and resprayed it. Can't wait to put dual carbs on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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