I'd like you to meet... Henry

Discussion in 'Show Us Your Bit On The Side' started by scrooge95, Jul 23, 2022.

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  1. art b

    art b

    Buggeration..:mad:

    Looks tidy though.. :cool:
     
    art b, Jan 28, 2023
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  2. scrooge95

    scrooge95 Moderator and piggy bank keeper

    I can just about see the word Burlen on the end of the box.
    Tasty price, but if it saves me having to travel with a hammer…..
    [​IMG]

    (Edited a couple of times as I worked out which pump I needed…. According to the Morris Minor forum, I currently have a neg earth electronic one, as indicated by the band of black tape around the pump body. No points)
    Edited again - no I don't, I have the one with points!
     
    Last edited: Feb 2, 2023
    scrooge95, Jan 28, 2023
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  3. art b

    art b

    Tell work you may be late.. :D
     
    art b, Jan 28, 2023
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  4. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    Yes, they click and tight ones cause rhythmic gaps in the clicking. Probably couldn't really hear it though, more likely some are just noisier than others.
     
    Zed, Jan 28, 2023
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  5. Lasty

    Lasty

    Might be worth persevering with the one you have on ??
    Obviously something is sticking and a good clout does the job so it 'may' just need a few miles under it's belt to free up ??

    Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
     
    Lasty, Jan 29, 2023
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  6. scrooge95

    scrooge95 Moderator and piggy bank keeper

    Hopefully! If it starts and runs today (another short test drive after I've finished stuff that needs a 'reliable' wagon) I'll take it into work this week and try to get the 100 miles done for the first tappet adjustments etc. I'll review at that stage... if I can avoid paying out £170 I will, although the views on the Morris minor forum seems to be similar to those on here when it comes to original vs repro :)
     
    scrooge95, Jan 29, 2023
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  7. Mattlad

    Mattlad

    Scene tax
     
    Mattlad, Jan 29, 2023
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  8. scrooge95

    scrooge95 Moderator and piggy bank keeper

    and there was me thinking it was only VW :rolleyes:
     
    scrooge95, Jan 29, 2023
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  9. CollyP

    CollyP Moderator

    Hahaahh saddo. Imagine being on a classic car forum!! :rolleyes:
     
    CollyP, Jan 29, 2023
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  10. scrooge95

    scrooge95 Moderator and piggy bank keeper

    Well, the fuel pump lasted about 2 miles again today before it conked out.
    Luckily with my trusty hammer, we were on our way again in no time :rolleyes:
     
    scrooge95, Jan 29, 2023
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  11. Purple

    Purple

    Doing that every few miles will get you on YouTube, next to the exploding clown cars and toppling tower cranes.
     
    Purple, Jan 29, 2023
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  12. Faust

    Faust Supporter

    One of my mates who had sticking SU fuel pump on his series 1 landy . The fuel pump situated in a similar place to the moggys ...there was a hole in his dash panel where he could hit the fuel pump from inside whilst travelling with a stick .
     
    Faust, Jan 29, 2023
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  13. Dubs

    Dubs Sponsor supporter extraordinaire

    Genius. Just make a hole in the glove box, and find a stick that will reach from the driving position @scrooge95 :thumbsup:
     
    Dubs, Jan 29, 2023
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  14. scrooge95

    scrooge95 Moderator and piggy bank keeper

    This arrived today…..
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    Manufactured in Salisbury,
    Sold by a company in East Sussex,
    Shipped to a courier company in Cambridgeshire,
    And finally delivered to me, 12 miles south of where it started. I miss proper shops!

    Hopefully this one will be more reliable than the Chinese repro currently fitted and failing.
    It’ll be Me and the Haynes manual on Saturday… how hard can it be?
     
    scrooge95, Feb 1, 2023
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  15. Mattlad

    Mattlad

    You’ll be grand.

    All this Morris Minor talk has rekindled a memory from my yoof.
    As a lad, every time we drove into Bath (the city, not the bathing apparatus) my Dad would point out CharlieWare’s Morris Minor centre on the lower Bristol Road, he was the original
    Champagne Charlie a quick Google has told me- Looks like the company are still trading but now in Bristol although I think Charlie may have resigned his Directorship as he died a few years ago.
     
    Mattlad, Feb 1, 2023
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  16. scrooge95

    scrooge95 Moderator and piggy bank keeper

    I remember going to the Morris Minor centre in Bath to get bits for Henry back in the mid 80s…. It was an amazing place, they literally had everything to build a completely ‘new’ Morris Minor from the chassis upwards. All of Henry’s replacement panels came from there.
    That really did constitute an exciting day out back then!
     
    scrooge95, Feb 1, 2023
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  17. JamesLey

    JamesLey Sponsor

    I can't see the name of this thread without hearing it in my head like this! :D
     
    JamesLey, Feb 1, 2023
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  18. Mr Apollo

    Mr Apollo

    Emily had all her wood replaced by them. I think they would even sell you a brand new Moggie, built in Sri Lanka? Maybe my memory is failing on that though.
     
    Mr Apollo, Feb 2, 2023
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  19. scrooge95

    scrooge95 Moderator and piggy bank keeper

    Yes, I think Henry's wooden frame came from the Morris Minor centre (can't think where else would've supplied it) apart from his back doors as they were deemed to be good enough. They still are :)
     
    scrooge95, Feb 2, 2023
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  20. Pickles

    Pickles

    Every time I see this thread reappear I think its about vacuum cleaners.
     
    Pickles, Feb 3, 2023
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