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Post by opj on Oct 1, 2018 10:16:19 GMT
Hi
New to the forum.
Near finishing refurbishing a 1970 Morris Mk2. Wondering if anyone can recommend good inertia front and rear type seat belts to replace the original (front only) strap type.
Also, the attachement for the lower rear engine mounting/steady has sheared off the casing. Does anyone have a work-round for this, by any chance?
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Post by Penguin45 on Oct 1, 2018 16:15:16 GMT
Hi OPJ, welcome aboard. Securon have the belts for the 1800 listed - HERE. Not sure what's failed on the engine mounting side - three mounts - front, rear and end and the stabiliser down underneath. Pic might be easiest! Chris.
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Post by opj on Oct 2, 2018 10:06:12 GMT
Thanks for the link. There are numbers of sites offering belts its just hard to judge which is best. Regarding the rear stabilizer - I'm attaching a photo. stabiliser bracketAny thoughts are welcome.
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Post by Penguin45 on Oct 2, 2018 11:28:26 GMT
I used Securon for the belts in the back of my Wolseley and was very happy with the quality and the fit.
The stabiliser bracket is rather awkward to say the least. Perhaps some kind of strap arrangement could be made? Otherwise it's engine out and find someone who can competently weld aluminium. I certainly wouldn't drive the car like that - the end mounting on the cross bar will give way very quickly.
Chris.
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Post by dave1800 on Oct 3, 2018 6:25:02 GMT
I have found a forum that discussed repair of an aluminium casting hereNot sure how practical and reliable such a repair would be. I wonder if it was caused by a a failed engine mounting, I've not seen that before. As Chris says, don't drive it like that or the large engine mounting will quickly fail. It may be possible to fabricate a reinforced mounting with a bit of ingenuity and you can take away some of the stress by using the 1800S upper tie rod that goes in parallel with the shock absorber. That should be relatively easy to make if not available. I routinely used those on all my crabs apart from the last one. David
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Post by opj on Oct 4, 2018 9:18:10 GMT
Thanks both of you for the advice. I think it may have happened when my father had a (small) altercation with a wall, back in 1991.
Its a shame. The car is otherwise restored/resprayed. The engine runs well and removing it certainly isn't/wasn't on my 'to do' list! It would need to be done professionally, which might not be worthwhile if
the repair is going to be suspect.
I'm wondering if something can be improvised as a work round.
Not sure what the '1800S upper tie rod' is. Have got the replacement engine mounting for 11H 1610, plus 'new' old front engine mountings from Tony.
Any further thoughts will be welcome.
Also, thanks for the link to the securon belt page - I just haven't been able to find an outlet that actually stocks one for a Morris 1800. Any suggestions?
Many thanks.
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Post by dave1800 on Oct 5, 2018 7:04:27 GMT
Sorry, my Flickr account is a problem so I can't post a picture. You will find it in the workshop manual in section AA and you can view the parts list by following the instruction here (you must be logged on to access this)
The 1800S upper tied rod is on microfiche no 1 P52 item 17 (21B 1696) David Not sure what the '1800S upper tie rod' is. Have got the replacement engine mounting for 11H 1610, plus 'new' old front engine mountings from Tony.
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Post by opj on Oct 8, 2018 14:55:20 GMT
Thanks for the link David.
The upper tie rod looks rather like the rear stabilizer. I don't have a workshop manual at present to check positioning, but will try and find one. Maybe I can get a tie rod fabricated.
Interestingly, I'm a LOCI member but hadn't realized they hosted your parts listing.
Thanks
Oliver
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Post by Penguin45 on Oct 8, 2018 18:41:47 GMT
I was crawling about under mine the other day. It ought to be possible to utilise the other bottom bolts of the casing to attach a bracket to and perhaps run an extended tie bar forwards to the front cross member. It's pretty substantial (or shoud be....).
The parts listing is hosted courtesy of LOCI owing to the limitations of this free forum - we simply don't have the storage capacity. Most of us are LOCI members as well.
Chris.
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Post by opj on Oct 10, 2018 12:03:34 GMT
Thanks Chris.
I plan to have a good look underneath again once some other jobs are done.I've been thinking along similar lines to you, of creating an alternative fix point. I feel sure there must be a way to sort it short of welding the engine casing. Also, if anyone has a photo of the 1800S upper tie rod in place I'd appreciate seeing it, in case I can source one - for additional engine stability.
On another point - I have a bonnet badge to fix on, but haven't found a way to secure it. The grommets that used to be used don't seem to be available. For once Tony couldn't help. Has anyone found another way to fix it securely?
Oliver
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Post by Penguin45 on Oct 10, 2018 16:59:11 GMT
If it pushes into the little nylon sleeves, your best bet might be BRESCO. Amazing range of fixings. Chris.
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Post by opj on Oct 11, 2018 10:55:19 GMT
Brilliant. Thanks very much for the link Chris. There must be something on the Bresco page that will do.
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Post by cptkennykidna on Oct 22, 2018 11:22:35 GMT
their are lots of welders who could fix your bracket on gearbox using tig, the auto boxes from the Princess range had no lug for the steady bar and they where tiged on when used for the Austin 1800s.
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Post by opj on Oct 24, 2018 6:49:10 GMT
their are lots of welders who could fix your bracket on gearbox using tig, the auto boxes from the Princess range had no lug for the steady bar and they where tiged on when used for the Austin 1800s. Hi, Thanks for the advice. Any further details of how it was done, or a photo, would be really useful. Oliver
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Post by opj on Nov 15, 2018 12:21:08 GMT
Sorry, my Flickr account is a problem so I can't post a picture. You will find it in the workshop manual in section AA and you can view the parts list by following the instruction here (you must be logged on to access this)
The 1800S upper tied rod is on microfiche no 1 P52 item 17 (21B 1696) David Not sure what the '1800S upper tie rod' is. Have got the replacement engine mounting for 11H 1610, plus 'new' old front engine mountings from Tony. Hi Dave, Got hold of a copy of the workshop manual but unfortunately it doesn't show the 1800S upper tie rod. Maybe the section AA is missing that page in my copy. Any chance of attaching a photo of that page in a reply? Thanks Oliver
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