Poisson's Motoring Mishaps

[Poisson96]

So, after much faff and 9 months of unexpected delays, I have my first car! Delivered on Tuesday, it's time to bed brakes and tyres in and try to get used to the completely new style of driving that will have to occur (learnt in a 3 pot turbo Fiesta, now a standard 4 pot A-Series)

Huw making the street a much more interesting place









48 unbridled and wild horsepower and 60 torques of pulling power. Enough to pull a factory down, if said factory was made of cardboard



And here he is, making friends with Monty



But this is not the first time we have met. I did some work for a Derbyshire based Moggy specialist where this car was located at the time



Also, here is when he was in Rotherham receiving love







First things first, this weekend me and my old man shall be going over the car and listing what needs to be done and when

Edited by Poisson96 on Friday 22 May 16:48

[Poisson96]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Under the bonnet yours has a modern accoutrement to the left as you look at it.

If you mean the flasher motor, the original is kaput and the new one has no bracket so the tierap is there to hold until a new one with bracket is attached

[Poisson96]

Fattyfat said:

Enjoy OP!

I actively looked for a Moggy for my 1st car, unfortunately any we viewed were basket cases. I ended up with a basket case Mk3 fiesta.

It's a case of only metal really matters, electrics and trim are fairly easy and the mechanics are very simple. How much of a basket case we talking on the Fiesta?

Edited by Poisson96 on Friday 22 May 21:22

[Poisson96]

HTP99 said:

My mum had a 2 dr. saloon and dad had a traveller, they were both used as daily drives until about 15 years ago; my dad couldn't be arsed to constantly fix them so modern cars were discovered.

As a kid I was constantly embarrassed being ferried about in them but I look back now with fond memories.

My dad did engine rebuilds, welding, front suspension repairs etc, he even welded a new roof onto the traveller and I remember sharing the lounge with a full set of traveller wood for rather a long time; unfortunately he never restored the cars back to how he wanted as the running repairs consumed most of his spare time.

My dad died in December and whilst going through his stuff we've found old manuals and tools For his "moggy".

I'd love a convertible.

Nice to hear a family story

Convertibles need checking if factory or not and if not factory they need to be checked for bracing.

Had 2 breakdowns in Monty, first time the brake master cylinder failed. Second time on the EYTCC East Coast Run (Highly recommended to those in Yorkshire and have pre-95 cars) the coil decided life was too much and burnt out.

[Poisson96]

Waynester said:

Good to see one on the road, MM's always had such a distinctive exhaust sound!

The parrrrrrrp :P

Thanks for all the compliments

[Poisson96]

Wacky Racer said:

Excellent, nice to see another one of these beauties, just watch out when the front suspension collapses...

Great Mike Leigh film involving a Moggie...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptugM-zad9A

Stance bruh, hellaflush

Opening shot of the Sandbanks Ferry, liking Dorset and Moggies it looks very interesting

[Poisson96]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Poisson96 said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Under the bonnet yours has a modern accoutrement to the left as you look at it.

If you mean the flasher motor, the original is kaput and the new one has no bracket so the tierap is there to hold until a new one with bracket is attached

Classic Morris Minor

I stopped my fuel pump leaking with chewing gum

And give it a tap with a hammer to get it going when it won't pump XD

[Poisson96]

Huw has gone from barely firing to firing no more

Today started well, fetching the resources required to work on it. So bacon



And went to go and start Huw up. Jumped in, turned to stage 1 and fuel pump ticked away, then off and tried to fire. Not firing, but certainly tried. Several tries later me and old man switched places and finally it coaxed in to life after much faff



And so the music/swearing/spanners were cued



And this happened. This is the connection between the choke cable and the carb and it has sheared. Not that the choke was working before anyway. Bugger.



Anyyywayyy, we got the new choke cable sort of fitted, replaced the drivers seat webbing, put more screws in the interior in the rear to hold it in better, fitted a boot floor, fitted a spare tyre holder, kurusted various areas, replaced the flasher motor (fitted a new one, didn't work, fitted another, didn't work, refitted the original, didn't work, fitted one of the others, didn't work, turned the connectors through 180 degrees (changing nothing really) and it worked), replaced the interior light, filled the holes on the drivers door with a new mirror, failed at removing the passenger side wing mirror, gave some of it a polish and decided other bits really were far to much effort for the state of the paint.

This final image is Huw deciding working is far too much effort, so we deduced air and fuel is in when trying to start but the spark is too weak. The coil has been painted silver (!) which suggests old age so a new one is in order.




Permission to say oh cock?

Edited by Poisson96 on Saturday 23 May 18:40

[Poisson96]

Just remembered, we also got the fuel gauge working with a new sender.

Thanks again for all the compliments

[Poisson96]

A new day, another go. Absolutely not working, I think the spark is at fault (my guess distributor) but we have a Moggy specialist we know so it's off to him and getting fixed and tuned up At some stage I'll drive it properly

Edited by Poisson96 on Monday 1st June 08:26

[Poisson96]

IT LIVES! Apparently nothing was wrong Anyway it's in for a tune and some other work at a local specialists

[Poisson96]

dxg said:

Poisson96 said:

IT LIVES! Apparently nothing was wrong Anyway it's in for a tune and some other work at a local specialists

If the choke was broken, then might you have flooded it.

I remember doing that far too much when I started out, and cars still had manual chokes, and I was too eager on the accelerator trying to make the thing catch...

I hope it is, it started first time this morning :/ Picking it up Monday

[Poisson96]

Liking the above Minors, always good to see on the forum

Today we found the cause of Huw's bad/non-running. The carb had broken where the choke goes in, causing everything to be out of line. A secondhand carb was fitted and tuned, ready to go.



Huw now runs fine, and I got my first extended go in it today.

[Poisson96]

First show in Huw today, first show I have driven to. All went well until I got back and the quarterlight hinge failed :P

[Poisson96]

EggsBenedict said:

Lovely.

The A series is awesome. It's just so cheap! I guess the carb could have been pricey though. But weak spark issues you'd be all done for about 30quid with a new coil, dizzy cap, points and condensor.

Keep at it, and us updated! Really nice to read about something like this - cool car.

Secondhand carb from where Huw was fixed, £30 and £30 to fix all other outstanding issues.

Recently had the clutch adjusted so now have more than 1cm of play :P Brakes need more bedding before adjusting.

Many thanks for the praise, had a very very enjoyable drive and am as usual, hooked :P

Edited by Poisson96 on Tuesday 23 June 13:04

[Poisson96]

Not had a crying person yet :P And my ignition works for now so as they say in these parts if it ain't broke, don't fix it

[Poisson96]

Went to see the car today, went to sort some small things out.

First trial fitted a dashboard trim I found in a scrapyard. I say fit, it didn't

Then tried to source the annoying vibration at a certain frequency, I believe it's the exhaust rattling somewhere after finding some play in it. (Sounds like a metallic vibration)

Finally decided to wipe down some of the car that needed it. The drivers seat is erm interesting....



Mmmm, could eat your dinner off that....if you wanted a week off work.

A quick question for all the strange people like me. Which side should the loom be on when leaving the engine bay under the bulkhead? Mine is on the left as pictured but others have it on the right

[Poisson96]

Took the car out yesterday, finding out it has sort of fixed the rattly metal on its own (Got to love it when things do that) Then it was out with the polish.

It went well on some parts...



...and less well on others



But over all Huw looks well imo

[Poisson96]

Huw is still alive, today was spent seeing if new boot hinge gaskets would be any good. Turns out the hinges are mullered so it looks like another thing to sort out at respray time....anyway, picture time

[Poisson96]

New Toyo 155s here, for the reasons mentioned. A friend found a 1985 tyre on his Rapier t'other day

I usually spend 2 hours at a time behind the wheel but don't really find the speed an issue (unlike some drivers behind me)