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    Morris 6 Cylinder engine, oil leak ?

    in I may be stupid, but......

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    Hi Guys

     

    i know this is not easily answered but just wanted to gauge peoples thoughts.............

     

    as some of you are following my thread on the restoration of my MCC PU you will know that the engine is the same as the MCC CS8

     

    i'm still in the early stages of running the engine and checking the carb setting etc, However, every time i run the engine, i get a lot of oil dripping out of the bell housing weep hole, now i'm told there is no seal ? but only an 'Oil Thrower' ?

     

    i did not actually rebuild the engine, it was done for me earlier in the year, but of course until it had oil and ran, it did not present a problem.

     

    so my question is, should there be a seal ? could the 'thrower' be faulty ? but more importantly, can this be remedied from the bottom end, i.e. not having to take the engine out ?

    and no, i have not over filled the oil, i have good pressure when running ( only run it for 4 - 6 minutes at a time)

     

    Jules

    Greetings from Oxfordshire

    in Introductions & Welcomes

    Posted

    Hi Everyone,

    Having been around and involved with MV's for the last 40 odd years, I thought it was about time I became an active member of the HMVF. My name is Keith, known by several of the old school members as Agent O. Vehicle wise , I currently own a 42 Dodge WC 51, which I rescued back in 1977, a 42 slat grill, fully restored over the last couple of years, a 1942 C15 fitted with a polsten rear body, unrestored and in amazing condition, a 43 Bantam trailer, and last but not least, just recovered from the New Forest, a 44 Ford GPW.

    Hopefully I will chip in with words of wisdom from time to time..

     

    Hello Keith

     

    good to see you on the Forum mate.

     

    Jules

    Standard UV Tilly 12hp Light Utility 4x2

    in Blogs of MV restorations

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    Hi Larry not at the moment as I'm yet to go through the dating process with either the Tilly register or Standard Motor club but being the later UV type it has to be 1943-45.

     

    The project has had a major set back today, I received a call from the shotblasters this morning to inform me that their forklift driver had run over the 2 bonnets & destroyed them.

    To say I'm pissed off is a massive under statement, its unforgivable as I'm unlightly to find 1 bonnet let alone 2 !!!!!!!!!

     

    Is that Steve Simms Ian ?

    Vehicle body ironmongery

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    A while back a member here requested a source for some fairly simple vehicle body ironmongery.

    I suggested that the items wouldn't be hard to make; the upshot being that I made them for the guy for some pin money.

    I personally get some satisfaction from making that kind of stuff myself and realise many on here would feel the same but not everybody is capable or has facilities. I sometimes have to farm some repairs out myself like sleeving brake cylinders for example; the guy that does it says it isn't hard but has all the machines and consumables ready and in constant use.

    If any one else has a similar need for a "blacksmithing" service please consider P.M.ing me; I or one of my blacksmith friends will consider copying or creating as necessary.

     

    Thank for your offer Rustexpert, I'm sure some on here will be thankful.

    Jules

    Moth balls

    in Clothing/uniforms

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    I have a large collection of original WW2 uniforms, and though I keep them in reasonably sealed clear plastic zip up covers, I'm always concerned about cloths moth.

    I used to be able to buy the old fashioned Moth Balls, very smelly but they worked well, trouble is now they are illegal, there are some poor quality lookalikes sold on eBay that smell like the originals when you open the packet but the smell disappears within days.

     

    So I'm trying to gauge what other people use ?

     

    You can get sprays but I'm not sure about spraying onto valuable uniforms ?

     

    Jules

    38 Squadron RAF

    in MV Chatter

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    Hello Ray

    Welcome to the forum

    This is very interesting but I think you will be very lucky to find any of these chaps. Have you tried to see if there is a 38 squadron assioation ? If so they may have details of those still alive.

     

    Regards

     

    Jules

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