Does Coronavirus cause insanity?
Asked my wife to make covers for the headlamps, so as they don't get damaged while I work in the garage.
Should have know better!
Covers bearly fit!
MORRIS TYPE JB VAN FROM 1959 (AUSTIN 101 Version)
Too much time on our hands..........
5 April 2020
Does Coronavirus cause insanity?
Asked my wife to make covers for the headlamps, so as they don't get damaged while I work in the garage.
Should have know better!
Covers bearly fit!
Does Coronavirus cause insanity?
Asked my wife to make covers for the headlamps, so as they don't get damaged while I work in the garage.
Should have know better!
Covers bearly fit!
Interior Additions
9th March 2020
Slightly changed the load area arrangement of items and added a large British Railways First Aid Box and Capstan packaging box. Period (1960's) donations for the First Aid Box most welcome. Capstan box has spare cigarette & tobacco items from my collection. Hope to sell these as time permits. see www.imperialtobaccocollection.co.uk for my current collection.
Slightly changed the load area arrangement of items and added a large British Railways First Aid Box and Capstan packaging box. Period (1960's) donations for the First Aid Box most welcome. Capstan box has spare cigarette & tobacco items from my collection. Hope to sell these as time permits. see www.imperialtobaccocollection.co.uk for my current collection.
First Aid Box
Capstan Box
Changed layout
Winter Work 2
20 December 2019
More messing about!
1. Fashioned an instrument top cowl from brass sheet, similar to those seen fitted to GPO vans.
2. Filled in passenger footwell to make better flooring for passenger.
More messing about!
1. Fashioned an instrument top cowl from brass sheet, similar to those seen fitted to GPO vans.
2. Filled in passenger footwell to make better flooring for passenger.
From This
To this
Winter Work 1
12 December 2012
Here are a few additions/changes I have made since displaying my van at the November NEC Classic Car Show.
In no particular order
1. Rear door handle.
Was fortunate to pick up a second hand rear door handle at the NEC. It did have a longer shaft than I needed but after a little bit of tweaking it fits fine. Chrome work is in very good order. Now fitted.
2. Gear Lever Bush
Had a lot of slop in gear lever movement making gear changing very vague so decided to investigate.
Bought a nylon bush from Moss, part number 22H15, fits MGA/MGB also.
Removed gear lever by removing large circlip, cover and spring, slackened off 2 side pegs by unscrewing them a few turns and lifted gear lever out.
Had no trouble removing the existing bush, as there wasn't one! No wonder changing gear was a bit vague!
Fitted bush to ball on gear lever, it just snaps on, and re-inserted lever and bush into selector with a small amount of grease applied.
Reassembled spring, cover and circlip, best need 2 persons for this, one to hold done the cover against the spring and the second to locate the circlip.
Much less slop in gear lever movement now!
3. Sliding Door Stops
Other vans at the NEC had positive door stop brackets where my catches just clashed with the door arch.
So I made some stop brackets from 25 x 2mm mild steel strip. There were a bit tricky to get in the correct position but do now stop on the catches.
Here are a few additions/changes I have made since displaying my van at the November NEC Classic Car Show.
In no particular order
1. Rear door handle.
Was fortunate to pick up a second hand rear door handle at the NEC. It did have a longer shaft than I needed but after a little bit of tweaking it fits fine. Chrome work is in very good order. Now fitted.
2. Gear Lever Bush
Had a lot of slop in gear lever movement making gear changing very vague so decided to investigate.
Bought a nylon bush from Moss, part number 22H15, fits MGA/MGB also.
Removed gear lever by removing large circlip, cover and spring, slackened off 2 side pegs by unscrewing them a few turns and lifted gear lever out.
Had no trouble removing the existing bush, as there wasn't one! No wonder changing gear was a bit vague!
Fitted bush to ball on gear lever, it just snaps on, and re-inserted lever and bush into selector with a small amount of grease applied.
Reassembled spring, cover and circlip, best need 2 persons for this, one to hold done the cover against the spring and the second to locate the circlip.
Much less slop in gear lever movement now!
3. Sliding Door Stops
Other vans at the NEC had positive door stop brackets where my catches just clashed with the door arch.
So I made some stop brackets from 25 x 2mm mild steel strip. There were a bit tricky to get in the correct position but do now stop on the catches.
4. New Headlamps
Replaced both headlamps with new from SVC. These are closer to the originals than those I had fitted previously.
5. Fitted interior light
GPO type, kindly supplied by GaryS. Fitted over back doors with a small switch on a bracket next to it and wired to a second battery. Already had a spare 12v battery so used this as the power supply rather than drain the main battery. Disguised this battery as a fake parcel.
Battery is securely fixed to the van side stay and can be recharged by lifting the fake parcel off. Uses 36w large bulb and illuminates the inside nicely.
6. New Ignition/light switch
This is not something I intended to do but after wrongly connecting the headlamps and creating smoke and smell of melting plastic I had to rewire some of the side light harness.
While doing this I decided to replace the old switch and add inline fuses to both the sidelight and headlight circuits.
Replaced both headlamps with new from SVC. These are closer to the originals than those I had fitted previously.
5. Fitted interior light
GPO type, kindly supplied by GaryS. Fitted over back doors with a small switch on a bracket next to it and wired to a second battery. Already had a spare 12v battery so used this as the power supply rather than drain the main battery. Disguised this battery as a fake parcel.
Battery is securely fixed to the van side stay and can be recharged by lifting the fake parcel off. Uses 36w large bulb and illuminates the inside nicely.
6. New Ignition/light switch
This is not something I intended to do but after wrongly connecting the headlamps and creating smoke and smell of melting plastic I had to rewire some of the side light harness.
While doing this I decided to replace the old switch and add inline fuses to both the sidelight and headlight circuits.
Sliding Door Wheels
Nov 2019 -Update of my sliding door changes (previously mentioned in June 2015)
Having fitted both sliding doors with some near identical sized acetal (plastic) wheels some time ago here is more information on them. They have been fitted for 4 years now and seem to be holding up well. (First fitted in June 2015).
Certainly others have commented on the smooth running of my van doors.
The wheels are supplied by Versatile Marine,(www.versatilemarine.co.uk) based in Penryn, Cornwall. They are now selling on eBay also as supplier 'versatilemarine 2010'.
They supply a number of different sizes. The ones I used are very close to the metal ones fitted originally.
The size I used was: - Diameter = 36mm, Width = 12mm, Hole Size = 10mm
This compares with the original worn metal wheels, I have of : - Diameter = approx. 36mm, Width = approx. 13mm, Hole Size = approx. 10 mm (suspect hole was 3/8 inch (9.525mm) originally but has worn)
The one dimension not quoted is the inner diameter, where the wheel would sit on the bottom runner.
For the metal wheel this is 1.0 inch diameter, (25.4mm) and for the plastic wheel this is 31mm diameter, (1.220 inch).
So in effect there is a radial height of half the wheel inner diameter difference. That is .110 inch (2.80mm). The door wheel holder spring easily accommodates this additional compression and the wheel stays on the runner okay despite it being a shallower profile..
To fit the plastic wheels I opened up the carrier fork holes to 10mm and fitted a piece of 10mm stainless tube as an axle. Flaring the tube at each end to hold it in place.
Additionally I added extra 5/16 ball bearings to the top door rails, filling each spare space.
For those with the means the plastic wheels could be machined to reduce the internal diameter down to 1.00 inch. (25.4mm) and making the profile closer to the original.
Calling these Acetal wheels 'plastic' is probably doing them an injustice. They are for a marine use and are intended for sheaves pulley wheels for blocks, masts, yachts, boats, dinghies etc. So they are intended for a pretty tough environment.
Quote "Acetal provides high strength and stiffness coupled with enhanced dimensional stability and ease of machining. As a semi-crystalline material, acetal is also characterised by a low coefficient of friction and good wear properties, especially in wet environments."
Sounds an idea material for driving in the UK!
See the photos below: -
Having fitted both sliding doors with some near identical sized acetal (plastic) wheels some time ago here is more information on them. They have been fitted for 4 years now and seem to be holding up well. (First fitted in June 2015).
Certainly others have commented on the smooth running of my van doors.
The wheels are supplied by Versatile Marine,(www.versatilemarine.co.uk) based in Penryn, Cornwall. They are now selling on eBay also as supplier 'versatilemarine 2010'.
They supply a number of different sizes. The ones I used are very close to the metal ones fitted originally.
The size I used was: - Diameter = 36mm, Width = 12mm, Hole Size = 10mm
This compares with the original worn metal wheels, I have of : - Diameter = approx. 36mm, Width = approx. 13mm, Hole Size = approx. 10 mm (suspect hole was 3/8 inch (9.525mm) originally but has worn)
The one dimension not quoted is the inner diameter, where the wheel would sit on the bottom runner.
For the metal wheel this is 1.0 inch diameter, (25.4mm) and for the plastic wheel this is 31mm diameter, (1.220 inch).
So in effect there is a radial height of half the wheel inner diameter difference. That is .110 inch (2.80mm). The door wheel holder spring easily accommodates this additional compression and the wheel stays on the runner okay despite it being a shallower profile..
To fit the plastic wheels I opened up the carrier fork holes to 10mm and fitted a piece of 10mm stainless tube as an axle. Flaring the tube at each end to hold it in place.
Additionally I added extra 5/16 ball bearings to the top door rails, filling each spare space.
For those with the means the plastic wheels could be machined to reduce the internal diameter down to 1.00 inch. (25.4mm) and making the profile closer to the original.
Calling these Acetal wheels 'plastic' is probably doing them an injustice. They are for a marine use and are intended for sheaves pulley wheels for blocks, masts, yachts, boats, dinghies etc. So they are intended for a pretty tough environment.
Quote "Acetal provides high strength and stiffness coupled with enhanced dimensional stability and ease of machining. As a semi-crystalline material, acetal is also characterised by a low coefficient of friction and good wear properties, especially in wet environments."
Sounds an idea material for driving in the UK!
See the photos below: -
Acetal wheels fitted to holder
Obviously metal on the left, Acetal on the right
MORRIS JE Type
13 Nov 2019
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