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Morris Front Disc Brakes Installed
Charles Durning's Journal -- Finally got around to installing my Sentra front disc brake conversion. Since I didn't care for the available kits I designed my own. The 9.75" discs fit inside of stock...
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Morris Rear Disc Brakes Installed
Charles Durning's Journal -- The front disc brakes made a dramatic difference. With the rear discs it's even better. Heck, even the park brake works. Grand total cost was not much more for parts that I...
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Magnette With Modern Front Disc Brakes
Charles Durning's Journal -- Working on a front disc brake conversion for my ZB Magnette. Instead of using a bunch of obsolete parts made out of unobtanium I decided to see if modern disc brakes could...
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Budget Modern Gear Reduction Starter
Charles Durning's Journal -- This is a slick starter improvement, especially if your "crash" starter has chewed up the back of the ring gear. Use a Lister # 17155 or Lister 17240 starter from a late...
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Clutch Linkage Modification
Charles Durning's Journal -- This is a clutch linkage modification using heim joints for smoother action. I repositioned the hole in the arm attached to the pedal. I found the clutch much easier to...
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Midget Exhaust Manifold On Morris Minor
Charles Durning's Journal -- When I got my Morris it had a rotten and leaky MG1100 factory header. It had to go. Since I didn't want to go back to the stock manifold with the leaky 2 piece clamp I...
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DIY Z Magnette Header
Charles Durning's Journal -- My Chick Magnette had a bunch of exhaust leaks that needed to be addtessed. The worst was the connection between the manifold and the front pipe. I wasn't satisfied with...
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Relocate The Fuel Pump To The Rear
Charles Durning's Journal -- For some reason the folks @ Morris thought it was a good idea to mount electric fuel pump high on the fire wall. Not my idea for ideal placement. That being said I got fed...
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Throttle Shaft Bushing Solution
Charles Durning's Journal -- When I got the Chick Magnette the PO had cobbled up a rubber bushing for the firewall end of the carb linkage. It had copious amounts of slack. To solve the problem I found...
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A Better Fuse Block
Charles Durning's Journal -- I finally got fed up with the crappy fuse box in my CBB GT. The problem is a loose connection between the glass fuse and the terminals in the fuse block. The loose terminal...
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MGB DIY Rear Disc Brakes
Charles Durning's Journal -- I know this has been beat to death. Are rear disc brakes absolutely necessary, maybe not. Are rear disc brakes a good thing, YES for many reasons that I will not go into...
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Add A Chain Tensioner To A Series Engines
Charles Durning's Journal -- The A Series engines do not have a timing chain tensioner. As a result, as the chain wears it can rub against the sides of the front cover. That rubbing can make quite a...
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CAD Drawing For The Caliper Bracket
Charles Durning's Journal -- I now have a CAD drawing for the bracket for mounting the 2002 Nissan Sentra caliper to the tube type MGB rear axle. It will require a CAD viewer to see. The .dwg file can...
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DIY MGB Rear Disc Brakes Part 2 240SX Caliper
Charles Durning's Journal -- I have finished mocking up the brackets for installing the 240SX calipers. The caliper is from a 1998 240SX with a 38mm piston. This conversion gives a 67-33 bias. It...
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Fix For A Leaky Water Elbow
Charles Durning's Journal -- The other day I discovered a water leak in the iron elbow (#38) in the lower rad hose on the CBB GT. It was leaking at the threaded nipple (#40) for the heater hose. When I...
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DIY MGB Rear Disc Brakes Part 3 Closing Comments
Charles Durning's Journal -- I now have PDF and DXF files for both brackets and an information package. If you want copies just send me a PM or e-mail and I'll send the CAD files with any other...
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New Life For WW Hub
Charles Durning's Journal -- I had swapped out the wire wheels on my 74 MGB for bolt on wheels. In the process I had the spare WW hubs lying around. The wheel splines were warn slightly but usable for...
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Fixed My Instrument Lights
Charles Durning's Journal -- It all began with a noisy speedo cable. To get to the speedo I ended up taking the dash apart just so I could get my hand to the back of the speedo for removal. In the end...
View ArticleThe Challenge Of Fixing Dim And Non-Working Lights
Charles Durning's Journal -- Though the exterior lights are easier to access than dash lights, corrosion can add a challenge in getting them repaired. I had one back up light that just refused to work...
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DIY 2 Speed Wipers For A Morris Minor
Charles Durning's Journal -- The wipers on my Morris Minor were just plain pathetic and I wanted to do something about it. A few weeks ago I scrapped a 76 MGB. After I pulled the wiper motor I looked...
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