Morris 8

[West]

Love it....

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[mygasser]

that's cute

[taxirod]

https://youtu.be/21QrUc8IHTo?si=Pe-HKD7CQSizIYj2

[taxirod]

I just had a bit of garage time today, so with the sump all back on, and no leaks, I decided to put the clutch back on.
I had my own (cobbled together) clutch aligning tool, which had worked fine in the past, now where is it? Haven't used it for ages.



Cut off bit fits in centre of crank, simply select a socket that fits clutch splines, and off you go.


By some miracle, I managed to find it, but then it didn't work well, and I ended up looking in at it to get it centralised visually. But when I tightened the bolts (to correct NMs ) one sheared off.

Sigh.

Clutch back off, thankfully broken bolt came out easily, thread was nice, time to try again.

All went well after that, all ready to swing it into the engine bay next time.





Red paint on cam cover and front cover had been done well, but don't match anything on my car, so will get sorted at a later date.

[Happydaze]

Visual centralisation? The roll of tape had rolled off somewhere?

Chris

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[taxirod]

You may mock.....but it worked!

I had it in mind to fit the engine and box today.
But then I remembered that the box struggled to find about 3 gears, and I had pretty much decided that I should send it off to a gearbox specialist.
But then I phoned Neil for a chat (thanks Neil!) who suggested that I take off the top cover of the box, and if everything looks OK, try putting oil in it, and then try to find gears. Well I'm no expert on gearboxes, but it all looked good to me, and once I had filled it up to the level, I found 5 gears plus reverse- result!

I also refitted the back axle and rear shox, then painted the inner arches at the rear.

Engine to be dropped in next time

With this mild weather, I'm considering painting the main body shell ASAP, before winter.

[mygasser]

You may mock.....but it worked!

I had it in mind to fit the engine and box today.
But then I remembered that the box struggled to find about 3 gears, and I had pretty much decided that I should send it off to a gearbox specialist.
But then I phoned Neil for a chat (thanks Neil!) who suggested that I take off the top cover of the box, and if everything looks OK, try putting oil in it, and then try to find gears. Well I'm no expert on gearboxes, but it all looked good to me, and once I had filled it up to the level, I found 5 gears plus reverse- result!

I also refitted the back axle and rear shox, then painted the inner arches at the rear.

Engine to be dropped in next time

With this mild weather, I'm considering painting the main body shell ASAP, before winter.

glad to hear the box is ok mate
neil.

[brading]

That is the the good thing about forums like this People their advice from experiecnces for for free it it goes wrong you can still go to fall back on the specialist

[taxirod]

On Tuesday I got up early and had the engine and box in by 6.53am. Since the gearbox had oil in it, that oozed out of the tail when the gearbox angled down, so at that point I shoved the nose of the prop in to stem the flow.
Once the engine landed on its mounts I got underneath to attach the gearbox mount, but the prop was now wedged, and I had to get the engine up and out again to free it. But after that all got sorted the job was a good 'un.




Next I lifted the front of the body to release the temporary wood supports, then went ahead and bolted up tight the 12 body to chassis bolts.








Today (Wednesday) I had a bit of garage time and I got the inside of the car painted. It's only to seal and protect, it won't be seen once interior gets done. But at least if any little bits do show through, at least it will be black, not grey epoxy primer.

Next I'm gonna attempt to paint the shell before winter sets in
Sanding and filling is boring, but I'll have to get on with it.

[BadAC]

Looking good, It is great when you can a good day on it.

Keep at it

G

[Captain Scarlet]

Good progress on the Forris Ian

[taxirod]

Thanks Bad AC and Capn Scarlet.


So, now, after many many hard work hours my car now looks like this:



















No different. ......well actually it is a lot different, because today I unleashed my secret weapon.....Steve, who painted cars for a living some years ago. I thought that Steve would look over my efforts to prep the body, make a few little corrections, then we'd spray the primer . Oh no. I learned a lot today, and we skimmed filler over almost the entire body and sanded back to get rid of ripples and wavy bits. I'm tired now, but I feel a lot has been accomplished, and I know the final paint will look a lot better for Steve's input today - many thanks Mate.

[mygasser]

that's so cute, it's got a little tail
neil.

[taxirod]

that's so cute, it's got a little tail
neil.

Maybe I should set it up with another electric motor so it wags

[Happydaze]

Or thrusts?

Chris

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[40Stude]

Coming on in leaps and bounds. Great stuff.

[taxirod]

Thanks for all the encouragement








After lots of work, I have got the right "shape", but scratches from the 40 grit paper. So I sprayed it with primer filler, next is to sand the whole lot again with 180 grit.

Also in this pic you can see the rain channel, the original ones had been removed, and with no provision for door rubbers (I will try and fit some) I wanted to prevent rain pouring in on me.
So I bought a shrinker/ stretcher and got some j section ally to fit on. (credit to Neil for suggesting this some time ago).
The roof was out of shape where the old channel had been removed, careful filling and sanding got the shape right. I hope.

[Blackpopracing]

Ian, 180 grit is too coarse.
I'd be using 320 or 400 grit dry sand paper (the white coloured stuff). Or if you can get some, the Abranet stuff is really good to use.

[taxirod]

Thanks Mark for trying to save me from my ignorance!
But I think it's OK, I was just trying to get rid of the deep scratches, in readiness for the primer.






I had a fear of spraying primer, remembered previous disasters. Today I got everything ready to spray on the primer, but then the gun wouldn't even spray thinners properly.
I dashed over the road (car paint shop very nearby) but they didn't have a primer gun.
I thought about buying one off Ebay, but it wouldn't arrive for a few days.
So I stripped my gun down, cleaned everything as best I could, and it worked! I sprayed coat after coat under the tin of primer ran out. About 6 or 7 coats I think.
Then I put some thinners in the gun, as you do after spraying, to clean it out, and, would you believe it, it blocked up! Talk about perfect timing!


Few runs, will sand out OK.
Steve was so right to push me to get the body straight first. It's not perfect, but pretty good.

[taxirod]

I've used green as a guide coat this time, sanded back with 400, getting near top coat now.




Oct 30th I said how I hated filling and sanding, I've actually enjoyed it this time, great satisfaction in sanding off that green, back to the grey primer underneath. It should turn out better than my previous attempts at spraying. We'll see.