It didn't take longnorthern_mike wrote:That must have taken all of about 5 minutesDickieG wrote:I spent part of the day pulling out the interior of a Morris Minor

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It didn't take longnorthern_mike wrote:That must have taken all of about 5 minutesDickieG wrote:I spent part of the day pulling out the interior of a Morris Minor
Good old FS series keys I guess?DickieG wrote: all the locks as at present any flat bladed instrument unlocks and starts the car, project now on hold pending the welding.
Yes FS keys, yet an Austin 1100 I'm also looking after has similar keys that I can't get anything to fit the door lock's including the correct one'sCitroJim wrote:Good old FS series keys I guess?DickieG wrote: all the locks as at present any flat bladed instrument unlocks and starts the car, project now on hold pending the welding.
I thought it was Fords of the era that suffered most, there only being about six different key profiles used across all their cars...
Good suggestion Mike as it sounds like a camshaft problem due to the tone of the sound, it's also suffering from low oil pressure so a new oil pump is being fitted as a starternorthern_mike wrote:DickieG wrote:
Another car I've taken under my wing is a V8 SD1 that's decided to throw its toy's out of the pram with a very poorly engine that sounds more like a machine gun than a V8.northern_mike wrote:Camshaft? I had this on an old 3.5 Rangie that a friend and I did loads of work on.
I would fit a starter motor as a starter!DickieG wrote:Good suggestion Mike as it sounds like a camshaft problem due to the tone of the sound, it's also suffering from low oil pressure so a new oil pump is being fitted as a starter
My eldest daughter has just had the same thing with her C3! All the lights and indicators went haywire.DickieG wrote:
My daughters C3 started having intermittent little hissy fit's by way of all manner of error messages popping up on the dash down to what turned out to be a poor earth on the O/S/R light assembly, a quick clean up of the contacts and a bit of a tweak sorted that one out, other than that not much to report car wise.
Excellent!DickieG wrote:In fact it was so enjoyable we're now planning another visit