Morris Minor - Stripping the Block

Morris Minor - Stripping the Block - Part 10

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5 жыл бұрын

Finally getting into stripping down the 948cc OHV A-series engine from the Morris Minor. Needs a good overhaul but nothing too scary looking so far. Today I take out the pistons and crankshaft and strip the block down.
The car is a 1958 Morris Minor 1000 with the 948cc engine. Last WOF was in 1995 and has been parked up ever since.
Here's the rest of the series:
Part 1
• Barn Find Project Car ...
Part 2
• Barn Find Morris Minor...
Part 3
• Morris Minor - Coolan...
Part 4
• Morris Minor - Cleanin...
Part 5
• Morris Minor - Compres...
Part 6
• Morris Minor Engine Re...
Part 7
• Pressure washing the A...
Part 8
• Morris Minor Cylinder ...
Part 9
• Morris Minor - Cylinde...
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@walterchristen4502 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like there is an issue with the audio. I do love this series. Keep up the good work.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

You're not wrong. Apologies

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

It's on the KZfaq dude so not much I can do about it 😞

@joshonthetube 5 жыл бұрын

@@Badgertronix I'm not sure, but it seemed like the audio was less glitchy when i switched to 4K. *shrug* It was fine in any case.

@CarsExposed 5 жыл бұрын

She was tight 😊... great work bud I love this kind of job 👍👍👍

@theislandworkshop8453 4 жыл бұрын

We just purchased a 61 minor 1100cc, your videos are so instructional, thanks mate from the Isle of Wight workshop

@AllenORourke1954 5 жыл бұрын

The good old A series, arguably one of the best engines ever to come off a drawing board..

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

It had a long and successful production run 👍

@EXOVCDS 5 жыл бұрын

Just a few million years shy of forming diamonds in the crankcase! LOL

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe I should have left it and waited for the diamonds to fund the Lamborghini project 😂

@TheDaf95xf 5 жыл бұрын

Nice pull down 👍🏻 Enjoying this engine and car rebuild cheers Stevie 🇬🇧

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for watching 😃

@davidk6271 5 жыл бұрын

Enjoying this mate. Thanks for posting.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 😃

@TheCowgirlNiamh 5 жыл бұрын

Well done Jonathan! Nice project to be working on. P.S. TOOLPRO, he needs a nice cart to pull up beside him to work on 👍😉☺️

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Niamh 😃 that's definitely next on my tool list

@espressomessiah 5 жыл бұрын

Bloody hell, that wasn't a big thread for all the torque you needed to undo it! I'm always nervous when I have to extend a nut lathe with a pipe, so feeling for you there. Keep it up, its great to see someone keeping it real. Sort of Mighty Car Mods, NZ style. Just spotted the MCM work gloves...I could do with a pair myself. Just about to go and tweak my motorbike chain tension.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Haha I didn't expect it to be that tight! Fewer turbos on my channel compared to MCM, but that could change!

@ifitsgotwheels1100 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, having just done a compression test on my 59 fitted with s 948 I need to do the same. This video has given me the push I need to get cracking on.

@Badgertronix 4 жыл бұрын

Good luck

@paulgibbons8222 5 жыл бұрын

I've never seen sludge like that before. Really enjoy the series keep it up.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

It's a first for me too

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

And thanks 😃

@rogerdobson6432 5 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't worry too much about the sludge, it's normal. Back when these engines were built oils were very different without the detergents. Modern oils hold the crap in suspension and carry it too the filter, old oils let it drop out at the lowest point, the filter just catches the big stuff, like bolts and bits breaking off

@theoracle6005 2 жыл бұрын

Can you please do a video on sizing pistons for the block, also sizing of crankshaft journals

@brodiesmith4419 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love the series ive had a 51 minor for a few years now and theres not much on the engines out there haha not much in general

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

It's a nice and simple little engine. Hopefully it will rebuild nicely. Cheers

@tombob671 5 жыл бұрын

No apologies necessary, do what you can with what you got 👍

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

That's the plan! Cheers

@brentsmith5647 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video thank u 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@chrisjackson6582 3 жыл бұрын

Great series I am learning a huge amount to tackle my own Morris thank you. Just wondered about parts is there a good local supply or do you have to import everything?

@jamesgibson5606 5 жыл бұрын

The white crusty stuff where the water pump was is possibly just calcification but with the engine of that age I would be surprised if the crank shaft had some play. Good job by The way.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Should look much better once all cleaned up

@murrayfranklyn84 5 жыл бұрын

Would probably pay to replace the camshaft sprocket chain tensioning rubbers if you can get them, they would save you a headache with rattling timing chain in the future, also check the crankshaft front pulley where they are spot welded together, they sometimes come apart.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips, I'll check those bits out 😃

@garyphillips7993 5 жыл бұрын

A Series sump sludge seems to be the norm on them, used to be an indicator of a short trip car, never really getting hot. Same goes for the wear on the big ends etc. I'd say pay close attention to the oil pump as they use to be problematic with wear. We used to release all the crank, con rod bearings, pull the crank out, then pull the pistons out the bottom. Reason being, they often had a small lip around the top of the bore, carbon, whatever, that used to break the rings when pulling them out the top. Bit of TLC, this'll be a fine little engine 👍

@graemewilliams1308 5 жыл бұрын

Called ring ridge.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

I have no doubt this car mainly did short trips based on the history I got. There wasn't much of a carbon buildup on the top of the bores but that's a handy tip. Thanks for the advice 😃

@kendowling990 8 ай бұрын

Sweet work. Im just about to start my 948cc, just wondering if you can remember what bolts you used to mount it to the stand?

@CarsExposed 5 жыл бұрын

It didn't look too bad... apart from the sludgy sump👌👍👍👍

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Not too shabby indeed. Cheers mate!

@MrButtonpresser 5 жыл бұрын

You could set a team of archeologists to that sludge pile. Impressive.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

It was a bit Jurassic Park 😂

@johnlawton5534 5 жыл бұрын

Love your music, oh and you could have saved yourself a lot of grief by wedging a block of wood in the crank to lock the motor up.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

I'm back to using music from Epidemic Sound, it's good stuff. Thanks for watching 😃

@stuzman52 5 жыл бұрын

For the amount of sludge in the pan, the bearings didn’t look all that bad. Should be a nice rebuild. 😀👍

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

It's shaping up nicely. Thanks Terry 😃

@whatnextsunshine3046 5 жыл бұрын

hey hello. Oh dear. You alwys always always treat my favourite beautiful cars!! You would be a star in Germany :-)) But Thomas has already told you, didnt he? Big hellooo from the other side of the world and huugs to the family! When will you come to Germany?? :-)) Cheers, Sunshine

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Hello Sunshine 😃 shucks you'll make me blush 😂 I haven't been to Germany for 20 years so I must be due a visit sometime soon. Maybe a road trip with Thomas would be a good idea

@joshonthetube 5 жыл бұрын

Looks not too awful, but you're definitely going to need to find a good machine shop to get the valves, crank and cylinders taken care of. Should be good as new once it's done though. Might need to find a better solution for that crank bolt when it comes time to torque it, too ;)

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Once it's clean I'll have a good idea of what machine work needs doing. Yes, I'll be sorting a better crank socket 😃

@DC-dp3hk 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, could you tell me how to find the follow up to this video, I’m really interested in seeing the inspection!

@MrCMagdiel 5 жыл бұрын

MCM gloves and everything. nice.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

They came with the t shirt I ordered from them 😎

@tonysmit6626 Жыл бұрын

put a length of wood between crank throw and block tolock it while you undo the nut on front of crank

@antonioercolino6087 4 жыл бұрын

No apologies required. Good see some improvisation using what you have in your tool armoury. It would be too easy to go and buy fancy tools and sockets that you normally rarely use. Thanks mate.

@Badgertronix 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@realnutteruk1 4 жыл бұрын

Seems a very deep sump... I'm sure our domestic market ones were shallower.... Perhaps it's a hot climate version? I also noticed the blanking plate on the head, meaning this car has no cabin heater! I had a '61 Austin A40, and the period manual for that had a chapter on installing the optional heater!!! How times have changed!

@Badgertronix 4 жыл бұрын

Correct, no cabin heater! I'll have to come up with a solution for winter there. Not too sure on the sump, I'll see what I can figure out. Cheers!

@visionsofhere3745 2 жыл бұрын

Heater only came with the deluxe model in the UK! Having said that, this looks like a deluxe (bumper overriders and chrome window surrounds only came with the posh ones).

@rareblues78daddy 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, my! Those Minors weren't too far removed from a tractor, were they! Looks like such an easy engine to work on.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

It's nice and simple and hopefully will be an easy rebuild

@rareblues78daddy 5 жыл бұрын

@@Badgertronix Really enjoying the series, btw.

@SteveRobReviews 5 жыл бұрын

A stelson - did you say that to spin me out . 😂😂 Looks like a nice rebuild specimen and hopefully you won't need to use the stelson again, cheeky bugger.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

What's wrong with Stilson? Seems.reasonable for a rebuild but I'm sure the KZfaq comments will tell me the real truth 😂

@SteveRobReviews 5 жыл бұрын

@@Badgertronix Did you make that word up😂😂 pipe wrench maybe but stilson you pulling my leg eh 😂

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

That's what it is in English 😂 if you called it a pipe wrench how would you know what it's used for 😂😂

@SteveRobReviews 5 жыл бұрын

@@Badgertronix Ok I'm using it from now on. Nun cricket bat and now a stilson , this should be awesome Thanks 👍😂

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

There's a man who has seen the world of wrenches 👍

@user-xb2sh7wn8h 5 жыл бұрын

interesting little series on the old morry! wonder how many oil changes that old engine has had lol.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

I think it had enough over the years, the old owner was quite particular

@darrylmcleman6456 5 жыл бұрын

It looks like you popped the pistons out without having to use a ridge reamer. I am writing this comment just after first piston out. Do you how many miles-kms on the engine? We enjoy this project. Darryl in western Canada

@jaggass 5 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to hear that A Series fart back into life.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

That will be a proud moment when that happens!

@jaggass 5 жыл бұрын

@@Badgertronix Minors never ran on petrol they run on Curry, baked beans etc

@carolbeard9506 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t see you marking the Conrod caps orientation?, were they already marked??.

@Badgertronix Жыл бұрын

pretty sure I did or they already were

@edwardmckenzie3402 5 жыл бұрын

No problem with impact wrenches.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@stephenborsbey4350 5 жыл бұрын

interesting to see it stripped down

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers

@txsviking 5 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you removed all the electronics so they don't get ruined. lol nice work. What cc is that engine?

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Haha I'd hate to have to reprogram all those modules 😂 it's a mighty 948cc

@wyattoneable 5 жыл бұрын

How many horse power does the engine have like 4? (ha ha) It's been easy to work on so far and it will be fun to see all cleaned and painted.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

38 when new, probably 4 in its current state 😂 it should scrub up nicely. Thanks buddy

@lascar48 5 жыл бұрын

Stilsons and footprints.

@janlabij7302 5 жыл бұрын

Why wouldn't you use an electric impact wrench to undo the capscrews/bolts? Or an air one for that matter. You should only use 6 point sockets, but I'm sure you know that. Timing sprockets and chain should be oily, yours look dry. Better make sure you are getting good oil flow to the chain!

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

I have no idea but it's the kind of thing that sends armchair mechanics mad 😄 I do the best I can with the stuff I have. Cheers

@Ragnar8504 4 жыл бұрын

Didn't they expect a full rebuild after a maximum of 100k kms back in the 50s? If that's true yours doesn't look too bad at all! On a somewhat unrelated topic: I wonder how many people in continental Europe bought one of these and were royally peeved to find all-Imperial hardware the first time they tried wrenching on them! Most of Europe, except plumbing fixtures and some steam engine guts, was metric by the 1880s. I definitely know how my dad reacted to realising the used Transit he'd bought back in the late 70s was a pre-metric UK model!

@Badgertronix 4 жыл бұрын

It doesn't look too bad in there to be fair. Dealing with all the non metric fasteners has been a nightmare. I've never had to use so many different spanners and sockets for any other job.

@jaggass 5 жыл бұрын

How much does the engine weigh?

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

About 95kg apparently

@darrylmcleman6456 5 жыл бұрын

I remember using straight 30W oil in my Morris. Can that still be had in New Zealand??

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely it can. I had put in 20W-50 which seems a common substitute.

@askhatshukla5416 3 жыл бұрын

Namastey dear friend🙏🙏🙏

@WallysPlace66 5 жыл бұрын

There's enough sludge there to frost a cake... not that you would.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

I'll save you a slice buddy 😄

@WallysPlace66 5 жыл бұрын

@@Badgertronix Mmmm sounds good

@MrCMagdiel 5 жыл бұрын

@mightycarmods chopped. pretty nice,

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers

@paulmayou370 5 жыл бұрын

that pully bolt was like a german virgin lol but to be fair the engine aint too bad for its age

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Haha 😂 nothing my massive tool couldn't handle. Cheers mate, it's looking good

@jamesparr444 4 жыл бұрын

Hi are you in nz?

@Badgertronix 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@sosco22 5 жыл бұрын

There's no need for the old fashioned way if you have modern tools.

@pdwcave 4 жыл бұрын

Otherwise you have to do crazy things like using the starter motor and a large spanner based against the engine bay floor to get that dog nut off!

@mostlymoparih5682 5 жыл бұрын

Well, I hear it's fine If you got the time And the ten to get yourself in A hmm, hmm And I hear it's tight Most ev'ry night But now I might be mistaken Hmm, hmm, hmm

@mostlymoparih5682 5 жыл бұрын

Nice job. I'll stop by on my next walk about.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Good idea. The jug is on

@ziggassedup 5 жыл бұрын

It's an old engine and it just seems wrong to be into it with new age battery tools...Call me old fashioned...These things were made for the backyard go over mate...4 mates 2 slabs of beer and a weekend and it would go like new again.

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, it did feel a bit wrong using modern tools. I'm going to try and so as much as possible in house so expect an email when I get stuck

@stephenprice3199 5 жыл бұрын

The engine in the car isn't the engine the car was made with British Leyland didn't paint the Sam's the same colour as the engine blocks from new it would have been the same colour as the air filter the sun not green like the Block and the timing chain cover would have been black not green somebody has reconditioned an engine and put it in

@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info

@visionsofhere3745 2 жыл бұрын

British Leyland didn't exist when this was being made!