last Thursday night I took back the morris hate/ mmmm diff from the " o yes we do diffs garage"

after weeks of waiting the geezer who took it on had b*gg**d off on holiday for a few weeks with stress

. I went to another garage a well known one who DO diffs, not mine tho!!! because its not a simple taper roller diff or a throw it in the bin diff and fit a new one. I would love to hear the conversations in the pub when they talk about their jobs and say they are transmission technicians

so I took it to a transmission and diffs place Saturday morning for another try. the conversation went something like this. as i arrived two geezers were having a break outside so I asked " DO YOU SET DIFFS UP ? he says" yes we do gearboxes and diffs" so I say" I have rebuilt it with all new bearings but haven't got box spanners or sockets to fit the bearing retaining nuts", I only have a MAHOOSIVE bahco adjustable nutter shifting spanner and can't gauge the pressure on the angular contact ball races. one of the geezers looked at the older geezer and left pretty sharpish. older geezer says what is it? I said a 1948 morris 8. he says can you bring it Monday and I said its in the van mate have a look. so he looked at the diff and the pages in the workshop bible ummmd and aaarrrrddd and finally after talking him through the procedure he picked it up put it on a bench and asked for my name and phone number. I await the outcome.

today I got the old original horn working which is 6volt by putting a 30watt 1 ohm resistor in the 12volt UPGRADE!!!

wiring

. the morris now has a working petrol gauge a working windscreen wiper,- yes only one! and a VALVE radio. not really a radio cassette I found hanging about, the major problem is its getting cold now and it doesn't have a heater

. o well thankyou for listening it is certainly keeping me away from the pub
