At some point in an OHC engine’s life it will leak oil from the camshaft drive housing, which is located above the rotating dynamo coupling, resulting in oil being liberally sprayed around the engine bay. An alternative cure to the widely adopted ‘lip seal’ technique is detailed in a short Technical Bits article (to be found in the Member’s Area under the ‘Engine‘ sub-menu) in which Ken Martin describes the official Morris Motors cure to the problem.
For 2022 the VSCC’s Brooklands Driving Tests returned to its traditional spot early in the year. The weather was very kind, with sunshine throughout the morning of Sunday 30th January attracting the largest attendance for many years. An image gallery containing 20 photos of the occasion can now be found here.
Although the S.U. Fuel Pump was only ever fitted to the 1934 season Morris Minors, many owners of the later 1932 and 1933 (non-gravity fed) models have replaced the original Petrolift units with an S.U. Pressure Pump. A single page ‘hints and tips’ document issued by S.U. in November 1935 is aimed at helping owners trouble-shoot any difficulties they may encounter with these pumps has now been uploaded to the Member’s Area Technical Bits section under ‘Carburation and Fuel’.
Images from some of the New Years Day gatherings have been assembled for display on the new 2022 Event Galleries page which can be found here.
Thanks to member Jonathan Barwick, images from the recent VSCC Cotswold Trial can now be found at the foot of the 2021 Event Galleries page here.
Sixteen photos from the recent VSCC Halloween Driving Tests have been added to the 2021 Event Galleries page here.
A new page has been added to the Member’s Area of the website covering MG’s first notable racing success at the JCC Double-Twelve race held at Brooklands in May 1930. It was here that a team of specially prepared MG Midgets took the team prize beating strong Austin opposition. The page contains 39 images and 7 contemporary reports along with other relevant material.