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From: Noddy on 22 Sep 2009 05:02 "D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message news:02c86c7b$0$5185$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > That's the way I remember it, if MoWog means special tuning parts then > every BMC car I've owned or worked on was full of special tuning parts. Lol :) -- Regards, Noddy.
From: hippo on 22 Sep 2009 06:14 Noddy wrote: > > > "hippo" <am9obmhAc2hvYWwubmV0LmF1(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au> wrote in > message news:h99ga3$i6j$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > Ok, I've had enough. I've read this with interest for the last umpty days > > but this is getting silly. "Morris Garages", later MG, started life > > rebuilding, rebodying and tuning Morrises; later becoming a manufacturer. > > "MoWoG" *maybe* stands for "Morris & Wolseley Garages", "Morris & Wolseley > > Group", or "Morris, Wolseley & MG". The middle one is the one I have heard > > for most of my over 50 years, the first one for about half that time and > > the third only relatively recently. It was also explained in the 60s and > > 70s as "Morris Works, Oxford Group". Whichever, it shows up on pretty well > > *any* cast iron part fitted on the line to any Morris, BMC, BL or BLMC for > > half a century or so. > > > > There is no way a Minor or 1800 exhaust manifold could be considered a > > performance product, much as I like both vehicles. (It gets worse. I've > > owned four Saabs and a Herald as well.) "MoWoG" per se indicates *nothing* > > specifically about special tuning product, which was just as likely either > > to be uncoded or given an Abingdon specific branding. Cheers > > Agreed 100%, and that's pretty much what I said in my last reply to Oz. > > -- > Regards, > Noddy. > > > > True, but I was about 120 posts behind, so I missed it! Do you think he might consider that maybe *two* people saying the same thing means it *could* be worth investigating? No? BTW, round nose Minis with cross flow heads almost always had a box on the leading edge, or else when you hit more than three mossies at once you couldn't get the bloody bonnet open (and it meant you can also fit *some* sort of filters.) I still really miss one particular really well sorted 1100 Clubman. We had three years worth of fun playing ducks and drakes between it, 2 MkII Coopers, plus a rather evil Minivan that one of my best mates owned, anywhere from outer Western Sydney to the Central Coast. Ah, the joys of roll starting down a steep driveway and driving from Buff Point (near Budgewoi) to Parramatta in 1981 on a long weekend Sunday afternoon entirely in 4th gear after 2nd exploded on the way up and sort of locked things up a bit! Not many cars post 1920 produce maximum torque between 1000 & 1500rpm, but most base A & B series motors did. Oh yeah, and the pushrod Renaults... -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: John McKenzie on 22 Sep 2009 08:50 D Walford wrote: > > hippo wrote: > > > There is no way a Minor or 1800 exhaust manifold could be considered a > > performance product, much as I like both vehicles. (It gets worse. I've > > owned four Saabs and a Herald as well.) "MoWoG" per se indicates *nothing* > > specifically about special tuning product, which was just as likely either > > to be uncoded or given an Abingdon specific branding. Cheers > > > > That's the way I remember it, if MoWog means special tuning parts then > every BMC car I've owned or worked on was full of special tuning parts. On the mini list we determined it was the name of the gorilla employed by bmc to tighten the nut on the diff pinion/double row bearing/mainshaft of a mini gearbox :) The tension spec for that nut was German for virgin - gutentight. -- John McKenzie tosspam(a)aol.com abuse(a)yahoo.com abuse(a)hotmail.com abuse(a)earthlink.com abuse(a)aol.com vice.president(a)whitehouse.gov president(a)whitehouse.gov sweep.day(a)accc.gov.au uce(a)ftc.gov admin(a)loopback abuse(a)iprimus.com.au $LOGIN(a)localhost I knew Sanchez before they were dirty root(a)mailloop.com $USER@$HOST $LOGNAME(a)localhost -h1024(a)localhost abuse(a)msn.com abuse(a)federalpolice.gov.au fraudinfo(a)psinet.com abuse(a)asio.gov.au $USER(a)localhost abuse(a)sprint.com abuse(a)fbi.gov abuse(a)cia.gov
From: user on 22 Sep 2009 09:00 John McKenzie wrote: > D Walford wrote: >> hippo wrote: >> >>> There is no way a Minor or 1800 exhaust manifold could be considered a >>> performance product, much as I like both vehicles. (It gets worse. I've >>> owned four Saabs and a Herald as well.) "MoWoG" per se indicates *nothing* >>> specifically about special tuning product, which was just as likely either >>> to be uncoded or given an Abingdon specific branding. Cheers >>> >> That's the way I remember it, if MoWog means special tuning parts then >> every BMC car I've owned or worked on was full of special tuning parts. > > On the mini list we determined it was the name of the gorilla employed > by bmc to tighten the nut on the diff pinion/double row > bearing/mainshaft of a mini gearbox :) > > The tension spec for that nut was German for virgin - gutentight. > Been a few through the auctions this last few days 74 square front coming up thursday I hear in ok order and I knew his couson ] grreennntttttah
From: Noddy on 22 Sep 2009 09:58
"Albm&ctd" <alb_mandctdNOWMD(a)connexus.net.au> wrote in message news:MPG.25233c38869730339897a1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Well have you considered that a hone leaves behind similar abrasives in > cast > iron bores? Not if you clean them properly after you're done they don't. > Most so called mechanics I've seen in action try to clean the bores with > petrol > or kero, totally wrong thing to do. Of course you and I know how cleaning > should > be done properly and maybe poor old Noddy, the horribly disfigured one, > does > too. I don't know what you guys do, but the best way I've found to clean engine parts prior to assembly is by sticking them in the hot tank and giving them a good bath followed by a wash down with high pressure water. If I'm doing an engine at home, I use a high pressure water blaster with hot water & soap to clean a block prior to assembly, and I wipe the bores clean with toilet paper. The more absorbant the paper the better, and I keep wiping until the paper comes out clean. That method has never caused me any problems. -- Regards, Noddy. |