Just move it down the back and throw a tarp over it Mike...they'll be worth a lot of money one day
Full marks for wanting to get the Cooper inside mate...start stripping her back...great project
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Who wants a 1275 A+ ? |
I have decided to get rid of some of my accumulated crap so that I can fit my Cooper S in a garage instead of parking it in the grass and one of the things that must go is a Austin Montego. The Montego is basically shagged but it does have one good feature, it has a 1275 A+ engine. But the downside is that underneath the 1275 A+ is a pressed metal sump. Alongside the 1275 A+ is a Volkswagen 4 speed gearbox like the early VW Golf used. Between the gearbox and the gearstick are the vaguest linkages ever invented. It has the same amount of slack in neutral as it does in 1, 2, 3, 4 and reverse. So the reality is that the car is stuffed, the gearbox is useless but if you want a 1275 A+ for a Morris Minor or a Spridget this could be the car for you. |
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| Author: | 9YaTaH [ Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Montego |
Just move it down the back and throw a tarp over it Mike...they'll be worth a lot of money one day
Full marks for wanting to get the Cooper inside mate...start stripping her back...great project
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:39 pm ] |
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I was hoping that it would be worth big money today. 
Stand by for more forsales from Goulburn.  If the Montego doesn't go the Cooper S might. 
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| Author: | Mike_Byron [ Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:39 pm ] |
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Mike I am interested in it for a spridget purpose - where do we g from here ??? Mike |
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:46 pm ] |
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Mike_Byron wrote: Mike I suppose the first thing is to find out if a Spridget flywheel can be made to fit the Montego crank. The Montego uses a weird flywheel and clutch setup. The Pressure plate bolts to the crank and the flywheel bolts to the pressure plate. I am interested in it for a spridget purpose - where do we g from here ??? Mike
It has a Lucas electronic dizzy and a HIF44 carby. It runs but has not been on the road for a long time. |
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| Author: | TheMiniMan [ Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:00 pm ] |
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no, that crank is specific to that car, it is totally different to the mini & also totally different to the spridget too no good to anyone really unless it`s going back into a montego sorry, been there & looked at that route before 
But i`ll have the con rods & cyl head tho 
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:24 pm ] |
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So you can make a BMW motorcycle head fit an A series but you can't make a Spridget flywheel fit a Montego crank? What sort of LazyGoodForNothingSmartArseKnowItAllBackYardMiniMechanic are you?
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| Author: | _666_ [ Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Who wants a 1275 A+ ? |
Morris 1100 wrote: It has the same amount of slack in neutral as it does in 1, 2, 3, 4 and reverse.
sounds like a pudding stirer ! haha |
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| Author: | doogie [ Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:16 pm ] |
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How much do you want for said beast? Could you put a pic of it up? Doogie |
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| Author: | Archangel007 [ Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:45 am ] |
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Morris 1100 wrote: I was hoping that it would be worth big money today.
Stand by for more forsales from Goulburn. If the Montego doesn't go the Cooper S might. Selling the Cooper - Mike, surely not! (I am intrested BTW )
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| Author: | TheMiniMan [ Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:38 am ] |
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morris 1100,,, you should know me better than that by now i can make almost anything fit almost anything else. nothing is too difficult, & the imposible just takes a little longer
It`s just that the montego/maestro cranks have a very much longer/thicker snout/flange where the flywheel faces up, but there`s not enough meat behind it to simply machine it back to make it line up with the spridget set up. it`s just not worth the effort to try such a conversion Both the Bimmer Twinky cyl head conversion & the turbo alloy V8 conversions are pretty easy in comparison Have you got the montego/maestro inlet manifold still??? still a pic of it up here for everyone to have a laugh at will you??? stuipd backards arse-about things they are, no wonder British Leyland went down hill, producing stuff like that makes it look like they wanted to close the doors
& i am serious about the con rods & cyl head, send them up to me & i`ll send you a drivers side engine steady braket for your 1100
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| Author: | jbeenz [ Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:13 pm ] |
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MY 1300 made 45odd BHP with one of those manifolds sticking out of the bonett! |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:13 pm ] |
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That manifold (I've seen it) looks a bit like a Chev 4 (~1926), but much worse.... regressive design.....
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| Author: | jbeenz [ Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:27 pm ] |
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No doc, not a great design
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| Author: | 9YaTaH [ Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Mikes Manifold |
drmini in aust wrote: That manifold (I've seen it) looks a bit like a Chev 4 (~1926), but much worse....
regressive design..... 
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