These are great little engines. At school in workshop technology there were two Morris 1100 engines set up on frames with starter, battery, and key start panel. It was a competition for two people to strip them right down, neatly laying out the parts, the teacher would then check, and then it was a race to re assemble them and get them running. First one running was the winner. Great fun with the whole class watching and cheering the competitors on.
Proper old school workshop/machine shop engine builder place, good job done guys 👍 another morris minor back on the road no doubt, long may they trundle on 👍
I saw the whole presentation and I enjoyed it very much. I am a mechanical engineer by profession and love precise work. But I would have been very happy to see such a well-reconditioned engine like this, make its first test run. That is always something very special, thank you very much, thumbs up and subscribed... 👍 Greetings from Germany to England... 👌
The "A" series engine was brilliant , as a kid my dad bought me a scrap engine because I was interested in how engines worked , I took it apart , read everything I could get my hands on about them , spent my pocket money on it , and two years later ........it started , and ran , ....no big deal , but I did it on my own , I actually understood how they work , ....and why they don't, sixty years later what I learned back then still helps me , patience, ...if something doesn't work there is a reason for that , understand why ..😊
Spot on. My wee lad is apprenticed in a commercial workshop and like all teenagers knows it all. I have tried to explain that's its more important to understand why something works rather than how. I did my time 45 years ago and although its way more complicated nowadays with management systems et al, the principals remain.
This is proper engine rebuild, attention to precision and detail. Old skool knowledge with modern tech machinery. Excellent result. Great job and this company is highly recommended.
Great to see what was going on inside that engine! I was involved in getting it to limp home from France last year. We removed the head to throw some new valve stem seals on in a hope to at least reduce the oil consumption, but when we spotted the piston damage we had a suspicion it went deeper! The rocker assembly was a spare we had to fit to get them home. When refitting the head and torquing to spec, one of the original aluminium rocker pedestals crumbled! The easiest fix was to remove and replace with the sintered set you replaced. Luckily someone with us had the spare set! It's amazing what you can achieve with a few spares, tools, and beer, on a French campsite in the backing sun!
@@graceenginedevelopments1984 CJ7. AMC 258 4.2L straight 6 symptoms were overheating the local classic land rover garage changed the water pump, thermostat but it got worse.not better.
Very interesting! I remembered some of it from my encounters in the late 60's and early 70's and rather wish I had a nice Morris Traveller in my garage now.
@@graceenginedevelopments Thank me? No. You are the one to be thanked. Taking the effort and filming your work, and doing it with 'one hand', - the other one on the camera. You replaced parts, but the real value of the job was the attention of details and the knowledge and experience behind the job. So thank YOU :)
we had a moggy traveler back in the 60's I remember me dad carrying the engine through the house to the shed to do a decoke and rebuild-new shells etc.A company I worked for in the 70's also had one,four of us would be travelling all over Britain working on various sites and the only time we opened the bonnet was to check the fluids,loved that moggy.
The Traveller was my sisters favorite car. I had a Minor and a 64 Norton. ,On the Morris cars any routine maintenance was screwdriver, pliers and half a set of spanners. It only needed that. If I had got anything serious I would have thrown away the motor and dropped a new one in from a scrapyard. I like that you are properly rebuilding Morris motors, RESPECT! In the rebuilds I did on my Nortons there was never anything remotely approaching the state of that Morris motor. Even after a complete Oil failure, metal spray the big ends, regrind and we are back in business. My Nortons were and are impecable motors. Not a scuff or scratch, but they are racing motors. That Minor Engine, I might have bored out, new pistons and left the valvegear float around for another 20 000 miles. I'm a BAAD man.
Great fun to watch. Remember those engines used to "sing" when cruising. 3 bearing crank- lovely. Lack of emission control and vvt. Those were the days. Must be very satisfying for you to do this. 👍👍👍
Thanks for the work and upload. Reminded me of one of my last drives in a Traveller, speeding down Boxley Hill, Maidstone, summer 1984. I could smell BBQ chicken cooking, then the van started filling with smoke, so pulled over, thinking the worse. After checking the engine bay, nothing, and rushing round the vehicle I found whisps of smoke coming from one of the main wooden uprights in the old timber frame. The dry summer, some weird bondo skin shape, and the high winds going downhill had created a venturi effect and the wood underneath had spontaneously combusted! With tears in my eyes from laughing so much I then had to put it out. Difficult to pee when you're rolling around in hysterics but I got the job done.
It's so much easier working when you have a fantastic workshop like yours. When you're lying on your back on a cold garage floor with only a foot of clearance, its so different . The memories of banged heads and trapped thumbs. Good times😂
My experience with old engines is not quite the same. Modern engines may well be much more complex but: Old engines suffered from pinking, piston rings failing, decokes needed, spark plug cleaning and adjustment, carbs needed attention etc. Modern engines start winter and summer as if there is no difference. Batteries do not need topping up every week. Exhaust pipes don’t fail every 18 months. Petrol tanks don’t rust through in 4 years like on my Mini! Let’s not knock progress too much….!
My dad's first car was a moggy thou. This wonderful car and a series engine took us from yorkshire to cornwall and back over 10 times without problem, pass several more modern cars btoken down on the hard shoulder. Only rusty bodywork caused the demise after 15 years great service.
@@graceenginedevelopments The bend is still there, it's a left/right and the penalty for missing the left is a clear run into the water. The Moggy survived and he went on to own a Moskvitch.
I must have rebuilt a dozen A series. My favourite engine TBH. I loved working on them. Last Minor Traveller I put a 1.3 ital onto a sierra gear box and MG rear diff. Front Midget discs and usual tramp rods and roll bars. Lovely to drive.
That was all most familiar, well the most part. I had a few Mini's as a teenager and cut my teeth on working on them! We always changed the single timing chain for the duplex and if you could find an MG 1275 big valve head that was the crock of gold! A 344 to 1 diff was nice some liked twin 1 1/4 Su's but I liked the single 1 1/2 I think it was the HS2 with a long centre branch exhaust manifold. A machinist mate once lightened a flywheel for me but it would rev ike crazy but lost a bit of torque so we got another one and didn't go so mad. In those days every scrapyard was full of different size Mini 850 998 1100 and even 1275 engines! Happy days!! Sorry to waffle on, Nostalgia got a grip on me!! LOL
Sadly not, I had a Ford Consul Classic 315 1500 cc in the late 70's til 85 when I had to sell it to pay for food during the Miners dispute! Shame as the only other owner was my uncle who took me camping in the same car when I was about 13, when he finally got a new car he gave me the Classic. Nearly cried when that car went away!!!
I love your approach with respect to customer requirements, you use a pragmatic approach to replacing components which the customer needs to maintain the full integrity of the engine rebuild. I work in a totally different sector of engineering but recognise your approach and delivery. If I were ever to need an engine rebuild you would be on the list.
I love the A series Engine. I fitted the 1275cc head to my 1098. I had to pocket the block to allow for valves to go down side of bore. Also on another A series I fitted twin Su carbs and a blow through system using the supercharger from a Modern mini Cooper. Eaton supercharger. That bit gives pre ignition is for improving winter running. Removing it hampers cold starting. Cheers from old George. Pre ignition pinking is due to modern fuel. Lower compression helps also using two head gaskets.
I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of that. Not having seen your channel before, but having seen a lot of "mechanics" videos (general, all purpose workshops), I figured you'd be another one, but now it seems you are specialists who don't do general maintenance work. You're the guys I'd send my 150cc commuter-scooter engine to if I wanted, say, a 170cc one to come back, I guess... or of course a Minor engine. Much of what you did was, obviously, given that you are specialists, beyond my understanding as a DIY owner-maintainer, but can I say what a great job you did of making everything clear, with no more jargon than was necessary, and good filming and editing. I rarely do it, but, I'll subscribe to this channel after only one video. I hope to enjoy a lot more of your videos, and thanks from Japan.
Brilliant!, this is the archive material of the future. Generations will look back at this and marvel at the skill of this man. Thank you for making this vid, best wishes now and in the future.
Hi, it’s such a wonderful to watch the video that someone is passionate about their job and making things right not half right keep up the good work. I really enjoyed this video Cliff from Australia.
Highly impressed with your knowledge, professionality, workmanship, and the toolkit you've assembled. That engine is now better than new. In the 60's/70's it was normal to do 'decarb' on these types of engines (also Ford, Vauxhall etc.) every 40-50,000 miles. Top off, check bore & cam/follower wear, clean piston heads and combustion chambers, regrind valve seats, maybe replace valve guides in mum's oven, and rebuild with new gaskets. No engine covers, no miles of wires and tubes, no sensors, no OBD port. 150,000 miles was a good service-life achievement back then. Sometimes do an easy bottom-end with new main shells and big ends. Next step - full rebuild. I love the new technology engines, but these simple thumpers (and improved materials/metallurgy) are what got us here.
Worked in a Norton motor bike shop for several years the motors were in similar condition to the Morris engine when they came in . I was always fascinated that they were still running , in Australia the engine reconditioners don't paint the engines you get them back as is . Kit from Down Under
Whatever the cost, far cheaper than a new car and it will run for many more years. New cars today are too complicated, too much tech inside and under the bonnet, computer chips everywhere and big tablets on the screen. I wish they made cars simple like this again that can be fixed easy if they go wrong.
First class job as ever James great little engine had many A series engines very reliable would always get you home. To clean the breather tube I used to use a piece of barbed fencing wire in an electric drill cleaned it out very quickly also used on 2 stroke exaust pipes
I completely agree! We had a Marina 1.3 for 19 years from new. 200000 miles and the engine only needed the schedule oil changes. It never missed a beat.
Thank you for a very informative and instructive video. I very much like the way you took us through the various stages and explained exactly what you were doing. If I lived in the UK and needed my engine rebuilt, I would definitely come to you if you did classic Mercedes-Benz engines as well. Thanks once again I really enjoyed watching your video and I'm sure everybody else did too. Wilson.
New subscriber, a superb job! It wounded my soul, when you showed us that historical damage done to the starting handle dog nut for want of the right sized spanner!
I had a B reg traveller that completely rotted out followed by an E reg that ran for years. My mate and I yanked the engine and gearbox out in the street and I did a decoke on my living room floor. My mate took the knackered box for exchange jammed in the back of his frog eyed sprite. He later had a highly modified moggy minor. It had a Wolsley 1600 engine, new suspension with a torsion bar, disc brakes, flared arches with wider wheels, it was a beast.
Obviously knowledgeable mate, you did a grand job, i wouldn`t hesitate to have you work on my own engine, i would rest easy knowing it was in your hands.
That’s a comprehensive overhaul and it should run sweet as a nut now👌🏻 Would be nice to see / hear it running in the Moggie as a follow up? Thank you for sharing👍🏻
@@graceenginedevelopments Would be nice to see some more of your builds up and running afterwards so will look forward to hopefully seeing some later👌🏻
I was a mechanic is the 80s and 90's and did about one A Series rebuild every 2 weeks. I never saw all pistons blow a ring land. One piston occassionaly. Incredible. Looks like hardware easier to source than back then.
Got to love an 'a' series. Dont think I'll forget how to fit those dish core plugs in a hurry, after my one popping in the garage😂you'll have to let me know when to pop over to collect the head👍
Im so glad i found your channel, that was fantastic engineering and satisfying to watch, id say their very happy with the job you did. I have subscribed, cheers 👍
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These are great little engines. At school in workshop technology there were two Morris 1100 engines set up on frames with starter, battery, and key start panel. It was a competition for two people to strip them right down, neatly laying out the parts, the teacher would then check, and then it was a race to re assemble them and get them running. First one running was the winner. Great fun with the whole class watching and cheering the competitors on.
That's awesome.. whereabouts was that?
@@graceenginedevelopments New Zealand
It was a lot of fun.
@@mirandahotspring4019 yeah it definitely sounds fun
A proper quality piece of workmanship, for all to see James. Rhanks for filming it for us, really well done 👏
Thank you..
Proper old school workshop/machine shop engine builder place, good job done guys 👍
another morris minor back on the road no doubt, long may they trundle on 👍
Thanks Derek, yeah hopefully see a few more miles/years..
I saw the whole presentation and I enjoyed it very much.
I am a mechanical engineer by profession and love precise work. But I would have been very happy to see such a well-reconditioned engine like this, make its first test run.
That is always something very special, thank you very much, thumbs up and subscribed... 👍
Greetings from Germany to England... 👌
Thank you very much for viewing and subscribing, I will get a video of it running soon.
The "A" series engine was brilliant , as a kid my dad bought me a scrap engine because I was interested in how engines worked , I took it apart , read everything I could get my hands on about them , spent my pocket money on it , and two years later ........it started , and ran , ....no big deal , but I did it on my own , I actually understood how they work , ....and why they don't, sixty years later what I learned back then still helps me , patience, ...if something doesn't work there is a reason for that , understand why ..😊
That's brilliant, no better way to learn than to try and if you understand it even more better..
What a great way to have learned.
Spot on. My wee lad is apprenticed in a commercial workshop and like all teenagers knows it all. I have tried to explain that's its more important to understand why something works rather than how. I did my time 45 years ago and although its way more complicated nowadays with management systems et al, the principals remain.
@@bapsmcginty4782 I don't think you ever stop learning this trade.. he will keep learning and developing his skills.
@@staninjapan07 yes definitely
Nice to see the Morris Minor running in the vehicle if possible.
Yes as soon as my customer has it fitted, he will bring it down
This is proper engine rebuild, attention to precision and detail. Old skool knowledge with modern tech machinery. Excellent result. Great job and this company is highly recommended.
Thank you, I do like the old classics.
Great to see what was going on inside that engine! I was involved in getting it to limp home from France last year. We removed the head to throw some new valve stem seals on in a hope to at least reduce the oil consumption, but when we spotted the piston damage we had a suspicion it went deeper! The rocker assembly was a spare we had to fit to get them home. When refitting the head and torquing to spec, one of the original aluminium rocker pedestals crumbled! The easiest fix was to remove and replace with the sintered set you replaced. Luckily someone with us had the spare set! It's amazing what you can achieve with a few spares, tools, and beer, on a French campsite in the backing sun!
That's awesome what a great bunch of people to all chip in and get them home . Thanks for viewing
It was a joy to watch a craftsman at work on a classic engine.
Thank you very much
Nice. This is the kind of love & care I'd like my old Jeep engine to receive when I finally get round to it. I'm sure the customer was very pleased
Thank you.. what jeep do you have? They seemed very happy
What a great rebuild i hope my B engine gets the same love.
@@graceenginedevelopments1984 CJ7. AMC 258 4.2L straight 6 symptoms were overheating the local classic land rover garage changed the water pump, thermostat but it got worse.not better.
I remember now. Have you had the head pressure tested?
Fingers crossed for you, where's it getting done
This so reminds me of buying my first car. 850 mini traveler I stripped the engine and rebuilt it with my dad looking back great times.😊
I'm pleased it's brought back happy memories
Very interesting! I remembered some of it from my encounters in the late 60's and early 70's and rather wish I had a nice Morris Traveller in my garage now.
Thanks John, you should test yourself to one.
Really enjoyed watching that. Took me back to my early days in the motor trade in the late ‘70s working for Kennings.
Thank you. It's fun working on the old ones
l love all the machinery you have in your workshop, a machine for everything!
Thank you, we still need a couple more..
Proper mechanic. Love to watch. I would have trusted my XPAG to this man. Better than new.
Thank you
@@graceenginedevelopments Thank me? No. You are the one to be thanked. Taking the effort and filming your work, and doing it with 'one hand', - the other one on the camera. You replaced parts, but the real value of the job was the attention of details and the knowledge and experience behind the job. So thank YOU :)
You're welcome.
amazing job, your customer is going to be very happy with that.
Thanks Clive
She`s a little beauty... brings back memories of my 1958 Moggie
Thank you, there a great car
I love this chap, he develops a relationship with his rag and takes notes on the back of his hand. (Plus he's a real pro.)
Thank you. I do love a rag
Loving the full build videos James. Fascinating.
Thanks Chris
It was marvelous to watch you work your magic !
Thanks David
Great work!
This engine should provide many happy miles of motoring.
Thanks Philip, hopefully be good for them
we had a moggy traveler back in the 60's I remember me dad carrying the engine through the house to the shed to do a decoke and rebuild-new shells etc.A company I worked for in the 70's also had one,four of us would be travelling all over Britain working on various sites and the only time we opened the bonnet was to check the fluids,loved that moggy.
That's awesome, there a great car
Excellent. Took me back to the 70s.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you
Lovely to watch a real engineer at work, great job.
Thank you
A really thorough, excellent job.
Thank you
The Traveller was my sisters favorite car. I had a Minor and a 64 Norton. ,On the Morris cars any routine maintenance was screwdriver, pliers and half a set of spanners. It only needed that. If I had got anything serious I would have thrown away the motor and dropped a new one in from a scrapyard. I like that you are properly rebuilding Morris motors, RESPECT! In the rebuilds I did on my Nortons there was never anything remotely approaching the state of that Morris motor. Even after a complete Oil failure, metal spray the big ends, regrind and we are back in business. My Nortons were and are impecable motors. Not a scuff or scratch, but they are racing motors. That Minor Engine, I might have bored out, new pistons and left the valvegear float around for another 20 000 miles. I'm a BAAD man.
Hi Peter, I don't think we have ever done a Norton engine, the morris was definitely in need of some love.. thanks for viewing 👍
I owned a Morris Minor...loved the car !
And you still can get all the parts new !
Yes there a great car. Everything for the engine is available
Great fun to watch. Remember those engines used to "sing" when cruising. 3 bearing crank- lovely. Lack of emission control and vvt. Those were the days. Must be very satisfying for you to do this. 👍👍👍
Thank you.. yes it was a nice one to do
Brilliant rebuid. Great thorough work. Even new stickers. It's the little details that make all the difference ❤
Thank you
That was very instructive. I am not a mechanically minded chap so it was a real revelation for me to see how the engine parts are assembled.👌
Thank you.
My era. Memories eh! - Great watch!
Thank you
Lol That is one lucky old car!,nice to see people keeping old stuff on the road👍
Thanks Geoff.
How good is it to see a real craftsman at work rather than a "Halfords Technician" excellent work.
Thank you.
Great in-depth informative video nice to see the time and effort that is put into engine rebuilds
Thank you
Thanks for the work and upload. Reminded me of one of my last drives in a Traveller, speeding down Boxley Hill, Maidstone, summer 1984. I could smell BBQ chicken cooking, then the van started filling with smoke, so pulled over, thinking the worse. After checking the engine bay, nothing, and rushing round the vehicle I found whisps of smoke coming from one of the main wooden uprights in the old timber frame. The dry summer, some weird bondo skin shape, and the high winds going downhill had created a venturi effect and the wood underneath had spontaneously combusted! With tears in my eyes from laughing so much I then had to put it out. Difficult to pee when you're rolling around in hysterics but I got the job done.
You're welcome... I love that story it nearly made me pee a little bit too.. I'm happy it brought back funny memories.
A master craftsman at work. Excellent job :)
Thank you very much
Very interesting and in-depth video on the Morris Minor, well done.
Thank you
What a lovely job buddy 👍🏻
Thank you
It's so much easier working when you have a fantastic workshop like yours. When you're lying on your back on a cold garage floor with only a foot of clearance, its so different . The memories of banged heads and trapped thumbs. Good times😂
Lol.. yes I've spent many an hour struggling on the floor, great times though
Great to see full process from diagnosis to rebuild. Thank you!
Thanks Dave.. no problem
Brilliant its the little things and your attention to detail grinding the marks down on the crankshaft nut superb thanks for another super video.
Thank you. Thanks for viewing
Great job. Looks like new, but probably better than new!
Thank you
Very simple engine . No electronics. Therefore, it’s reliable , dependable, very strong, low maintenance . Unlike today’s cars , easy to troubleshoot, easy to repair.
You are 100% right, we love the old ones
My experience with old engines is not quite the same. Modern engines may well be much more complex but: Old engines suffered from pinking, piston rings failing, decokes needed, spark plug cleaning and adjustment, carbs needed attention etc. Modern engines start winter and summer as if there is no difference. Batteries do not need topping up every week. Exhaust pipes don’t fail every 18 months. Petrol tanks don’t rust through in 4 years like on my Mini!
Let’s not knock progress too much….!
@@MrDunky48 I agree as a daily but old cars are fun.
Excellent thoughtful job. He should be made up!
Thank you. Hopefully
My dad's first car was a moggy thou. This wonderful car and a series engine took us from yorkshire to cornwall and back over 10 times without problem, pass several more modern cars btoken down on the hard shoulder. Only rusty bodywork caused the demise after 15 years great service.
I agree a great little car.. great adventure Yorkshire to Cornwall in one I bet
My dads first car was a Moggy van. He managed to drive it into Ward's Reservoir approaching Belmont at some speed!
@@774Rob is it still in there😂
@@graceenginedevelopments The bend is still there, it's a left/right and the penalty for missing the left is a clear run into the water. The Moggy survived and he went on to own a Moskvitch.
@@774Rob that's hilarious.. pleased the moggy survived
I must have rebuilt a dozen A series. My favourite engine TBH. I loved working on them. Last Minor Traveller I put a 1.3 ital onto a sierra gear box and MG rear diff. Front Midget discs and usual tramp rods and roll bars. Lovely to drive.
They're a great engine.. I bet that did drive nice
A proper engineer. Not an mechanic. great video.
Thank you
Nice clean room for engine rebuild with own set of tools.
Thank you.. we do love tools
What a cracking job james. I bet they were overjoyed with the finished work 👍
Thanks mate.. I hope so
That was all most familiar, well the most part. I had a few Mini's as a teenager and cut my teeth on working on them! We always changed the single timing chain for the duplex and if you could find an MG 1275 big valve head that was the crock of gold! A 344 to 1 diff was nice some liked twin 1 1/4 Su's but I liked the single 1 1/2 I think it was the HS2 with a long centre branch exhaust manifold. A machinist mate once lightened a flywheel for me but it would rev ike crazy but lost a bit of torque so we got another one and didn't go so mad. In those days every scrapyard was full of different size Mini 850 998 1100 and even 1275 engines! Happy days!! Sorry to waffle on, Nostalgia got a grip on me!! LOL
There is something special about older cars, do you still have a classic?
Sadly not, I had a Ford Consul Classic 315 1500 cc in the late 70's til 85 when I had to sell it to pay for food during the Miners dispute! Shame as the only other owner was my uncle who took me camping in the same car when I was about 13, when he finally got a new car he gave me the Classic. Nearly cried when that car went away!!!
That's a real shame. I wander if it's still around? Horrible to get rid of something when you don't want too. Needs must I guess
I love your approach with respect to customer requirements, you use a pragmatic approach to replacing components which the customer needs to maintain the full integrity of the engine rebuild. I work in a totally different sector of engineering but recognise your approach and delivery. If I were ever to need an engine rebuild you would be on the list.
Thank you very much.
As soon as i saw "A" - Series engine, i was thinking of my 60s Mini Cooper of time gone by. Wonderful engine -thats how i learnt mechanics- ;)
They're a good little engine, I'm pleased this is bringing back memories for people
Thanks for sharing James, I’m just starting to rebuild a 1275 for my Frogeye and there’s loads of good tips here as well as some useful shout outs.
Thank you, you're welcome
I love the A series Engine. I fitted the 1275cc head to my 1098. I had to pocket the block to allow for valves to go down side of bore. Also on another A series I fitted twin Su carbs and a blow through system using the supercharger from a Modern mini Cooper. Eaton supercharger. That bit gives pre ignition is for improving winter running. Removing it hampers cold starting. Cheers from old George. Pre ignition pinking is due to modern fuel. Lower compression helps also using two head gaskets.
Thank you.. They're a great engine.
They’re (sorry)
@@desmondrobinson169 that's ok. Edited.
I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of that.
Not having seen your channel before, but having seen a lot of "mechanics" videos (general, all purpose workshops), I figured you'd be another one, but now it seems you are specialists who don't do general maintenance work.
You're the guys I'd send my 150cc commuter-scooter engine to if I wanted, say, a 170cc one to come back, I guess... or of course a Minor engine.
Much of what you did was, obviously, given that you are specialists, beyond my understanding as a DIY owner-maintainer, but can I say what a great job you did of making everything clear, with no more jargon than was necessary, and good filming and editing.
I rarely do it, but, I'll subscribe to this channel after only one video.
I hope to enjoy a lot more of your videos, and thanks from Japan.
Thank you very much Stan, I'm pleased you enjoyed the video, and thanks for the subscription. Hope you enjoy more of our video's.
A brand new moggy thousand engine, thanks to you, thourely enjoyed watching.
Thanks Richard
Great video. Many thanks for sharing. A brilliant piece of work. Wish my current car had an A series engine. Good solid reliable engine.
Thank you, your welcome. There a great little engine
I owned a 74 MGBGT AND A Morris back in HS. Had wished you were available then. You're the greatest, so meticulous !Great Work !. Miami
Thank you..
first engine i ever rebuild 40 years ago love your work
Thank you.. happy memories hopefully
Did a few of these in the late 60s/70s on minis, easy peasy, so nice to work on.
There a cracking engine
Brilliant!, this is the archive material of the future. Generations will look back at this and marvel at the skill of this man. Thank you for making this vid, best wishes now and in the future.
Thank you very much.
What a fantastic and informative video, the finished article is a real credit to your skill and attention to detail, very inspiring.
Thank you very much.
Hi, it’s such a wonderful to watch the video that someone is passionate about their job and making things right not half right keep up the good work. I really enjoyed this video Cliff from Australia.
Thanks Cliff, I'm pleased you enjoyed it
Great video, many thanks
Thank you
These A series engines look really cute when they are finished.......Thank you for a great video 😊
Yes they do.. no problem.
Highly impressed with your knowledge, professionality, workmanship, and the toolkit you've assembled. That engine is now better than new. In the 60's/70's it was normal to do 'decarb' on these types of engines (also Ford, Vauxhall etc.) every 40-50,000 miles. Top off, check bore & cam/follower wear, clean piston heads and combustion chambers, regrind valve seats, maybe replace valve guides in mum's oven, and rebuild with new gaskets. No engine covers, no miles of wires and tubes, no sensors, no OBD port. 150,000 miles was a good service-life achievement back then. Sometimes do an easy bottom-end with new main shells and big ends. Next step - full rebuild. I love the new technology engines, but these simple thumpers (and improved materials/metallurgy) are what got us here.
I agree with everything you have said.. there is a place for new but old is special
This man is a real artist!
Thank you
Worked in a Norton motor bike shop for several years the motors were in similar condition to the Morris engine when they came in . I was always fascinated that they were still running , in Australia the engine reconditioners don't paint the engines you get them back as is .
Kit from Down Under
Hi Kit, hope you're ok. It's amazing how they can still run but need some work.
Absolute brilliant little motor ,, top job
Thank you
Great rebuild, which includes all those all-important wrinkles, non-professionals are unlikely to anticipate!
Thank you
You really know your morris engines. Bind blowing. What a professional job. I’d hate to see what the final bill is. What a job!!
Thank you.. it was approx 3500
Whatever the cost, far cheaper than a new car and it will run for many more years. New cars today are too complicated, too much tech inside and under the bonnet, computer chips everywhere and big tablets on the screen. I wish they made cars simple like this again that can be fixed easy if they go wrong.
Yep there's something nice about basic
Excellent video - I was a VW Beetle fan back in the day - lovely little engines to work on.
Thanks John, yes there a good car too. Still very popular
Excellent work...👍.
Thank you
Great work. Really enjoyed watching an expert at work.
Thank you
Pleasure watching your diligent work sir
Thank you
Wow, what a great vid, I enjoyed watching this. Thanks
No worries, thanks for viewing
An excellent job.
Thanks Marcus
First class job as ever James great little engine had many A series engines very reliable would always get you home. To clean the breather tube I used to use a piece of barbed fencing wire in an electric drill cleaned it out very quickly also used on 2 stroke exaust pipes
Thanks Dave, that's a great idea I'll get some for next time, would have worked a treat.
Really enjoyed that 👍
Thank you
My opinion, this was the best engine England ever built.
I completely agree! We had a Marina 1.3 for 19 years from new. 200000 miles and the engine only needed the schedule oil changes. It never missed a beat.
It's pretty good
I had a marina van that was good too
AH, memories, memories. Did an Austin-Healy 998 in college.
Cool, bet that was fun.. thanks for viewing
Thank you for a very informative and instructive video. I very much like the way you took us through the various stages and explained exactly what you were doing. If I lived in the UK and needed my engine rebuilt, I would definitely come to you if you did classic Mercedes-Benz engines as well. Thanks once again I really enjoyed watching your video and I'm sure everybody else did too. Wilson.
Thank you, we've got an old Merc V8 in to do, I'll start to film that for you
New subscriber, a superb job! It wounded my soul, when you showed us that historical damage done to the starting handle dog nut for want of the right sized spanner!
Thanks David, it definitely couldn't go back on in that state.
I had a B reg traveller that completely rotted out followed by an E reg that ran for years. My mate and I yanked the engine and gearbox out in the street and I did a decoke on my living room floor. My mate took the knackered box for exchange jammed in the back of his frog eyed sprite. He later had a highly modified moggy minor. It had a Wolsley 1600 engine, new suspension with a torsion bar, disc brakes, flared arches with wider wheels, it was a beast.
I bet it was a beast.. awesome conversation..
It came out great, and it is interesting to se an engine with a hand crank snout !
Thank you, yes nice to see older stuff
Obviously knowledgeable mate, you did a grand job, i wouldn`t hesitate to have you work on my own engine, i would rest easy knowing it was in your hands.
Thank you.
Now there is a familiar engine. I had two MKIII AH Sprites. I rebuilt both engines . Good Times.
There a great little engine.. have you still got 1?
That’s a comprehensive overhaul and it should run sweet as a nut now👌🏻
Would be nice to see / hear it running in the Moggie as a follow up?
Thank you for sharing👍🏻
Thanks kev. Hopefully yes.. I will film it once it's in and running.
@@graceenginedevelopments Would be nice to see some more of your builds up and running afterwards so will look forward to hopefully seeing some later👌🏻
Yes I'll post some
I was a mechanic is the 80s and 90's and did about one A Series rebuild every 2 weeks. I never saw all pistons blow a ring land. One piston occassionaly. Incredible.
Looks like hardware easier to source than back then.
Yes this one was quite bad, parts can be a little bit tricky now
Nice work! OEM ++ 😍
Thanks mate
Interesting video, I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
Educational to .
😀👍
Thanks Chris.
Great video engine looked amazing at the end with the decals on it
Thanks mate, yeah it looked nice
Great content. How does this guy have only 5.2K subscribers? I’m all in
Thank you
Excellent work Sir.Ged.
Thank you very much
Great video and all the tools for the job
Thank you
Got to love an 'a' series. Dont think I'll forget how to fit those dish core plugs in a hurry, after my one popping in the garage😂you'll have to let me know when to pop over to collect the head👍
Thanks mate, will do
i had a Morris Minor. so well done, good work ⚒ ⚒
Thank you
Im so glad i found your channel, that was fantastic engineering and satisfying to watch, id say their very happy with the job you did. I have subscribed, cheers 👍
Thanks James, and thanks for the sub.
Great job sir!
Thank you
What a beautiful job sir 👏🏻
Thank you.