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Good to read that John.
Are the new wheels on Nero yet?
If they are would love to see the pics. Errr.....no. Not quite a simple swap of wheels. The centre of the Minilites are slightly thicker and therefore the studs not quite long enough for safety. Williams are fitting longer studs for me and spacers as the wheel offset is different. Another couple of weeks hopefully. Jays, when i fitted minilites to my widebodied 4/4 i just used longer nuts, they were chrome dome nuts but with twice the length of thread
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Hugo...it's the lack of length of stud that's the issue...longer nuts will make no difference as there are so few exposed threads available! And that's even without fitting the spacers.
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Yes. Nice little drive out to Woburn as Caron needed to pick something up in the Woburn China Shop. There's a staggered crossroad in the centre of Woburn that leads to a lot of confusion, anger and the bibbing of horns with very little way given by any car. Not so for a Morgan as I found out today. As I turned out of where I had parked into the mayhem, politeness and civility took hold and I was waved through by all sides. Nice! The joys of driving a Morgan!
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If i remember correcly the original minilites used long sleeved nuts that went through a larger hole in the wheel its self, with a large fitted washer to butt up aginst the wheel.
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You certainly wouldn't get that in a Porker  Definitely one of the joys of Morganning.
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If i remember correcly the original minilites used long sleeved nuts that went through a larger hole in the wheel its self, with a large fitted washer to butt up aginst the wheel. More conventional now. There's sleeved steel inserts which probably are akin to the sleeved nut and washer....and conventional blind nuts.
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Greased the front end and cleaned out the K&N air filter so I did a little run around the Chilterns.
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Nothing overly exciting, went to work and back, accompanied by the 3.0 thrum is a nice way to commute!
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Went to Brixworth near Northampton for work to see a pump supplier.
Whilst overcast with the old light drizzle the A&B roads were great fun.
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Went to Brixworth near Northampton for work to see a pump supplier.
Whilst overcast with the old light drizzle the A&B roads were great fun. Should've dropped in for a brew, John. Only two miles away..
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