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Nic Jarman · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:01 am Post subject: Morris 8 pistons

Does anyone know if series 1 and series E pistons are the same?
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Nic Jarman · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:42 pm Post subject:

It looks like they are the same. I think I will have to have the block sleeved. These are rather deep.

The bores are at +20 and the max is +60.
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1977 MG Midget 1500
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ukdave2002 · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4105 Location: South Cheshire

Nic , they are different, did you see my post on your liner question? you can use the E piston it better as it has an additional oil ring, but it will raise the compression ratio slightly. I have some new standard bore E pistons and some new +40" series one pistons if you are interested.

Dave

Nic Jarman · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:41 pm Post subject:

OK the engine is out and stripped. It will need a few new parts but as I drew the pistons out I noticed something that stopped me in my tracks. Why is there a swastika and 18 written on the con rod. As we all know A is the first letter and H is the eigth letter.

Does anyone have a explanation for this?
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1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
Dax Rush

Brian M · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:31 am Post subject:

Nic

I just love conspiracy theories!

We can discount the 18 having anything to do with Hitler. You have a left facing swastika, whereas the symbol for the Nazi party was a right facing. This is determined by the direction of the top horizontal line.

According to Wikipedia "By the early 20th century, it was widely used worldwide and was regarded as a symbol of good luck and success."

Is it the same on all the con-rods and do they all have the same part number?
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Nic Jarman · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:24 am Post subject:

Brian, Only 3 of the con rods have the swastika and they have the same part number except there is an "s" suffix. The Nazis used the swastika in both clockwise and counter clockwise. However the Buddhist used the swastika in its counter clockwise form. So do we summise that a group of Buddhists settled in Abingdon and made cars from peace and love? I believe 8 is a very lucky number in China. I wondered why it feels so calm in the 8. Cool

Oh dear this emoticon is an 8 and ).
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1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
Dax Rush