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[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by alleramilitaria
hate to let tell you but from what i understand mr morris bought a large number of machines from the french in the late 30s and so in my morris there is a number of metric items. yuck

It is quite true the Morris had an involvement with Hotchkiss prewar, but before sending my message, I checked a C8 parts book and there are no mention of any metric bolts or screws, only BSF and BA. There are 2 metric nuts listed, one is a castle nut on water pump spindle, the other I think on the gearbox (?). If you had an original engine, you would find metric threads in the carb because it is a French designed Solex, but made in England. As you vehicle has undoubtable gone through a few subsequent changes since its army service, ie. Perkins engine, etc. some persons may have used metric fasteners.