My flatmate Alan Hill is the owner of Over The Hill Motor Company, which specialises in maintenance & restoration of Morris Minors. Handy huh? Well, nearly everyday he comes home in a different Minor. "Alan's Daily Driver" is a pic of what's parked outside our house. Expect it to change regularly!

22 May 2000

Not one or two but FOUR Minors parked outside our place tonight! OK, so two of them were already there and a third was the customer's second car but you get the idea. The owners had turned up to pick up their Series II four-door which had been in for a boil-over problem. It turns out that the block was cracked after a severe freeze which not only popped the freeze plugs out of the block but also cracked the thermostat housing. Alan replaced the engine and it now runs sweet as ever :)

Tip! Whilst talking to the owner he let us in on a tip that on old BMC mechanic used one day to cure a small water leak. The 'service' station didn't have any Rad-Weld (radiator stop-leak) and the local shop was all out of raw eggs so our mechanic friend used another organic stop-leak .... mustard! A small pot of mild English mustard was purchased and spooned into the radiator. Within 5 miles of running the leak stopped and the Minor made it the 75 miles home without a problem. I can't be sure but I assume whole-grain mustard is probably not a good idea :)