Morris Minor Owners Club

Saw this for sale at LLLllllandudno



John ;-)

22:19 01/05/24

Back to normal...

Thank you..

John ;-)

I suspect that you have put the above as an example but I notice that the head in the above photo is not a 202 item and you have removed the manifold locating rings which are there to line up the manifolds and so aid gas flow. Correct, it's a 12G940 , but just look at the steps , whoppers on the he...

You could " blueprint" the head to manifold , I'm sure gasflow doesn't like those steps...
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Website running a tad slow recently....

or is it me ???

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Nice job...

John ;-)

Probably a bit of muck between the driving magnet and the driven plate in the speedo... negating the magnetic drive to a fixed drive..
A good clean, if you're proficient, would help..


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I've found a 50% failure rate on the cheap chinese items....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from ... =0&_sop=15


Buy cheap buy twice?

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" just draws air and the dizzy back plate doesn't move.

Ordered a new one from ESM which duly arrived. "

Did you " suck test" the new one , I've seen faulty new ones...

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https://captaintolley.com/

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Looks like watered down PVA , but isn't....

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FYI

http://www.da7c.co.uk/technical_torque_ ... 00%20miles.

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The wipers need the ignition on to self park, if you have the wipers on and switch the ignition off they will not self park properly...only doing so when you switch the ignition on ??

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Is Mr Harris still in prison?

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Isn't there a built in one way valve so the only oil to escape when fitting would be from the centre ?

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Panky's right...

... and if you have a 4.5 : 1 , your nose will be through the screen.

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panky wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:26 pm There are a couple of different ratio servos around, usually 1.7 and 1.9. It could be that the servo you have is too powerful for the weight of the car.

I think you'll find the range is a lot wider than that ...


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Will do, thank you...

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Phil

Many thanks for that , was thinking that way , will shelve it for now until head-off time... may even prepare a " worked-on " head for the transplant...

John ;-)

Dear All Wanting to fit a 1.3 : 1 rocker set-up with pedestals etc ... Is it possible/acceptable to change the rockers/shaft/pedastals with the engine in situ without replacing the head gasket ? ie. head bolt re-torqueing? Thinking of releasing the rockers,withdrawing the rocker shaft , replacing on...