Morris Minor Owners Club

To come back to an old post... fitting a 123 distributor solved running issues, and while it cost an arm and a leg it idles and drives so much better. I have now got round to taking the timing chain cover off and can see the "nose" of the camshaft is marked with a 7. Can anyone shed any li...

Hi Phil, Thanks for the info. I'll check with the seller to see if this bearing will fit over the bearing tube for the type 9. I think I understand what you mean in terms of incompatible movement as the pivot arm wants to move in an arc but needs to travel straight along the bearing but i'm not enti...

Hi all, I currently have my type 9 gearbox out for rebuild. My setup is as follows: Hybrid clutch plate as supplied by david manners, morris minor pressure plate/cover on morris minor flywheel (drilled out to 6 stud to fit my midget 1275 engine). Upon inspecting the carbon thrust bearing which has d...

Hi all,
I was told somewhere a while back that some camshafts can be identified by markings on the nose...
Is anyone here able to identify what mine might be based on the dash and the number 7 as in the picture attached?
Any help greatly appreciated!

Block is now soaking in citric acid, has been for a few days. Will check on it tomorrow. As the container is a fair bit larger than the block itself, i ended up getting through a 2kg bag of citric acid no sweat. seems like a lot, but i followed the 6 tbsns per 1L water rule nevertheless. block is ju...

Thanks Phil...!

great, thanks. And what to rinse with? assuming any water residue will leave behind rust deposits

Thanks again, all!
I'm going to de-rust the block by soaking it in white vinegar for a while, grease it up and store it until I have need for it.
Any cheap suggestions for de-rusting the block at home other than white vinegar, let me hear them!

Thanks Phil,
I'll keep it for now, in that case. Where could I get this done for the price you state? I'm southeast ...have heard the name AC Dodd thrown around as being the A series guy...do you know of him?

Thank you, all, for your helpful replies. I take into account the point made about the possibility that the block face has been skimmed at some stage for whatever reason, whether that be insertion of post-factory liners to be levelled off with the face, or for higher compression if the block has bee...

Hi all, Hope everyone in well in these testing times... It's taken me a while to get round to this as on my way back from buying the engine block in question, a man in a van backed into the side of my morris, so I've had more pressing things to think about...anyway, here we are! I bought a 1275 midg...

Thanks for the info, Phil!

Thanks all. Successfully installed the midget distributor and it seems to be a little flat lower down but then revs much better past 3000rpm. Have set to 13° BTDC as per manual, and will tweak as I drive. Didn't check the base plate but I will do when I get round to it! I'm going to see what the max...

Did this include the price of changing distributor springs etc? Otherwise I need a new distributor anyway...thinking that a fully programmable curve is best of taking to a rolling road...?

Are they worth it? On removal of my manifolds, the colour of fuel sitting in the ports is a mirky mix of fuel and oil colour. I can only guess that the timing chain cover to carburettor vent pipe connection is causing this. I've thought about putting a catch tank in line as surely this can't be good...

I have had the inlet manifold skimmed, binned the jonspeed 'competition' manifold gasket which leaked still and have fixed the intake leak by fitting a minisport standard gasket. haven't got round to needle reprofiling yet, but I may take this to AC Dodd and get a pro to do it for me (if I can get h...

Looking at the chart that mark posted above, it must have the wrong curve. I do have the original 25d side entry distributor that came with the 1275 engine. Perhaps I could use the springs and weights from this while utilising the rest of the accuspark 45d parts to get a 'normal' midget curve?

Good to know!
I'm wondering how accuspark can advertise their electronic 45d distributors in a 'fits many vehicles' fashion, when these engines differ and all have different mechanical and centrifugal advance requirements?

Thanks for the replies! V interesting! I had a playground with mixture at idle and took her for a good run yesterday with vacuum reconnected. Definitely helps smoothness especially between gear changes and under light load. Got back and the plugs were a healthier colour. My A/F gauge tells me that i...

Hi all, So I got the moggy going with the 1275 spridget engine and type 9 'box - thanks Philthehill for the engine backplate spacer advice; it worked a treat! Unfortunately it seemed to have more get up and go with the tired 1098cc engine in! My setup is as follows: +60" pistons - i believe thi...