Morris Minor Owners Club

The problem with both the cast clamp and the pressed up version I found was the hole size is to suit the manifold diameter where as the exhaust pipe is a lot smaller so it only grips on a small part of the exhaust pipe cone,I finished up making my own clamp from a piece of mild steel bar and turned ...

My insurance renewal last year came with a £35 pound admin fee ,when I queried this it was waved,so this year the renewal arrived with the same admin fee and also a 13% increase in the agreed value change but I was not able to increase my vehicle agreed value to next year according to the insurance ...

Thanks Roy

I had the same problem but with the new gasket/O seal it was fixed, the only thing I do not understand from an engineering side, is the issue of the O seal locating in the groove which is fine but then it seals by contact with the gasket,surely it should have been a bigger diameter bore in the gaske...

Thanks Roy for the advice its a bit cold now down here in the South to get under the car ,maybe about April /May next year

My 1953 s11 does the same sometimes I have tried double declutching and releasing the clutch and trying again but what works for me when it happens is I go into forth and then straight away back to 3rd this works every time for me ,as the problem only exist going up the gears and not back down throu...

I have taken out my rack from my series 2 which is really easy and does not even need the front wheels to be removed , as I said when I did mine I placed the rack vertical in the vice and pumped EP90 into it from lock to lock I then pumped in some grease to hopefully seal in some of the EP90 ,I then...

As said in the posts on this subject above I recently fitted a tensioner kit to my car the timing cover took some finding also I was told that the pin is no longer made so I machined my own , it is also a lot easier to check the timing on the tensioner cover than the old version

It was said to me some time ago that it was better to use car shampoo as washing up liquid has salt added to soften the water slightly where as car shampoo does not have any salt

Thanks for the advice I tend to agree about leaving it off but I also think I will renew the yellow paint as more of a reminder on the fan blade so as I don't get too close to the rotating fan blade

Help please the angled steel shield at the top of the radiator that protects you from the fan when the engine is running has parted company with the radiator,looking at the mating face there is notmuch left of any solder witness but some black silicon and some black hard glue I think.There is some s...

So far I have built a 3 1/2 gauge Rob Roy saddle tank then I built a 5" gauge Speedy GWR based on the 15XX class which easily pulled 25 passengers on the Ashton Park track the finished weight was approx 80 KGS ,now I am in the process of making a 3 1/2 gauge Southern Schools 3 cylinder engine ,...

After reading these posts and never been completely happy with the battered run/appearance of the metal pipework on my advance/retard with flame trap I removed it from my car to fit new pipework I had left over from my model steam engineering days ,as I was lifting the assembly from the car petrol p...

We used to have numerous bike shops near to us but all have now closed other than Fowlers which is in the centre of Bristol so at least the local shop will order for me even tries them orris Minor centre Bristol but as others only sell complete lead sets

No lawnmower shops local to me

Good advice I have just been to my local Aprillia shop and they are on order for me

What I thought would be an easy task has proved not to be I have been after a new set of spark plug caps I tried my local car accessory shop no joy 2 more accessory shops one even asking what the example was I had it being an NGK 90 degreee cap, Halfords just the same they only sell complete lead se...

How can you call my work amateurish and of poor quality Tyson when you have never actually seen any of my work ,both of my bikes and my car when taken to events have never been called any of these,yet another case of this club forum negative comments brigade

Hi so far I have sprayed both rear wings ,3 door skins the front cheesegrater grille the radiator support panel ,both support trims that run under the doors and various other parts in Empire Green on my series 2 saloon ,no problem at all .I would have no hesitation in doing the whole car if required...

Ever since I bought my car it has always bothered me that the previous owner had painted all the surfaces under all the wing areas black instead of being coloured matched Empire Green as the car,I thought about getting a litre of cellulose paint made up at my local paint shop but thought that after ...