Morris Minor Owners Club

She runs!!! Hectic day getting final bits plumbed in, trip to motor factors to buy anti freeze and a coolant hose. Span it over with no plugs and disconnected from alternator, oil pressure light went out. Then noticed a significant petrol leak from carb (getting dark at this point of course) so whip...

Anyone have a picture of how the heated manifold is plumbed in on their 940 head conversion? I am going to run heater return to the rear of the manifold, then I need to butcher an old copper pipe to reach from the front of the manifold to the radiator hose. Is there a better way? Does it matter whic...

So if 6000 is the limit on 1098, what would you limit a 1275 to? Surely only a pure race engine is going to be run over that figure?

I can't get over 4000 revs any way, gearbox whines too much to bear!

Thanks for the advice all. My vac advance is broken, so I suppose I could try and replace that part with a modern one. I don't really want to spend £100+ on a posh new one! Does anyone have any experience with the minispares ones? http://www.minispares.com/product/classic/BAU1962.aspx They are cheap...

Thanks for the advice all. Plenty of info enough to get it running I hope! Should be back out there Thursday. Regarding a new distributor, it looks like most of the modern manufacturers sell a 45d as an upgrade. Is this correct for my engine? (1098 +040, 12G940, HIF38, standard cam/exhaust). If fitt...

Thanks Phil, that makes perfect sense. So I will find approx TDC, then am I setting the points to open just before TDC? I have just realised that my vac advance is not working! Sucking on the pipe produces no movement of the plate. I was planning on switching to electronic ignition anyway at a later...

Hi all, As I have changed my crankshaft pulley for a mini dampened one, I no longer have any relevant timing marks to work from. I need to completely reset the timing from scratch, which I have never done before. I understand the principle. Can I get away with finding TDC by looking at piston throug...

Hi all, So the engine towers are fitted correctly! It is still likely that the gearbox mounts are incorrect, but I think that my time will be best spent making sure the engine runs ok. The medium-term plan is to replace the gearbox anyway, so I will do this and renew the mounts etc if and when I get...

I concur with condensor, I have had two of the 'standard' ones fail suddenly and soon after installation, symptoms like a misfire for me. Get a distributor doctor one! I think the major supplies stock them. Just remember to tell your mechanic NOT to swap it at the annual MOT/service or you will be r...

Ok pictures to follow, tomorrow hopefully.

Thanks all!

Now I am really confused! Phil I will have to check on the car tomorrow and report back with pictures. It is not parked at my flat. I am pretty certain that the lip of the roll points towards the rear of the car, as if the hole was pressed through from the front towards the rear. Does that make sens...

Phil that is definitely what has happened. I have refitted the engine towers as they were, which is with the vertical surface (with the hole in) biased towards the front of the car! Apologies also to the other member who suggested this first, and whom I ignored! So the car has been running like this...

Well it's in, but there is definitely something amiss! The engine just would not fit over the front engine bay crossmember, the sump was catching it. It took a LOT of wiggling and angle changing before it finally scraped over it and on. We did not hear a noise like the clutch cover release bearing p...

Thanks for replies so far, Rad and front panel completely removed, it is the sump catching on the front of the engine-bay floor. Plenty of room above! I will examine the gearbox mounts but the car has been checked over many times by minor specialists so I would be amazed if something obvious like th...

Morning all, Thought I would make this a separate post, as I couldn't find the relevant info using the search tool on the forum, so may be of future use. Does anyone have any advice on refitting a 1098 engine whilst the gearbox is still in the car? It was very tight on removal, there is not enough r...

Thanks Phil! I read the many posts on bypass/thermostat drilling etc, and as I don't want to drive around with my heater valve open, which blows hot air in whatever setting the actual heater is on, I have drilled 2 3mm holes in the thermostat. The gasket trick to level the exhaust and inlet manifold...

Finally the forum is back!! Been flying blind all Xmas. Is there a way to tell which way round (2 options) a new clutch cover would go? Am replacing the whole assembly as part of a kit. The old cover on the other engine is marked up to ensure it goes back the same way, so I have deduced that there i...

I'm pretty certain you are allowed to tell the truth/facts on the forum! For example, I am allowed to state that I bought a non-stainless exhaust from Bull Motif a year or so ago. The flared end was very poorly made, so I asked them to have it collected and refund me. I then bought one from ESM whic...

Sounds great Phil!

I wonder if you will need an empty engine bay in which to place your engine when it is finished....

Has anyone else seen these?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/222279339464

I'd be interested to hear people's opinion. Quite expensive, but now that I know the costs of reconditioning and tuning these engines, and presuming these come with a guarantee, it's maybe not that bad!

Edd