Morris Minor Owners Club

It only over-reads? I should be so lucky - mine under-reads and then over-reads repeatedly every couple of seconds....and the oscillations get wilder the faster I go!

I place a piece of cardboard between the habcap tool and the wheel so it can't get scratched as the hubcap is levered off.....

Good advice....

"My concern would be knowing that it was reliable if it was second hand?" You might well have the same concern about a modern one - as many have experienced! A good, old coil (which can be tested) is often as described by 'ManyMinors' - reliable and giving long service. Like many things now, they w...

I would trust Distributor Doctor, based on the quality of his ignition parts. But another option is to source a good, old, 'proper-job' coil which would probably be cheaper AND of superior quality.

It is best to run these cars regularly* - that is what they were made for. Even if you don't want to use it much in winter, going for a run on fine, dry days every few weeks will prevent things seizing up and is much better for the car than periodically leaving it idling on the driveway for half an ...

Yes, my SII has that type of wheelbrace/hubcap remover. Its poor as a wheelbrace, but good at removing hubcaps . But the starting handle is certainly better, as it has a sleeve over the end which you hold, so that the handle rotates in the sleeve as you crank the engine over.

Of course, some coil terminals are marked +ive and -ive. In such cases the +ive terminal is wired to the dizzy if the car is +ive earth, and vice-versa if the car is -ive earth.

I don't know why they moved the coil from the bulkhead, where it was positioned at an angle a short distance below the control box, to above the dynamo during SII production. I suppose there must have been a reason........

Great news that she has fired up! It is entirely possible that the dynamo has previously been polarised to a negative earth state, and the battery connections suggest this to have been the case.

Most likely that is negative earth, if the battery is connected up as you describe, with the coil wired up the wrong way round. A clue would be - has it an alternator as opposed to dynamo? An alternator would strongly suggest negative earth. Wire your new coil up with the -ive terminal going to the ...

Sorted! I shortened the cable, lubricated and all is well. Should have been dead easy but te nut behind the dash was sooo stiff and I had to spanner it off all the way which, the nut being where it is behind the dash, was awkward and tedious. But all's well that ends well

It is older - 1955. It has a number of indents that allow it to click into a number of locked positions in order to adjust the mixture.

Thank you - I had not thought of shortening the cable to get rid of the mangled end. I will see tomorrow if here is enough length on it to do this.And, as I said, if all else fails, I have a spare in the back of the garage somewhere.......

Yes, or I might just disconnect at the carb end, have a go at tidying up the wire end a bit and hold the cable up to squirt something down without removing it.....and if that fails, I just remembered I have a spare cable in a box at the back of the garage

Hello peeps, Recently I have been having problems pushing the choke knob back in on my SII after pulling it out to start up. The return mechanism is not sticky at the carb end and I am wondering if the wire cable itself is sticking/jamming in the outer cable. Whilst I have considered pulling the inn...

This must be the poor old thing here: https://www.google.com/maps/@50.0749627 ... 312!8i6656
And definately Sennen!

" But, never mind, you have clearly sorted the problem by actually fitting an engine thermostat - and further improved the earlier heater output by fitting a ‘heather’ matrix, whatever that might be."
I'll wager it is a misspelling of 'heater'..........

"Coincidence that the dashpot oil was gone and it ran fine when topped up?"
Were that the problem I would expect issues to show up straight after firing up and trying to drive off, not after 40 minutes of 'performing faultlessly'. But you will soon find out when you next go for a longer drive!

"I've tried a 12v supply to the positive side of the coil, when holding the king lead near the engine and making and breaking the negative side of the coil....." So we assume your car is negative earth? But even if the coil is wired the wrong way round, I would not expect the spark to be so weak yo...