Morris Minor Owners Club

My friend was having problems with his Honda Izzy lawnmower. It would start but cut out after a few seconds. I took the carburettor to pieces and I found lots of nasty aluminium corrosion. I cleaned everything up including removing the main jet, float and needle valve. I managed to tear a gasket but...

All done. Very simple. Not a leak from the sump at all. Leak from oil filter. Absolutely dry around timing belt cover (previous job). Sorted. Thank you for sump advice which will be very useful in future.

Stephen

The side seals must overlap the sump neoprene gaskets and they must abut hard against the main bearing caps. That is why the side gaskets must be fitted first. That neoprene seal looks to be too long. I think the neoprene seal is fine. It will compress to the correct length with pressure from my fi...

Berni is correct. Lucas 9H high for the Series 5. See below for the car numbers.

Thanks both. I've contacted The D.D. with a view to buying his parts. Also probably a distributor recondition. There is no way I will use that new rotor arm. Great stuff. Martin Jay (distributor doctor) does a fantastic job overhauling a distributor. His work is expensive but the completed distribu...

The SU pump is undoubtedly expensive but it is still made in Salisbury, England probably in exactly the same way as it always has been (Burlen bought the SU tooling). They are very robust pumps and I have successfully brought back really dreadful looking pre-war SU pumps to perfect working order whi...

The problem with the neoprene seals is that they are near solid and cannot compress like the cork seal. The neoprene seals only appear to be available for the 1275cc engine and that has a larger radius rear sump opening so requiring a longer seal (Pt No: TAM1089) and different sump. The front seal ...

For 1966 a single Lucas 9H low. I think export cars had twin Lucas 9H low and high or at least the wiring for a second horn. Looking at your photo I don't think any of those horns are Lucas 9H although the right hand horn of the left hand pair looks similar to a 9H but does not have the twin blade t...

Thank you Phill. I have 2x TAM1171. I happen to have a (clean) spare sump on the dining table and I have done a trial fit. The TAM1171 fit perfectly and do not appear to need trimming. The cork seals on the other hand are way oversize and will need trimming. I had intended to have the spare sump pai...

Stephen, you might need to wipe the oil away and from then on keep an eye on where it appears again, after gentle motoring. As I suspect it has blown all over the place when on the move at higher speeds. Weather looks to be getting better, good luck. Thank you Les. Since I got back from my trip the...

I recommend the red rotor arms that are only available directly from Distributor Doctor. These are made in England by a small business and they are excellent quality. Be aware that other red rotors are on sale that are not of good quality. The poor quality parts manufacturers have cottoned on to the...

I was ever so pleased with myself that I didn’t have any oil leaks but I took the car to the Isle of Wight at the weekend and the car is definitely leaking oil. I used a pint of oil per hundred miles! Investigating where the leak is coming from is my next job. The weather was awful whilst I was away...

That is definitely not normal

My car is “G” actually and has a PCV. Does your car have the original engine? If it does the parts did get swapped around. I do not know the dates when breathing systems changed.

Stephen

That’s an open breather or draft tube and was the factory system on earlier cars. Rocker cover with breather tube to air cleaner and tappet chest draft tube. With clean air concerns the car makers moved to closed breather systems because the open type is venting crankcase fumes to atmosphere. It was...

So your current set up is a pipe from oil separator to carburettor breather inlet? If so, that was the arrangement for the very last Minors as I understand. The earlier arrangement was a PCV valve which is what I have on a 1969 car. Basically I think the PCV was dropped as the breather carburettor i...

Basically your friendly local machine shop but not quite. Experience with the A-series and particular the later and better little modifications I would argue are essential.


Stephen

When replacing the leaf springs the normal procedure is to jack up the car on the body and then with the body supported on axle stands and suitable blocks of wood to then jack up and support the axle on stands. Some people use the spring hanging bracket to support the body because it should be stron...

I would suggest that one stainless steel pan scrub is enough. The crankcase fumes need to have easy passage through the pan scrub. Too much pan scrub could restrict the flow of fumes and then you are back to as if the breather was blocked. The pan scrub is there to catch the oil carried in the fume...

Looks good. Well done on the dreaded beehive springs!

Stephen