Morris Minor Owners Club

Alan. Are you using a screw-on filter?

Carb icing is rare in this country I doubt you would experience it unless you were in the wilds of Scotland. Strangely, the UK is ideal for forming carb ice. The drop in pressure down from the carb and the latent heat of vapourisition (Is that right?) drop the air temp in the manifold by maybe 15 d...

Could it have been corrosion of the Alloy castings round the timing cover after a long lay-up with condensation? Cork side cover gasket dried out and flaking?

Moisture will precipitate out when the pressure drops so an SU carb (or pretty much any) will cause ice to form just down from the dashpot. Injection engines don't suffer this as much since the fuel droplets are created right close to the valves and thus don't add to the cooling effect in the intake...

George. Do you know what happened to the ALTA head that was on the car back in 2011?

No photos visible, Alan

Our Thames Blue car had a blue-grey wheel and John Gamble said his black car came with a reddish-brown one. I wonder if anyone at the factory bothered to try and match the wheel to the paintwork? We have several light brown ones and some tan ones.

In the absence of a photo to confirm it seems you have bog-standard Morris 1000 legs and nothing will fit without fairly major machining.

How were the legs 'reconditioned', Alan?

Early stubs have a smaller hole in the leg, hence are not interchangeable with Morris 100 ones(well, at least on mine).

As Phil says, a photo will resolve everything.

Rob

One of our Sidevalves does it but the other 3 don't.

If you wrench the track rod end body over sideways with a big spanner then it helps to stop the taper spinning as it gets tightened.

Looks like normal machining for a flat plug seat, to me. Are they all like that? Could be a Timesert insert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjDQJtWFc8 Worth cleaning it up with a screwdriver since it looks like goop and paint on it at the moment. If it hasn't shifted by now I'd start getting more ...

Threaded into spark plug hole and then the plate rests on top of the head studs. Tightening the threads above the plugs pulls the head up. Got enough head studs left???

Might it be possible to get some braze in the holes? Might be able to them re-tap the holes to 2BA.

If you get really stuck...I'm a licenced Gunpowder manufacturer, amongst other things.


1/2 kg of fine grain Black Powder? That'll shift it.

No easy short-cut. Be careful since those USHM2 heads aren't easy to find. TDC, petrol, plug and a spark might get it to 'crack' the friction? Alternatively, filling the cylinder partially with grease and then winding the crank round fast to hydro-lock it? Neither sound appealing but might end up be...

Just wondering about something this morning... I have an old, unopened Gallon jar of brake fluid that I was just about to throw away and it got me wondering. In THEORY water can leach in to just about anywhere to contaminate fluid, hence the short shelf life and even shorter service life. So, is the...

Citric acid becomes much more vigorous if the water is hot. Maybe run the engine with the filler cap off (no pressure) and then pour in the crystals just before switching off?
The down side is that it might attack the radiator tubes if they are already a bit thinned down.

Starter is 3/8 UNF x 1 3/4, I think. 7/16 UNF x 2.5 for the main caps.

Main bearing cap bolts?