Morris Minor Owners Club

Thank you Geoberni

Thank you Simmitc and Geoberni 😊 much appreciated. Geoberni, your engine bay looks much tidier than ours 😂- the photo is really useful Simmitc, the wiring description is also really helpful- I'm going to have another look in the morning using the info you have both provided to make sure all is perma...

Looks like we have fixed it - thanks to information provided previously on this site
It was a loose connection on the dipswitch
Phew!

Have a good evening everyone

Hello, we have been carrying out some maintenance on our 1098 daily driver today, namely: Replacing dizzy cap, cleaning rotor arm and replacing ht leads 3 tyres replaced (by a tyre company) today Now we have no headlights! But we do have: Horn Side lights Indicator Radio Interior light Car running f...

Love it

Thanks to all of you - enormously helpful as ever. We will go away and have a think but at least have now got it down to either distributor doctor or a second hand (tested) one through your help

Thank you - so many options!
My concern would be knowing that it was reliable if it was second hand?

Oh what to do!! Lots of food for thought

Thankyou, interestingly we had ruled out Lucas based on feedback. OK, if your experience with accuspark was not good then perhaps distributor doctor is the way to go. As he doesn't seem to list his prices it is very difficult to know what the cost difference might be, though within reason we want re...

Sorry to ask a question which may have been previously addressed, but advice please on which coil to buy:
Accuspark red sport
Accuspark viper
Distributor doc coil

What would you buy?

Thank you

Thank you for all for your responses. To answer some of the questions posed: The car has been in our ownership for several years and driven a lot, though out of our Morris's it is the one that has had the least restoration work/renovation but that is more because it was in a pretty good state when w...

Thank you - it's definitely still wired in and getting hot at terminal A. I presume therefore that as we have an alternator the voltage regulator is in effect not doing anything and therefore it must be a bad earth? I'll have a look at the wiring diagram in case it sheds any light on the issue :) Th...

Hello lovely people, So here we go again with a new mystery! Our 1962 Morris has developed a strange issue, the symptoms of which are: Starts as normal until you turn on the main lights or indicators and then it dies Terminal A on the voltage regulator feels hot at this point After a few minutes it ...

Absolutely brilliant, Thank you Something to keep us occupied!!

Dear All, Hoping you can help with what is hopefully a straightforward question!!
The Gearbox to chassis earth strap on our 62 Morris is loose at the chassis end and seems to be spinning on the bolt.
Is there a way to access the other side of the bolt or another way to tighten it up?

Thank you

Ooh I like that - and there's lots of guidance on how to do it! I'd never have thought of that!
Thank you

Ok, so here's the scenario: We're now 7months into covid and my husband who is severely sight impaired, but great at mechanics is finding lockdown life increasingly restrictive and difficult (he's 52). As we move towards winter I thought I could get him a new project - not a whole vehicle but perhap...

Interesting and curious - I wonder why that was done if it is not standard for that car? It is connected to the carb and the tappet gantry cover. We recently (couple of months ago) changed the oil cap to a breather type, having read posts on here about oil cap types, so perhaps it will improve with ...

Thank you - yes a great idea, we'll check that in the morning
Our experience, like yours are that they are tricky to seal well. I'm hoping it keeps going a bit longer before we enter the realms of major overhaul!

Brilliant, Thank you - sounds like a plan

Thanks all so much, we inspected the spark plugs again today ( though still running fine) and plug no 3 is now black and covered in deposits and has damage to it (see photo). All the others are a lovely shade of light brown. We've changed the Spark plug now. The breather on the smelly one is a canis...