Morris Minor Owners Club

Thank you all for your excellent suggestions. Unfortunately I think I ended up where I began - with the odd phenomenon of a good spark on the handle, petrol flowing nicely, but no spark when rapidly spinning the engine with the starter motor. Decent battery output even with prolonged starter motor t...

Hello again, Thank you very much! Well I’ve cleaned the connections with the battery and through to the solenoid, regulator, and earth - none of them looked dirty. Voltage under without load is 13v cranking was 11volts and remaining steady - not declining. Still no joy :-( What do you reckon??? Than...

Just to add, RAC man needed help to understand basics of an internal combustion engine and simply took us home. The mechanic only works on old cars, we’ve used for 25 years and is generally very good. Though not always available when we need him most!!

Thank you so much for your replies. I will test the voltage while cranking on the starter as you suggest. The battery is however reasonably new and does keep the starter turning without any reduction in speed, has a good resting voltage output and I freshly recharged it after trying for a while. Als...

Help please! I cannot start my 1957 traveller. There is fuel. There is a spark when I turn it over on the handle. There is no spark when I turn it over on the starting motor - I’ve never experienced that combination before. I have 70 miles to get home asap and will need to take my cat! History is - ...