Morris Minor Owners Club

Phil
Thanks for your reply

Everything going back together and all was going well when I went to try starting her up and noticed a leak from the jet assembly “tube” …the clear rubber tube inside the metallic gauze sheath connecting the bottom of the float chamber to the body of the carburettor. Having taken the carburettor off...

Everything going back together and all was going well when I went to try starting her up and noticed a leak from the jet assembly “tube” …the clear rubber tube inside the metallic gauze sheath connecting the bottom of the float chamber to the body of the carburettor. Having taken the carburettor off...

Just to let you know that the citric has finally worked. After much poking around and changing the citric acid solution water is finally draining from the drain hole at the rear side of the engine block. I will give it a few more weeks with the citric acid solution and then will try to put the engin...

Thanks to all for your helpful replies. I will do as you suggest and hope for the best.

To keep a long storey short. Last year I went to drain the radiator to replace coolant and I noticed that the drain tap on the rear of the engine block had been replaced by a bolt. On removing this bolt no water drained out presumably due to the block being full of rust / muck. I got as much of the ...

Colin My boards were fitted with an assortment of different fixings. I suppose the originals have been lost over the years. I used some u clips and “ brass” screws to replace them ( from e bay). They look quite neat. You need some form of screw that is fairly recessed / flat so it does not protrude ...

Thank you everyone and just to update anyone who is interested. Last night I took off the air filter and gave the piston a squirt of WD40. I then moved the piston up and down a few times. This morning, first turn of the key/ no choke the car fired up and ran smoothly. Has done this a few times durin...

Thank you all for your suggestions. I will start by replacing the original parts one by one…rotor arm, distributor head and leads, coil, plugs ( check the gaps are correct!) However before I do this, and prompted by the comments about old petrol, I should say that recently I put in some fresh petrol...

Some help and advice please. Car has been kept in a dry garage for the two years that I have owned it. It is nearly ready to go back on the road. The car has up until now always started well. I have recently put in new plugs, changed the distributor cap, plug leads and rotor arm. I have also cleaned...

I think I know the answer but just wanting confirmation from you experts. Have just replaced a brittle wire from the Dynamo to the control box. Thought that I would check the Dynamo voltage…wires linking the Dynamo terminals method. Under 1 volt being produced. Replaced wires to Dynamo and revved en...

Thanks to you all for your replies. This really is an excellent and very supportive website. Excellent YouTube Bob on how to test the Dynamo. My intention will be to replace the two wires as soon as possible ( there is an auto electricians in Hereford where I can get the correct grade of wire etc) a...

Mike Thanks for your reply. Yes it is the plastic sheathing that I mean. I have been slowly working on the car for a while and while generally the wiring is all pretty grubby this is the first bit that has actually cracked when I tried to move it. All other electrical items seem to be working fine. ...

The ignition light on my 69 Minor goes out when the engine starts but sometimes flickers on as the engine revs increase. It flickers as it should when the engine is idling. I thought that the fault would lie either in the Dynamo or the Control Box. The belt does not appear to be slipping. I thought ...

Thanks to both of your replies. I think that I will just get the bits from ESM after all.

The car (four door saloon) is almost back on the road. Not perfect but not too bad and it has certainly kept me sane during all these lockdowns. It has at present not got a parcel shelf and I would like to fit one. I am fairly happy about being able to make up the shelf itself but can’t really get m...

Kennat Thanks for your very clear explanation. What you describe \ explain as the operation of the gearbox in neutral and in gear describes the noise exactly. The noise would seem to be caused, therefore, by a / the worn bearing on the first motion shaft. At the moment it is not too bad......I have ...

As always thank you experts for your replies / suggestions to my query. The car is not in a state to take it for a proper run yet but I did check the gear box oil, which I did change last year when I got the car, and it is up to the rim of the filler. It is not really that noticeable but it is just ...

I am in the process( slow!) of getting my 1968 four door minor ready for the road. Drove it up and down the drive today to check the brakes and noticed that, when the clutch is not engaged and the car is in neural, there is a noice from area of the gearbox / clutch as if something is turning/ rubbin...

Colin It has just taken me 6 months to receive my new registration document. Apparently because of COVID, Lockdown and “ working from home” the DVLA have become “ overwhelmed with paper applications. My first , initial application appears to have got “ lost in the post “. I then sent a second applic...